#ThrowbackThursday – Today we go way back to 1966 when Nancy Sinatra was at Nº1 on the US and UK singles charts with ‘These Boots Are Made For Walking’. It was released towards the end of February and went straight to Nº1.

The song was written by Lee Hazlewood who encouraged Nancy to sing the song as if she were “a sixteen-year-old girl who fucks truck drivers.” It worked because the song was a huge hit and has been covered so many times by hundreds of artists in all sorts of genres: metal, pop, rock, punk rock, country, dance, and industrial.

The recording was made with the help of Los Angeles session musicians known as the Wrecking Crew – Hal Blaine on drums, Al Casey, Tommy Tedesco, and Billy Strange on guitars, Ollie Mitchell, Roy Caton and Lew McCreary on horns, Carol Kaye on electric bass, and Chuck Berghofer on double bass, providing the notable bass line.

It was the second single to be taken from Nancy’s debut album Boots and a follow-up to her minor hit So Long, Babe. In 2006, Pitchfork Media selected it as the 114th best song of the 1960s. Critic Tom Breihan described the song as “maybe the finest bitchy kiss-off in pop history.”

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Enrique Iglesias and Pitbull have teamed up for the infectious single Let Me Be Your Lover and the music video is such a laugh! You’ll be tapping your toes to this and smiling (unless you’re in a coma). The track is the latest single from Iglesias’ 10th studio album Sex + Love.

The music video, directed by Alejandro Pérez, is a whole lot of fun and features the pair as marionette puppets dancing and driving around Los Angeles, plus live performance shots.

The formidable duo are surely a match made in Latin-American pop heaven. They collaborated on the huge hit I’m a Freak, which charted in the Top 10 all over the world. Pitbull is also currently co-headlining Iglesias’ Sex + Love Tour, which started in February last year and comes to an end on March 7 in San Juan.

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Paloma Faith has premiered a music video for her new single Beauty Remains. Laden with disco and motown influences this is an uplifting yet emotional cut. As we’ve come to expect from Faith, the visuals are stunning and her vocals, timeless and powerful.

Faith co-wrote Beauty Remains with Suede’s Bernard Butler and Fyfe Dangerfield (founding member of The Guillemots). It’s the 6th cut from her latest album A Perfect Contradiction: Outsiders’ Edition. She recently told Digital Spy that she will be working on a new album in the coming months and has already contacted producer Mark Ronson.

Faith will embark on a UK arena tour next month and has been announced as the headliner of the seven date spectacular Forest Live tour.

Faith is nominated for British Female Solo Artist at the BRITs and will perform tonight (February 25) at the ceremony in the O2 Arena in London.

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The new song and video from Jess Glynne – Hold My Hand – will make you feel goooood! This upbeat, house-pop track is packed with positivity. The music video, directed by by Emil Nava (Ed Sheeran, Rita Ora, Jessie J) is pretty feel-good as well. It’s not complicated, or arty, just friends having some fun in the desert.

The Grammy-award winning singer (Best Dance Recording for her Clean Bandit collaboration Rather Be) will release Hold My Hand on March 23, through Atlantic. The single gives us a first taste of her debut album, slated for a summer release, which Glynne says has lots of “upbeat soul”.

The single follows last summer’s Gorgon City produced Right Here as well as her second collaboration with Clean Bandit Real Love.

Glynne is nominated for 3 Brit Awards this year, including Best British Single and Best Video. She will start a UK tour next month with Clean Bandit which will include a night at London’s Alexandra Palace.

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Jack White has released an awesome interactive video for his latest single That Black Cat Licorice. It’s actually 3 videos in one and you can flip between the videos as the song plays. You can change the video by holding down the ‘3’ or ‘B’ keys on your keyboard.

If you just hit play without pressing 3 or B, you will see a surreal animated video, directed by James Blagden, which shows White attempting to seduce an Egyptian Queen, cutting out his tongue and lots of crazy dancing bats.

