The term Various Artists is used in the record industry when numerous singers and musicians collaborate on a song or collection of songs. Most often on Last.fm, compilation album tracks appear under the name of Various Artists erroneously because the individual artist is not listed in the album's ID3 information.
Compilation albums, for example.
Sometimes, single releases may be credited to Various Artists when their profits are going to charity and, usually in high-profile cases, are sometimes known by a group name. Examples include Band Aid with their releases of Do They Know It's Christmas? and USA for Africa with We Are The World.
Various Artists is also an actual performance name for Torsten Pröfrock, who runs the German DIN label. Torsten performs also as Dynamo, Erosion, Resilent, Traktor besides some others. He's a good friend of Robert Henke and since the Fall of 2004, he is a member of Monolake.
Various Artists was also a short-lived Bristol punk band formed by brothers Jonjo and Robin Key (originally from Birmingham). Other members were also simultaneously in Art Objects who went on to become The Blue Aeroplanes, the latter the Key brothers also co-wrote some songs and were involved in. When Various Artists imploded, the Key brothers went on to form Either / Or.
Various Artists also appear on tracks from musical theater soundtracks, due to the nature of having many cast members on one song, as well as an ensemble in some cases.
Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Various Artists Lyrics
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Dirty Dancing Soundtrack
Where Are You Tonight?
I look at the moon and a single star
It's making me crazy wondering
where you are
I reach out and touch that heavenly
face
space
Oh no, where are you tonight
I've got to know
Where are you tonight
The sink and the dishes spent the
weekend there
Should clean up the place but
I just don't care
Tonight I'll be talking to the moon
and that star
Maybe they'll tell me where on
earth you are
Oh no, where are you tonight
I got to know
Where are you tonight
Please believe me when you
leave me
Keeps me worrying through the
night
Worry baby, makes me cry
Can't tell wrong from right
Come to me tonight
I want to know
Where are you tonight
I got to know
Where are you tonight
In Various Artists' rendition of Are You Lonesome Tonight?, the singer expresses their intense longing for their lover, who seems to have gone missing. The opening lines of the song set the tone for the rest of it as the singer looks up at the moon and a single star, feeling crazed and desperate to find out where their lover is. The next few lines give the impression their lover is no longer there. The singer reaches out to touch their heavenly face, but when they open their hand, there’s only empty space.
Throughout the remainder of the song, the singer tries to find out where their lover is, hoping talking to the moon and star will bring them answers. The deep sense of longing is emphasized in the refrain, where the singer repeats, “Where are you tonight? I’ve got to know,” twice. The bridge of the song is the climax of the singer’s desperate search for answers, as they express how worrying about their missing lover keeps them up at night and makes them cry. The singer concludes the song by pleading with their lover to come back to them tonight while repeating, “Where are you tonight? I’ve got to know.”
Line by Line Meaning
I look at the moon and a single star
I observe the night sky and notice one moon and a single star.
It's making me crazy wondering where you are
My thoughts are consumed with questioning where you are, making me feel insane.
I reach out and touch that heavenly face
I stretch my arm out to attempt to touch your beautiful face.
Open my hand there's empty space
I realize that you are not here and I am left with nothing but emptiness.
Oh no, where are you tonight
I am filled with worry and fear, asking myself where you could possibly be tonight.
I've got to know
It is important to me that I find out where you are.
The sink and the dishes spent the weekend there
The dishes have been sitting in the sink all weekend, piling up and going unwashed.
Should clean up the place but I just don't care
I am so preoccupied with thoughts of you that I cannot muster up the energy to clean my home.
Tonight I'll be talking to the moon and that star
I plan to have a one-sided conversation with the moon and star, hoping that somehow you will hear me.
Maybe they'll tell me where on earth you are
Perhaps, by some miracle, the celestial bodies will know where you are and reveal it to me.
Please believe me when you leave me
I plead with you to trust that my feelings for you are genuine, especially when you are not with me.
Keeps me worrying through the night
When you are absent, I am consumed with anxiety that keeps me up all night.
Worry baby, makes me cry
My worries about you are so intense that they cause me to cry.
Can't tell wrong from right
My emotions are so clouded that I am unable to differentiate between good choices and bad choices.
Come to me tonight
I desperately want you to be with me tonight.
I want to know
It is important to me that I find out where you are.
Writer(s): Lou Handman, Roy Turk
Contributed by William S. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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