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Song Stories

“Lights”

Ellie Goulding | 2010

In the song, Goulding sang about, "And I'm not sleeping now, the dark is too hard to beat," which she attributed to only being able to sleep bathed in lights. "I named it that because I never used to sleep with the lights off," Goulding said. "I still don't, in fact. They make me feel safe and I wanted the album to be something that I could look back on. Your first album is the most important thing, you know, and I just thought it fit my music because it's hopeful and uplifting."

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“Tonight's the Night”

The Shirelles | 1960

The lead cut and title track from this girl group's debut album, "Tonight's the Night" was written by 19-year-old bandmember Shirley Owens, who sings lead, and producer Luther Dixon. The band from Passaic, New Jersey met in high school, first calling themselves the Pequellos. The song's frank thoughts about sexual and emotional surrender was racy for the time, but that didn't stop the Chiffons from cutting a similar version immediately after the original came out. "We were the first female group to write some of our own material," band member Beverly Lee recalls. "We did have some say-so in our writing."

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