If you hit the 3 on your keyboard whilst watching you’ll watch a live-action, moody video, directed by and starring White himself. If you hold down the B key whilst watching you’ll see another live-action video, directed by Brad Holland, that is basically just slow-mo footage of people head banging. Swapping between the 3 and B keys makes for really interesting viewing, they mix so well together, playing in conjunction perfectly.

The track is from White’s latest album Lazaretto, which was released almost a year ago and is still going strong.

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Classic rock firepower, searing guitar riffs and high-flying vocals – Florence + the Machine is back! What Kind of Man, the first single from their new album, now has a cinematic visual. A full chorus of back up singers brings extra drama to the track which is about the dangers of love and sex with the wrong kind of man.

The video matches the storyline perfectly – be warned, there’s plenty of disturbing images like full on car crashes and scenes with circling men. There’s nothing vulgar – Florence is too subtle for that – but the message certainly gets across.

The new album, How Big How Blue How Beautiful, is the first since 2011’s Ceremonials and release is set for June 1st in the UK via Island Records and June 2nd in the US via Republic Records. Ceremonials focussed on water, death and escapism whilst the new album theme’s are more in the here and now. Florence said: “The new album became about trying to learn how to live, and how to love in the world rather than trying to escape from it, which is frightening because I’m not hiding behind anything but it felt like something I had to do.”

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Post To Be, the winter jam that sounds like a summer vacation, has finally got a music video. Omarion, Chris brown and Jhene Aiko have a dance-off and it also stars a white Ferrari…Produced by DJ Mustard this bright, light and fun track is taken from Omarion’s 2014 album Sex Playlist.

Omarion and Chris Brown might win at the dance-off – the dancing is excellent – but Jhene Aiko steals the show with her gorgeous vocals, plus she also got to say the line “but he got to eat the booty like groceries”! Directed by Jay Ahn and co-directed by Omarion and Taz, this video is four minutes of perfectly crisp mirror-dancing. The three musicians take turns showing off their moves with Omarion just loving the white Ferrari.

Omarion has noticeably progressed from boy-band heartthrob to a mature artist and his voice has gained age and character. First famous as a member of the hugely popular group B2K, he has released four solo albums, including Sex Playlist.

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Trey Songz has released a steamy video for his smooth and sexy song Slow Motion. It’s directed by Dre Films and it’s hot! Everything about this video is hot – the sultry lyrics, the sexy scenes and of course, Trey’s killer falsetto. The story starts with Trey picking up his girl to go to the club, but naturally they soon return home for much more fun!

In the video you’re bound to notice the product placement for a new type of drink – this is Trey revealing early details of his own upcoming spirit brand, SX Liquor, which will feature in 6 flavours – among them “SXchachcha”, which is shown prominently in the video – the world’s first honey tequila.

Slow Motion is the first single from his upcoming album Trigga Reloaded which drops everywhere on April 14. The R&B superstar heartthrob kicked off his Between the Sheets Tour with Chris Brown last week. After this he will join Nicki Minaj on the European leg of her Pinkprint Tour. Dates get underway March 16th at The Globe in Stockholm, with stops then slated to hit arenas for Norway, The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, France, Ireland, and the UK.

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#ThrowbackThursday –  Born on this day (February 19), Falco (Johann Holzel), who had the 1986 chart-topping single Rock Me Amadeus. Falco was the first-ever Austrian act to score a Nº1 hit single in both the US and the UK. In fact, the song was a Nº1 hit in 10 countries and a Top 10 hit in 7 others.

Falco became the first German-speaking artist to be credited with a Nº1 single in all mainstream US pop singles charts : the Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100 Singles. (Prior to Falco, 99 Luftballons by Nena got to Nº1 on Cashbox, but peaked at Nº2 on the Billboard Hot 100). Rock Me Amadeus would later be ranked Nº87 in VH1’s 100 Greatest Songs of the 80s and Nº44 in VH1’s 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders. Falco was a flash in the pan in the US, and after this major hit he sort of faded away – but he was a major star in Europe and a source of fascination for many.

