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This near-perfect ballad attempts to redress the unhappiness of Natasha KhanвЂ™s real-life friend (who isnвЂ™t named Laura, obviously). In which the mysterious outfit Rhye вЂ“ aka Mike Milosh and Robin Hannibal вЂ“ attempt to define вЂswoonвЂ™ in song. ThatвЂ™s right, two: he originally recorded them separately, but frontman Matt Johnson cut them together to act as the closer to the 7-minute sprawler. Three-and-a-half minutes into вЂUncertain SmileвЂ™, two of Jools HollandвЂ™s stonkingВ piano solos begin.

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There was something about his vocal that was an improvement on all of the English vocals until then.вЂќ Surprisingly, it never hit the Number One spot in the charts вЂ“ though it did go platinum in the USA.ДЄ series of menacing triads on the piano pulls you into this songвЂ™s deathly grip: вЂњ And we all went to heaven in a little row boatВ /В There was nothing to fear and nothing to doubtвЂњ. In 1975 John Lennon recalled thinking of this song as: вЂњa step forward. Kate Bush was aged just 18 when she wrote it.ДЄ nine-minute opus, вЂRunawayвЂ™ finds West ruing his past transgressions over a melody based around falling octaves.

The spidery opening notes of this debut single вЂ“ inspired by the Emily BrontГ« novel of the same name вЂ“ announced the arrival of a singular talent. Over its bedrock of stolid piano, вЂAnecdotesвЂ™В bursts into bloomВ about three minutes in, as Newsom muses on themes of life, ageing and death.ДЎ1.

вЂњNo matter what people might think, there will be some 13-year-old kid out there whoвЂ™ll read an interview and think: вЂImagine? IвЂ™ve never heard that songвЂ™, and he might go and buy the album.вЂќ The opening piano line of OasisвЂ™ most karaoke-able song were directly taken fromВ John LennonвЂ™s вЂImagineвЂ™, Noel says. Oasis вЂ“ вЂDonвЂ™t Look Back In AngerвЂ™ (1996) The 19th most-sold UK single of all time is an instantly recognisable classic.Д©. This lilting number leaves Nick Drake adrift in a sea of dreams he never pursued: вЂњ I could have been one of these things firstвЂњ. Nick Drake вЂ“ вЂOne Of These Things FirstвЂ™ (1971) DidnвЂ™t know that, did ya?Д¬hris Martin has said he was inspired by fellow Devonshire lads Muse when writing this simple but brutally effective piano riff.Д§. Simply an iconic tune вЂ“ and itвЂ™s played on the same piano Paul McCartney used for вЂHey JudeвЂ™.

The final track on MitchellвЂ™s iconic вЂBlueвЂ™В draws its restless romanticism to a close with a complex piano part, and lyrics that exploreВ what happens when the lines dividing romantics and cynics become blurred. Joni Mitchell вЂ“ вЂThe Last Time I Saw RichardвЂ™ (1971)