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.
Into The Groove
Various Artists Lyrics
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Your love to me
Get up on your feet step to the beat
Boy what will it be?
Music can be such a revelation
Dancing around you feel the sweet sensation
We might be lovers if the rhythm's right
Only when I'm dancing can I feel this free
At night I lock the doors and no one else can see
I'm tired of dancing here all by myself
Tonight I wanna dance with someone else
Get into the groove by you've got to prove
Your love to me
Get up on your feet step to the beat
Boy what will it be?
Gonna get to know you in a special way
This doesn't happen to me every day
Don't try to hide it love wears no disguise
I see the fire burning in your eyes
Only when I'm dancing can I feel this free
At night I lock the doors, where no one else can see
I'm tired of dancing here all by myself
Tonight I wanna dance with someone else
Get into the groove boy you've got to prove
Your love to me
Get up on your feet, yeah step to the beat
Boy what will it be?
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The lyrics of "Into the Groove" by Various Artists urge their listener to "get into the groove," a metaphorical representation of fully surrendering to the rhythm of the music. The song's speaker urges their lover to show their love for them by dancing with them and getting lost in the music. The singer sees the potential for connection through dance and suggests that if the rhythm is right, they might be lovers. The singer desires to escape their isolation and dance with someone else, someone who will show them a different kind of dancing experience.
Line by Line Meaning
Get into the groove boy you've got to prove
Your love to me
You need to dance with me to show your love.
Get up on your feet step to the beat
Boy what will it be?
Start dancing and let's see where this goes.
Music can be such a revelation
Dancing around you feel the sweet sensation
We might be lovers if the rhythm's right
I hope this feeling never ends tonight
Dancing to music can help us connect and fall in love, and I hope this moment lasts forever.
Only when I'm dancing can I feel this free
At night I lock the doors and no one else can see
I'm tired of dancing here all by myself
Tonight I wanna dance with someone else
Dancing makes me feel liberated and I want to share this experience with someone else.
Gonna get to know you in a special way
This doesn't happen to me every day
Don't try to hide it love wears no disguise
I see the fire burning in your eyes
Dancing with you is a unique experience and I can see your true feelings in your eyes.
Get up on your feet step to the beat
Boy what will it be?
Let's keep dancing and see where this takes us.
Get into the groove boy you've got to prove
Your love to me
Get up on your feet, yeah step to the beat
Boy what will it be?
Dancing together is a way to show your love, so keep dancing with me and let's see what happens.
Contributed by Jordan H. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@alexbouffard
It's out there. You have to know where to look.
Here are some of my favorites:
Carly Rae Jepsen E*MO*TION album
CHVRCHES *synthpop band from Scottland
Grimes Art Angles album
And if you are more adventurous, look into synthwave!
Some bands I love:
Carpenter Brut, Gunship, Kavinsky, Lazorhawk, , Miami Nights 1984, The Midnight
@ssassa1670
A humble suggestion to Madonna:
Album name: ‘Zephyr in the Sky’
An appeal by the fans to release a compilation of 20 masterpieces from Madonna’s catalogue personifying every emotion we have been through in this most dark age. And as we steer back to humanity and life. Search for the future.
A journey to the light, there is always a ray of hope and then the brilliant radiance of life.
Emotions and these songs clutch in perpetuity, the journey we continue.
Ray of Light
The deliverance of hope. The rhythm of life never seizes. There will always be that zephyr in the sky each night. Embrace it we can.
Masterpiece
Preservation of our most precious in peril. Our children, our people. Our kind. Caress them, protect them, enliven them.
Crazy
Souls without direction. Souls succumbing to the anarchy. Moments of lapse and dissolution of reason. There is always a method in any madness.
Miles Away
Separation - a reality, distancing in the new remote ecosystem – a way of life. Now from a far. Life anew.
4 Minutes
There were heroes. And there were those who saved the world, those who ultimately will and those who arrogantly don’t. We can all be heroes, for even more than a day.
Borderline
Barriers, walls, borders can neither prevent the triumphant human, nor conquer the invisible enemy. Humanity on the borderline of distraught. Never destroyed.
Die Another Day
Death can never be normalized. Not one, not a million. Fight. Death will come, in victory there will ultimately be death. But another day, its not our time to go.
You’ll See
Strength is personal, strength is contagion, strength prevails, strength is now our constant. You’ll see.
La Isla Bonita
My dreams are always my own and even I don’t control them. There will be sun again, there will be celebration again, we will hold hands again –into that beautiful sunset.
Ghost Town
The cradles of our civilization – devoid of voices, people, laughter, love. Ghostly in silence, our great cities shall live again – thrive they shall.
Like a Prayer
God. Life is a mystery, everyone must stand alone. You will hear the voice and I always hear you call my name. Forgive me. Pray.
Joan of Arc
You’re only human. Our weakness it can never be. A Joan in us all. New awakenings.
Sorry
Not so many need to be sorry. But sorry are those who remain bigoted in normalizing death and cheating life. They must be sorry. Usher in the preservers. Change.
Another Suitcase in Another Hall
In the anarchy of this world, don’t lose yourself. ‘I’ never goes out of fashion. You are not another brick in the wall.
Dress You Up
Making love, satiated the nights of darkness, all over, all over my body, mind and soul. The adrenaline of sex, of lust, of expressing it still.
Vogue
At night we lock the door when no one else can see. There was a time with my people around me. I’m good with me for now. I n deed to dance, you can too.
Human Nature
Express yourself don’t repress yourself. Humans we are humane but he not always is. The Emperors of yore and now shall not be remembered – not those who lacked humanity and mocked death.
I rise
I am talking about a revolution. A revolution of love. Of compassion. Of kindness. Our time is now and we shall not let the autumn leaves fall in vain. All rise and realize your own renaissance – for you and for the world.
I’ll Remember
I’ll remember the love. I’ll remember the love you gave me. Now that we’re standing on our own – we shall walk again together, we shall celebrate again together. Another circus, another show.
Music
Its about the music. Its always been about the music. Music helped me breathe this, live this, survive this. Music makes the people come together – yeah.
In gratitude, Madonna.
@k.zidane1967
Anyone listening in 2024?🎉🎉
@BOT_MAXIMUS
Me
@kazuri74
Yes 🙋🏾♀️
@monicacaldera2408
I thought I was the only one lol
@joseafonsoalves6546
🙋♂️😁🎶🎵🎵
@troybilharz
Heck ya
@FCBalletTheatre
Madonna👑 I love this song so much it’s my absolute favorite!
@dancedance4169
top 80s
@shamimsumon5113
La Isla bonita is better I think
@aurelienovarino8421
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