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.
Casablanca
Various Artists Lyrics
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Back row of the drive in show in the flickering light
Popcorn and cokes beneath the stars became champagne and caviar
I thought you fell in love with me watching Casablanca
Holding hands ‘neath the paddle fans in Rick's Candle lit cafe
Hiding in the shadows from the spies. Moroccan moonlight in your eyes
Making magic at the movies in my old Chevrolet
But a kiss is not a kiss without your sigh
Please come back to me in Casablanca
I love you more and more each day as time goes by
I guess there're many broken hearts in Casablanca
You know I've never really been there. So, I don't know
I guess our love story will never be seen on the big wide silver screen
But it hurt just as bad when I had to watch you go
Oh! A kiss is still a kiss in Casablanca
But a kiss is not a kiss without your sigh
Please come back to me in Casablanca
I love you more and more each day as time goes by
Oh! A kiss is still a kiss in Casablanca
But a kiss is not a kiss without your sigh
Please come back to me in Casablanca
I love you more and more each day as time goes by
I love you more and more each day as time goes by
In the song "Casablanca," Various Artists reminisces about falling in love with someone in a movie theater while watching the classic film "Casablanca." The singer is at a drive-in theater and starts out with typical movie snacks like popcorn and coke, but as their love grows, those snacks turn into champagne and caviar. The singer believes that they both fell in love during the movie, holding hands in the candlelit café that reminds them of Rick's, one of the iconic locations in the movie. But now that they are apart, the pain of losing their love is just as bad as if it were a love story on the big screen. They yearn for their lover's sigh and long for them to come back to them in the city where they fell in love.
The song speaks to how movies can transport people to another world and bring them closer together. It also reminds us of the enduring power of love, even when it seems like it's not meant to be. The song is a tribute to the iconic movie Casablanca and its themes of love and sacrifice.
Line by Line Meaning
I fell in love with you watching Casablanca
I fell in love with you while watching the movie Casablanca.
Back row of the drive in show in the flickering light
We were sitting in the back row of a drive-in movie theater, with the light flickering on the screen.
Popcorn and cokes beneath the stars became champagne and caviar
We felt like we were enjoying the luxury of champagne and caviar, while eating popcorn and drinking cokes under the starry sky.
I thought you fell in love with me watching Casablanca
I had believed that you fell in love with me while watching Casablanca together.
Holding hands ‘neath the paddle fans in Rick's Candle lit cafe
We were holding hands under the ceiling fans in a candle-lit cafe named Rick's, reminiscent of the cafe in the movie.
Hiding in the shadows from the spies. Moroccan moonlight in your eyes
We felt like we were in the movie, hiding from spies and enjoying the Moroccan moonlight shining in your eyes.
Making magic at the movies in my old Chevrolet
We felt like we were creating magic just like the movie, even while sitting in my old Chevrolet car.
I guess there're many broken hearts in Casablanca
I assume that many people in Casablanca have experienced heartbreak, just like we did.
You know I've never really been there. So, I don't know
I have never been to Casablanca, so I do not know for sure.
I guess our love story will never be seen on the big wide silver screen
Our love story will not be filmed and shown on the big silver screen like the movie Casablanca.
But it hurt just as bad when I had to watch you go
It was just as painful for me to watch you leave as it was for the character in the movie to say goodbye to his lover.
Oh! A kiss is still a kiss in Casablanca
The gesture of a kiss still holds the same meaning in Casablanca as it does elsewhere.
But a kiss is not a kiss without your sigh
A kiss means more when accompanied by the sigh of the person you love.
Please come back to me in Casablanca
Please come back to me, even if it is just in our imagination of being in Casablanca.
I love you more and more each day as time goes by
My love for you grows stronger every day, just like the song 'As Time Goes By' from the movie Casablanca.
Writer(s): Max Steiner
Contributed by William Y. Suggest a correction in the comments below.