Naturally, the song is about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), also an Austrian, who performed his first ‘tour’ at the tender age of five. The basic concept of the song is the suggestion that Mozart was the rock’n’roll rebel of his day – some of the lyrics reflect this:

He was the first punk ever to set foot on this earth.
He was a genius from the day of his birth.
He could play the piano like a ring and a bell
And everybody screamed: Come on, rock me Amadeus
With a bottle of wine in one hand and a woman in the other
His mind was on rock and roll and having fun
Because he lived so fast he had to die so young
But he made his mark in history
Still everybody says: Rock me Amadeus

The music video mixes things up a bit – using elements of Mozart’s time along with the 1980s contemporary society. Falco is shown in a 20th-century-style dinner jacket, walking past people in eighteenth-century formal wear. Later, he is shown dressed as Mozart being held on the shoulders of men dressed in 1980s-style motorcycle-riding attire. At the end, the two crowds mix.

Falco died in a car crash on 6 February 1998, just a few days before his 41st birthday.

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Sevyn Streeter keeps the party rocking in the undeniably fun music video for Don’t Kill the Fun, featuring and directed by Chris Brown. It’s all fast-cars-underground-parties and fancy footwork. The track is the lead single from Streeter’s highly anticipated debut album.

In the colourful video, directed by Chris Brown and produced by Riveting Entertainment, we see Streeter racing her Lamborghini before starting a party in a graffitied warehouse. Both Streeter and Brown show off some great dance moves. “It’s been a lot of fun. It’s exactly what the song is, don’t kill the fun,” said Streeter. She certainly brings the party to life, and also wows us with her powerful and versatile vocals.

Our favourite Lyrics:
Let’s be undeniable
If you wanna live it better live it
Make tonight unforgettable
And we won’t stop rocking ’til they call the cops

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Fasten your seat belts! Wiz Khalifa and Iggy Azalea have collaborated on Go Hard or Go Home for the Furious 7 soundtrack! Together they whip up some fast-and-furious rhymes on this super-charged anthem!

It’s certainly a track that will unleash you inner adrenaline junkie! “Now they call me Mrs. Money / I got married to the moolah / Just to measure my success / I need to use a hundred rulers,” boasts the ‘Fancy’ star. Iggy also makes a cameo in the film alongside returning stars like Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson and the late Paul Walker.

The track is one of the lead jams on the soundtrack which will drop on March 17, with iTunes pre-orders beginning today (February 17). It also features the song Ride Hard, with Kid Ink, Tyga, Wale, YG and Rich Homie Quan. Rumour has it that there will also be appearances from Juicy J, Future, Kevin Gates, Sage the Gemini, and Sevyn Streeter.

Furious 7 must be the most highly anticipated movie of the year – we know we can hardly wait to see it! It hits cinemas on April 3rd.

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Shakira’s beautiful duet with Maná – Mi Verdad – has debuted at Nº1 on Billboard’s Latin airplay charts! This fantastic collaboration is Maná’s 3rd Nº1 debut and Shakira’s first – and the 10th Nº1 for both acts. The video was filmed late last year in a wine cellar on the outskirts of Barcelona. The song was produced by Maná’s lead singer Fernando “Fher” Olvera and American Grammy-winning songwriter George Noriega. It’s a powerful yet peaceful song that conveys inspiration and unconditional love during “trying times” for humanity.

The song is the lead single from Maná’s 9th studio album, expected to be released later this year, four years after their last album Drama y Luz. Mi Verdad or My Truth is Shakira’s first song to be released in Spanish since 2012.

Shakira gave birth to her second son, Sasha, on January 29. Shakira and Gerard Pique also have another son, 2-year-old Milan and have been a couple since 2010.

