New Songs and Videos: Kanye and Bieber, Arcade Fire

Taylor Swift: "Mine" (Video)
Taylor Swift revealed a time-traveling new music video for "Mine," the first single off her new album Speak Now, due out October 25th. [Taylor Swift]

Kanye West, Raekwon, and Justin Bieber: "Runaway Love" Remix
"G.O.O.D. Friday" came early this week as Kanye West and Raekwon's remix of Justin Bieber's "Runaway Love," a collaboration negotiated on Twitter, emerged today. On the remix, Raekwon and Kanye drop new verses over a beat ripped from the Wu-Tang Clan's "Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing ta Fuck Wit." For more Kanye, check out his "Monster" collabo with Jay-Z and Bon Iver here. [Hip Hop Connection]

Arcade Fire: "We Used to Wait" (Interactive Video)
For The Suburbs' "We Used to Wait," Arcade Fire and director Chris Milk teamed up for an interactive video called "The Wilderness Downtown." Type the zip code of your own childhood suburb, and Google Maps will provide the nostalgia as the video's protagonists run through the suburban streets at night. [The Wilderness Downtown]

Jay-Z and Chris Martin: "Most Kingz"
"Most Kingz," a 2006 collaboration between Jay-Z and Coldplay's Chris Martin originally intended for Jigga's Kingdom Come, was unearthed and remixed for DJ Green Lantern's new mixtape Invasion Radio 2K10 mixtape. [Nah Right]

Jamiroquai: "White Knuckle Ride"
After a five-year break, Jamiroquai return with their funky new single "White Knuckle Ride," off their upcoming album Rock Dust Light Star. [Vulture]

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Song Stories

“Oh Sherrie”

Steve Perry | 1984

Steve Perry's girlfriend Sherrie Swafford was actually in the studio when Perry began writing this song--his lone Top Ten hit as a solo act--with two co-writers. The trio began at midnight one night with just "Oh, Sherrie!" and "hold on, hold on." Three hours later, they had a complete song. Swafford, however, had to wait until the next day to hear it. "Sherrie actually got tired and went to bed," Perry said. She also appeared in the video, but their relationship did not hold on for long.

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