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.
Jingle Bells
Various Artists Lyrics
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In a one horse open sleigh
O'er the fields we go
Laughing all the way
Bells on bob tails ring
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to laugh and sing
Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
A day or two ago
I thought I'd take a ride
And soon Miss Fanny Bright
Was seated by my side
The horse was lean and lank
Misfortune seemed his lot
We got into a drifted bank
And then we got upset
Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh, yeah
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
The lyrics to "Jingle Bells" tell the story of a fun and festive winter sleigh ride. The first verse starts off by describing the scene - dashing through the snow in a one horse open sleigh, laughing and having a great time with friends or loved ones. The second verse adds some more detail to the story, with the singer recounting a recent ride with a girl named Fanny Bright. Unfortunately, they hit a patch of bad luck when the horse got stuck in a drift and the sleigh overturned. Despite this mishap, the group continues to jingle all the way and enjoy their sleigh ride to the fullest.
Line by Line Meaning
Dashing through the snow
We are moving quickly through the snow
In a one horse open sleigh
We are in a sled that is pulled by one horse and has no roof
O'er the fields we go
We are traveling over fields covered in snow
Laughing all the way
We are all laughing and enjoying ourselves
Bells on bob tails ring
The bells on the horses' tails are ringing
Making spirits bright
The sound of the bells is bringing joy to everyone
What fun it is to laugh and sing
It is really enjoyable to be laughing and singing on this ride
A sleighing song tonight
We are singing a song while we ride in the sled tonight
Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells
The sound of the bells is making us happy
Jingle all the way
The bells are ringing the entire time we are riding
Oh, what fun it is to ride
We are having a really good time on this ride
In a one horse open sleigh
We are riding in a sled that is pulled by one horse and has no roof
A day or two ago
This story happened a day or two in the past
I thought I'd take a ride
I decided to go for a ride
And soon Miss Fanny Bright
A woman named Miss Fanny Bright joined me
Was seated by my side
She sat down next to me in the sled
The horse was lean and lank
The horse was skinny and not very physically impressive
Misfortune seemed his lot
He seemed to always be unlucky
We got into a drifted bank
We accidentally went into a large pile of snow
And then we got upset
The sled overturned and we fell out
In a one horse open sleigh, yeah
We were riding in a sled pulled by one horse and with no roof, and it happened again
Jingle bells, jingle bells
The bells on the horse's tail are ringing again
Jingle all the way
The bells are ringing as we are riding
Oh, what fun it is to ride
Despite our mishap, we are still having a good time riding
In a one horse open sleigh
We are still riding in a sled pulled by one horse and with no roof
Writer(s): Steven Page, Ed Robertson, Don Sickler, Olivier Toussaint, William Jeffrey Revell Sharpe, Glenn, William J. Finegan, Jonas Erik Altberg, Johann M. Bertl, Gerard Salesses, Adrian Malcolm Legg, Harold H.Dickinson Jr, Kevin Hearn, Carl Weissman, Ian Geoffrey Levine, Jill Saward, Kay Thompson, Roger Keith Odell, Graham Reynolds, Mercer Ellington, James A. James Boney: See "Oppenheim, Jimmy Buffett, David Foster, William H. Conway, Jim Creeggan, James Pierpont, Keith Derek Winter, Christian Kolonovits, Tyler Stewart, George Denniston Anderson, Roy Ringwald Copyright: Fresh Baked Goods Inc., Chappell & Co. Inc., Shawnee Press Inc., Second Floor Music, Embassy Music Corp., Peermusic (Uk) Ltd., Leggaphone Music *terminated*, Coral Reefer Music, Mandalay Way Music, Tempo Music Inc., Delphine Editions, Barnaby Music Corp., Peermusic Iii Ltd., Skratch Music Publishing, Warner/Chappell Music Scandinavia AB, Treat Baker Music Inc., Hey You'Re Hey Music, Warner-tamerlane Publishing Corp., Austro-mechana Gmbh, WB Music Corp.
Contributed by Makayla W. Suggest a correction in the comments below.