America’s No. 1 song isn’t in English. That doesn’t happen often.

For the second week in a row, the song that’s sitting atop the Billboard Hot 100 list is “Despacito,” a Spanish-language track by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, with an assist from Canadian boy Justin Bieber. (It’s Bieber’s third week in a row singing on a No. 1 track since he was on D.J.

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Forget “Deck the Halls”: The best holiday songs you’ve never heard

With holiday music saturating stores, offices and radio stations, it’s easy to grow tired of seasonal standards — everything from Band Aid’s “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” and Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” to Mannheim Steamroller’s “Deck the Halls.



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Why Adam Sandler's 'Thanksgiving Song' Is a Holiday Classic

There's so much to love about Thanksgiving: the piles of food, the expressions of gratitude, that uncle that still tries to get you to pull his finger, the four-day weekend, etc. And yet, this late November feast of gluttony is easily the most underserved among the major U.S.



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Are Politicians Too Dumb to Understand the Lyrics to ‘Born in the USA’?

On Tuesday night—widely considered a sweeping victory for Republican political candidates—I sat in my apartment, huddled around my TV, watching as election results rolled in.



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The Stories Behind 10 Johnny Cash Songs

Johnny Cash once wrote, “I love songs about horses, railroads, land, judgment day, family, hard times, whiskey, courtship, marriage, adultery, separation, murder, war, prison, rambling, damnation, home, salvation, death, pride, humor, piety, rebellion, patriotism, larceny, determination, t



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Running Songs

Adele - Rolling In The Deep

 

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Running Songs

The Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go

 

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Running Songs

Today begins a new section on music. I have written about the benefits and defects of running with music. I personally don't find benefit for music under 30k but I do have songs that I find lower fatigue and pain. So I will put down a few. First is:

Blink 182 - All The Small Things