Miley Cyrus covered Flack's version in Legend says that "Yellow Ribbon" is about a criminal returning home, but it's actually about a soldier coming home from a POW camp , according to one of the song's writers, L. Russell Brown. The song was written for the hit movie of the same name starring Streisand and Robert Redford as star-crossed lovers.
The two divorced in after 39 years of marriage. McCartney wrote this song in response to music critics who believed his songs were too sappy. He told Billboard "'Aw, he sings love songs, he writes love songs, he's so soppy at times. I like 'em, other people like 'em, and there's a lot of people I love -- I'm lucky enough to have that in my life. So the idea was that 'you' may call them silly, but what's wrong with that?
It remained at the top of the Billboard for eight weeks. Gibb was the youngest of the Gibb brothers, better known as the Bee Gees. A live performance of this song in was the first time all four brothers performed together. The lead singer of the Knack, Doug Fieger, wrote the lyrics for the song after meeting Sharona Alperin. She'd go on to be his girlfriend for four years.
Bette Davis was 73 at the time of the song's release, and sent Carnes and the songwriters thank you notes for making her relevant again, and sent roses after the song won Grammys. This stalker anthem was everywhere in It's so prolific in The Police's career that Sting referenced the song himself in one of his solo songs, "Love is the Seventh Wave.
The Dionne Warwick version of this song is much more famous than the original recorded by Rod Stewart. What does it mean to walk like an Egyptian? Well, the writer of the song was inspired by a group of people he saw riding a ferry boat, trying to keep their balance.
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