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What was the name of the song? 'It's alright, it's alright'

posted 19 years ago by z34s34
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I can't find the song. It's an upbeat song that goes "It's alright, it's alright, it's alright". It was played in the first half of the movie

[–] psykodoboi 19 years ago

According to what I found, it's called (curiously enough) It's Alright.
By Chris Andrews. I hope that's the one you're looking for, and that this helps.
If that's not it, sorry. It's been too long since I've seen it, and can't think of which one you mean.

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[–] z34s34 19 years ago

I tried to search for "It's alright" by Chris Andrews and didnt find anything. I want to download it, legally if possible.

[–] psykodoboi 19 years ago

Wish I could help you, z34s34. ALl I know is that I looked up GMV, and under original music, it had that song listed. No guarantees it's the same one you want, but it's the only one that fit.

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[–] AntBMSU 19 years ago

The song is called Its Alright by Adam Faith

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[–] Badmojo99 18 years ago

Oh THANK CHRIST!!!! That's been driving me crazy since I was in Middle School. Thanks a lot guys.

[–] helipilot189 18 years ago

it dont make sence its the right song but He says going back to the dawn with the DAWNBUSTERS! i thought that was the name of the band

[–] neilmcd7 18 years ago

the song is "It's Alright" by Cliff Richards.

[–] dbrockskk1 10 years ago

doesn't sense

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[–] master_stghm 18 years ago

You can generally tell the name of a song by the most repeated lyric.

[–] Micheaux 18 years ago

Generally, that is so, but not always, especially in the 1960s. By the way, since the backing band is so wonderful on this song, I would like to mention the Roulettes (since they are mentioned on the label).

On the "Forever Changes" album by Love, many of the songs have titles that aren't mentioned in the lyrics.

Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth" does not have that phrase in the song.

In the song "Nobody But Me", originally performed by the Isley Brothers, the hit version by the Human Beinz under the "most repeated lyric" hypothesis would be called "No", since that is repeated over 30 times in the song. The title, in this case, is mentioned, of course.

Other decades can boast songs that have titles that go unmentioned in the lyrics. In the movie "Guys and Dolls", you might think the first song would be called, "I Got the Horse Right Here", but it's actually called "Fugue for Tin Horns".

The question that I find most interesting was hinted at by an earlier poster, why was Faith's name not mentioned in the movie and the song not put on the soundtrack album? I also thought the "Dawnbusters" was the band. Maybe it was some sort of odd legal agreement.

[–] quincyg 18 years ago

it is definitely by Adam Faith not Cliff Richard.
Chris Andrews wrote the song.

[–] johnston.scot 10 years ago

Baba O'Reilly is another nice example.
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[–] Balcones 17 years ago

Look right here,

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093105/soundtrack

[–] hellblazer-1 17 years ago

Isn't it annoying when you buy the soundtrack album only to discover the most memorable song isn't on it.

Anyway - It's Alright by Adam Faith - on youtube...

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtAc_CtmW7A>;