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The song has been covered by a number of artists, including Helen Reddy, The Onyx, Phantom Planet, Sheena Easton, Kidsongs and Sharon, Lois & Bram. It was used as a commercial jingle for Eckrich sausage in the 1980s and for Sears Kenmore appliance advertisements in 1989. [12] It has appeared in various television shows and films.
The full song comprises five stanzas. Some versions, including the United Methodist Hymnal [4] and Lutheran Book of Worship, [5] omit verse three, while others (including The Hymnal 1982) omit verse four. [8] Several variations also exist to Sears' original lyrics.
The song peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Outside the United States, "We Built This City" topped the charts in Australia and Canada, peaked inside the Top 10 of the charts in Germany, the Republic of Ireland, Sweden and Switzerland, the Top 20 on the charts in Belgium, New Zealand and the United Kingdom and the Top 30 of the charts in ...
by Albert Hague and Marty Brill. "Audubon" by Sonny Rollins. "Audubon Ballroom" by Anthony Davis. "Aurélie New York City" by Gerard Lenorman. "Auto Theft in New York City" by Ism. "Autumn in New York" by Vernon Duke sung by Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Blossom Dearie and many more. "The Ave." by Blue Scholars.
Reed and three of the people he has said he described in his lyrics: Holly Woodlawn, Jackie Curtis and Joe Dallesandro In the 2001 documentary Classic Albums: Lou Reed: Transformer, Reed says that it was Nelson Algren's 1956 novel, A Walk on the Wild Side (itself titled after the 1952 song "The Wild Side of Life"), [12] that was the launching point for the song, even though, as it grew, the ...
Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores Inc. was an American retail company that sold home appliances, lawn & garden equipment, apparel, mattresses, sporting goods, & tools. [ 3][ 4] The company had four subsidiary store formats: Sears Hometown, Sears Outlet, Sears Hardware and Appliance, and Sears Home Appliance Showrooms. [ 5]
Sears, Roebuck and Co. (/ s ɪər z / SEERZ), [5] commonly known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck and reincorporated in 1906 by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald, with what began as a mail ordering catalog company migrating to opening retail locations in 1925, the first in Chicago. [6]
Cosmik Debris. " Cosmik Debris " is a song by American composer Frank Zappa, from his 1974 album Apostrophe (') . It concerns the Mystery Man, a typical guru or psychic, offering to help the narrator reach Nervanna [sic] for a "nominal service charge," and the narrator's refusal to buy into his act, "Look here, brother, who you jiving with that ...