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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.

Ticket To Ride
Various Artists Lyrics

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I think I'm gonna be sad
I think it's today, yeah
The girl that's driving me mad
Is going away

She's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride

But she don't care

She said that living with me
Is bringing her down, yeah
For she would never be free
When I was around

She's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
But she don't care

I don't know why she's riding so high
She ought to think twice
She ought to do right by me
Before she gets to saying goodbye
She ought to think twice
She ought to do right by me

I think I'm gonna be sad
I think it's today, yeah
The girl that's driving me mad
Is going away, yeah

Oh, she's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
But she don't care

I don't know why she's riding so high
She ought to think twice
She ought to do right by me
Before she gets to saying goodbye
She ought to think twice
She ought to do right by me

She said that living with me
Is bringing her down, yeah
For she would never be free
When I was around

Ah, she's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
But she don't care

My baby don't care, my baby don't care

My baby don't care, my baby don't care
My baby don't care, my baby don't care

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "Ticket to Ride" by Various Artists speak of a man who is heartbroken because his girlfriend is leaving him. He is deeply in love with her, but she does not seem to care about his feelings. She has a ticket to ride, which means she is leaving town, and he is not sure why she is leaving him. The man feels sad and devastated because he knows the woman he loves is drifting away from him.

The man wonders why she is riding so high and why she doesn't think twice about leaving him. He believes that she ought to do right by him and think about how he feels before she says goodbye. He is trying to hold onto her, but he knows deep down that she is leaving him for a reason. She has told him that living with him is bringing her down, and she can never be free when he is around. This is her reason for leaving, and the man is heartbroken.

In conclusion, "Ticket to Ride" is a song about heartbreak, loss, and the pain of letting go. The lyrics tell a story of a man who is mourning the loss of the woman he loves, who has decided to leave him for her own happiness. He is trying to understand why she is leaving him and hoping that she will reconsider before she says goodbye.

Line by Line Meaning

I think I'm gonna be sad
I feel like I'm going to be upset

I think it's today, yeah
This feeling could be happening today

The girl that's driving me mad
The girl who is making me crazy

Is going away
Is leaving

She's got a ticket to ride
She has a ticket to leave

But she don't care
She doesn't care about leaving

She said that living with me
She told me that living with me

Is bringing her down, yeah
Living with me is making her unhappy

For she would never be free
Because she feels she can't be free

When I was around
When I was with her

I don't know why she's riding so high
I'm not sure why she's so happy or confident