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.
Bella ciao
Various Artists Lyrics
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And took a certain liking to a fellow there, Bella
She said, I brought her back to some old better man, fellah
See Bella, she was born today feeling kinda spry
Bella's birthday cake was burning, yeah
Like lightning or like fire
Bella's birthday cake was burning
Bella made her bed in red, every loneliest night of the year
Fed me quiet offer through her ever wares, I'll tell ya
But Bella, she was born today, feeling kinda spry
Bella's birthday cake was burning, yeah
Like lightning or like fire
Bella's birthday cake was burning
Ever yearning forest fire
And all of her lines, she left unread
"Spirits and battles won", she said
And over her mountain tops, she ground off
Where I can't remember, no
Bella played the bridge on the second loneliest night of the year
Bella she was born today
Bella, Bella, Bella, Bella
Bella's birthday cake was burning
Bella's birthday cake was burning
Bella's birthday cake was burning
Bella's birthday cake was burning
Bella's birthday cake was burning, 50 years
Bella's birthday cake was burning, burning, burning
Bella, Bella
The lyrics of "Bella ciao" describe a woman named Bella who plays the bridge, possibly referring to a musical instrument, on the second loneliest night of the year. She has taken a liking to a fellow and brought him back to an old man. Bella was born on this day, feeling spry, but her birthday cake is burning like lightning or fire. Bella makes her bed in red on the loneliest night of the year and ties the singer to the rages of her rocking chair, feeding him quiet and ever-ware. She leaves lines unread, saying that spirits and battles were won, grinding off over her mountain tops where the singer cannot remember. The song ends with Bella being born today and her birthday cake burning for 50 years while the singer repeats her name.
Line by Line Meaning
Bella played the bridge, every second loneliest night of the year
Bella used to play the bridge on every second loneliest night of the year
And took a certain liking to a fellow there, Bella
She developed an interest in someone there
She said, I brought her back to some old better man, fellah
She seemed to be talking about someone she has brought back to another person
See Bella, she was born today feeling kinda spry
Bella was born that day and seemed to be in a good mood
Bella's birthday cake was burning, yeah
The cake meant for Bella's birthday seems to be on fire
Like lightning or like fire
The fire on the cake can be best described as being as fast as lightning or as intense as fire
Bella made her bed in red, every loneliest night of the year
Bella seems to have a habit of making her bed in red on every loneliest night of the year
And tied me to the rages of her rocking chair, Bella
She seems to have tied someone to her rocking chair in a way that made them quite angry
Fed me quiet offer through her ever wares, I'll tell ya
She has shared some kind of secret or information through her belongings
But Bella, she was born today, feeling kinda spry
Again, it seems Bella was in a good mood on the day she was born
Ever yearning forest fire
There seems to be a constant burning desire
And all of her lines, she left unread
She has ignored or not paid attention to something written her way
"Spirits and battles won", she said
She talked about winning over spirits and battles
And over her mountain tops, she ground off
She seems to have disappeared or gone off somewhere over the mountain tops
Where I can't remember, no
The person doesn't seem to recall where she went
Bella played the bridge on the second loneliest night of the year
Reiteration of the first line
Bella she was born today
Reiteration of an earlier line
Bella's birthday cake was burning
Reiteration of an earlier line
Bella's birthday cake was burning, 50 years
Reiteration of an earlier line with an addition of how long it has been burning
Bella's birthday cake was burning, burning, burning
Reiteration of an earlier line with emphasis on how intense the fire is
Bella, Bella
Reiteration of Bella's name
Contributed by Caden M. Suggest a correction in the comments below.