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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.

Mad Scientist
Various Artists Lyrics

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Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry
You don't know how lovely you are

I had to find you
Tell you I need you
Tell you I set you apart

Tell me your secrets

And ask me your questions
Oh, let's go back to the start

Running in circles
Coming up tails
Heads on a science apart

Nobody said it was easy
It's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be this hard

Oh, take me back to the start

I was just guessing
At numbers and figures
Pulling the puzzles apart

Questions of science
Science and progress
Do not speak as loud as my heart

Tell me you love me
Come back and haunt me
Oh, and I rush to the start

Running in circles
Chasing our tails
Coming back as we are

Nobody said it was easy
Oh, it's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be so hard

I'm going back to the start

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "Mad Scientist" by Various Artists talks about a tale of a man who is remorseful for the mistakes he has made and the relationship he has lost. The opening lyrics "Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry, You don't know how lovely you are" signifies the singer's desire to apologize and his admiration for the individual he wronged. The next verse "I had to find you, Tell you I need you, Tell you I set you apart" highlights his desperation and need to reconcile with the individual.

The chorus "Nobody said it was easy, It's such a shame for us to part, Nobody said it was easy, No one ever said it would be this hard" implies that the relationship was a difficult one and that the two parties were never fully prepared for the challenges that came with it. The singer wishes to go back to the beginning of the relationship where they had a clean slate and start over again.

The last verse "Questions of science, Science and progress, Do not speak as loud as my heart, Tell me you love me, Come back and haunt me, Oh, and I rush to the start" represents the singer's deeper understanding that their love is more profound than the science and progress that surrounds them. They long for their love to come back and issues a plea for them to begin again.

Overall, the lyrics of "Mad Scientist" by Various Artists are a powerful tale of a man who recognizes the value of his past love and is prepared to fight to get it back.

Line by Line Meaning

Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry
Approaching you with regret, to apologize

You don't know how lovely you are
Unaware of your own charm

I had to find you
I felt compelled to locate you

Tell you I need you
I want you to know that I require you

Tell you I set you apart
You are distinct and special to me

Tell me your secrets
Share with me your confidential information

And ask me your questions
Inquire of me anything you wish to know

Oh, let's go back to the start
Let's return to the beginning

Running in circles
Continuously moving but not actually making progress

Coming up tails
Having bad luck

Heads on a science apart
Intelligent but divided