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I’m Too Sexy for Milan

No Way I’m Disco Dancing

A blue-bellied roller sitting on a dead tree branch in a zoo enclosure. This bird has a white head that's proportionally large for it’s body, which is covered in bright blue feathers.
And I do my little turn on the catwalk.
Source: John Williams / Thudfactor

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Last Week we were pretty much on form again, with 8/10 correct answers. The two missed songs were:

Barely Breathing was absolutely unavoidable in 1996 / 1997, which has to have been the heyday of singer-songwriters. I can’t say I’ve heard much of anything else from him, but he’s far from a one-hit wonder. He won two Tonys in 2007 (for Best Original Score and Best Orchestrations, Spring Awakening).

I’m really looking forward to seeing what you guys come up with this week. Several of these are songs I’ve heard for years and years, but I would not have been able to tell you who the artists were until approximately nowish, after looking them up. Which is against the rules for you but not for me.

Speaking of which…

The rules

  1. Put the song title and artist in the comments below. I do accept anonymous comments.
  2. I’ll accept cover artists as well.
  3. But don’t go looking up the lyrics before guessing. That’s cheating.

This week’s lyrics:

  1. Her hair reminds me of a warm, safe place where, as a child, I’d hide. And pray for the thunder and the rain to quietly pass me by. (1987)
    Sweet Child O’ Mine, Guns ’n’ Roses
    Guessed by
    Glen
  2. And I’m a million different people from one day to the next; I can’t change my mould. (1997)
    Bitter Sweet Symphony, The Verve
    Guessed by
    Nick
  3. I travel the world and the seven seas. Everybody’s looking for something. (1983)
    Sweet Dreams are Made of This, Eurythmics
    Guessed by
    Glen
  4. She’s moving up, going right through my heart — we might not ever get caught. (1983)
    Girlfriend is Better, Talking Heads
  5. Here come bad news, talking this and that. Well, give me all you got and don’t hold it back. (2014)
    Happy, Pharrell Williams
    Guessed by
    ER
  6. I’m gonna take you, girl, and hold you, and do all the things I told you… (1961)
    In the Midnight Hour, Wilson Pickett
    Guessed by
    Frodis Caper
  7. Now I’m dancing — it’s like a dream. No end and no beginning. You’re here with me, it’s like a dream. (1989)
    Like a Prayer, Madonna
    Guessed by
    Frodis Caper
  8. And I’ve got such a long way to go to make it to the border of Mexico. (1979)
    Ride Like the Wind, Christopher Cross
    Guessed by
    Frodis Caper
  9. Time keeps on slippin’ (slippin’, slippin’) into the future. (1976)
    Fly Like an Eagle, Steve Miller Band (covered by Seal)
    Guessed by
    Frodis Caper
  10. When I’m at the mall, security just can’t fight ’em all. And when I’m at the beach, I’m in a speedo trying to tan my cheeks. (2011)
    Sexy and I Know It, LMFAO
    Guessed by
    ER

Your guesses