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

“Help Me”

Joni Mitchell | 1974

Joni Mitchell wrote and recorded this song for her album Court and Spark, but she had to switch from her regular band to make the song sound exactly the way she wanted. "I had attempted to play my music with rock & roll players," she told Rolling Stone. "They’d laugh, 'Awww, isn't that cute? She's trying to teach us how to play.'" Mitchell switched to a jazz band, Tom Scott’s L.A. Express, and scored the biggest hit of her career in the process.

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