PIANO DOCS: November 2012

One Direction - Live While We're Young

Live While We're Young By One Direction. Pop. Piano/Vocal/Guitar. 7 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music (HX.251037)
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"Live While We're Young" is a song by English-Irish boy band One Direction, from their second studio album Take Me Home (2012). Written by Rami Yacoub, Carl Falk and Savan Kotecha and produced by Yacoub and Falk, it was released as the lead single by Syco Records on 28 September 2012. The track is an uptempo, upbeat pop rock song which includes elements of dance pop and bubblegum pop. It features vocal harmonies, hand claps, prominent electric guitar riffs, and synthesizer "bursts". The song's lyrics speak of living life in the moment. The song received mostly positive reviews from music critics favoring the song being omnipresence and resemblance of happiness.

We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together By Taylor Swift. Country; Pop. Piano/Vocal/Guitar. 6 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music (HX.247765)
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We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" is a song recorded by American recording artist Taylor Swift. It was written by Swift with Max Martin and Shellback. Production was handled by Martin, and Shellback, with Scott Borchetta serving as executive producer. It was released as the lead single from Swft's fourth studio album Red (2012) on August 13, 2012 by Big Machine Records.

"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" is a pop song with bubblegum pop influences while the lyrics depict Swift's frustration at an ex-lover who wants to re-kindle their relationship. The songwriters wrote the song after Swift's ex-boyfriend's friend spoke of rumors he heard that Swift and her former boyfriend were reuniting. The song received mixed reviews from music critics; some praised the catchy, radio-friendly hook while others felt the song lacked the thoughtfulness of Swift's previous, more guitar-based work.

The song was an instant commercial success, topping the iTunes chart all over the world becoming the fastest-selling digital single and biggest digital sales week ever for a song by a woman in history with 623,000 copies, overtaking Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" and Kesha's "Tik Tok", respectively records. It is the first song in Swift's career to peak at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, and the first song to hold the top spot for more than one week after a huge leap, since Kelly Clarkson's two-week run of "My Life Would Suck Without You" after the song rocketed from number ninety-seven to the top spot. A music video for the song was released in August 2012. It was the first music video to be presented in 4K resolution and received positive reviews from critics. A CD single was released in September 2012 by Swift's official store, Amazon.com and US Walmart stores.

"Even after it explodes into a million pieces and burns down and you're standing in a pile of the ash of what it once was thinking, 'Why did I have to meet this person, why did this have to happen?' "

"But then, when you make eye contact with someone across the room and it clicks and, bam, you're there. In love again."

The Lumineers - Ho Hey

Ho Hey By The Lumineers. For Piano/Vocal/Guitar. Piano Vocal. 8 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.116369)
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"Ho Hey" is a song by American folk rock band The Lumineers. It was released in 2012 as the lead single from their debut self-titled studio album. The music video was also released on March 11, 2012. "Ho Hey" has reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming their first single to do so, as well as their first Top 5 single. It is also their first single to reach Platinum status in the US.