Maná, composed of vocalist/guitarist Fernando Olvera, drummer Alex González, guitarist Sergio Vallín and bassist Juan Calleros, will perform during the first weekend of the Las Vegas version of Rock in Rio on May 8-9.

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Ariana Grande has just released an apocalyptic new music video for One Last Time. It’s catastrophic! Literally. In this sci-fi, doomsday themed clip a comet is on collision course for earth with news reporters describing the impending impact as “catastrophic.” Amid general panic and chaos Grande and her boyfriend race to a rooftop to watch the skies and kiss, one last time…

Directed by Max Landis the apocalyptic video was released yesterday (February 15) after weeks of multiple teasers. It’s the 4th single from her album My Everything following chart toppers Problem, Break Free and Love Me Harder.

Grande will start her Honeymoon tour later this month.

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Taylor Swift has finally released her music video for Style and it’s stunning! It’s a story about a red-lipped girl and a James Dean guy… Directed by Kyle Newman, the whole video is just beautiful, it’s picture postcard stuff, splendidly cinematic. The video has only been out for 24 hours and already has nearly 6 million views!

Style has already gained critical acclaim from many with The Observer calling it a “percolating funk-pop number that satisfies on every level”. The New York Times declared it as the album’s high mark and NOW Magazine also called it the top track from the album.

The video stars actor Dominic Sherwood who you might recognize from his role as Christian Ozera in Vampire Academy. (He is also Taylor’s friend Sarah Hyland’s new boyfriend). This fan favorite song off Taylor’s  best-selling album 1989 shows the pair in beautiful settings, it’s all very ethereal as well as very real. Very cool video.

People will surely be gossiping though that the song is about Taylor’s ex boyfriend, One Direction star Harry Styles. Did you notice the paper airplane necklace at the beginning of the video (at 0.14)? It’s the one Harry gave her.

Style is the 3rd single to be released from 1989 (it’s also the third song on the album).

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Alternative rock band Imagine Dragons have just released the music video for their new track Shots. Inspired by the paintings of Tim Cantor this is an awesome visual. Even if you don’t like art, you will be impressed by the creativity behind this video.

The song is the 3rd cut from their upcoming second studio album Smoke + Mirrors, which is released on February 16. It follows Gold and I Bet My Life.

To support the new album the band have just announced nine dates in the UK, beginning at Londons O2 on November 5.

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#ThrowbackThursday. We go back to 1984 when Van Halen scored their first Nº1 hit in the US with Jump! It was also a top 10 hit around the world and the only Nº1 with David Lee Roth as lead singer. It was released in December 1983 as the lead single from their album 1984. It is the only single the group released in their career to reach Nº1 on the US Hot 100 chart. It broke the mold of their earlier songs – mainly in its rolling synth line.

The song is their most popular and most instantly recognisable composition – perhaps because the sound embodies both of the genres that were most associated with the 1980s in America: synth-driven pop and “arena”-style metal.

The music video was directed by David Lee Roth and won Best Stage Performance at the MTV Video Music Awards that year. Compared to music videos today, it was very straightforward just showing the band performing at a mock concert, but it was the bands personality that brought the whole thing to life.

In an interview with Mix magazine, Daryl Hall said that the Hall & Oates song Kiss On My List was an influence on this one: ”[Eddie] Van Halen told me that he copied the synth part from ‘Kiss on My List’ and used it in ‘Jump.’ I don’t have a problem with that at all.”

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Avril Lavigne is back! After taking an extended break due to a mystery illness Avril has premiered the full music video for Give You What You Like, the 5th single from her 2013 self-titled LP. The song makes up part of the soundtrack from the forthcoming Lifetime movie Babysitter’s Black Book which premieres on February 21.

The video is largely made up of highlights from the movie interspersed with footage of Lavigne. It shows a side of Lavigne that most haven’t seen before – chilled, laid-back, less make up, more introspective – generally more mature.

The track will help to raise money for the Avril Foundation – a charity set up by Lavigne to support young people with disabilities and life-threatening illnesses.

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