The Longest Yard (2005 film)

The Longest Yard (2005 film)

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The Longest Yard
Longest yard ver2.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Peter Segal
Produced by Jack Giarraputo
Screenplay by Sheldon Turner
Based on The Longest Yard
by Tracy Keenan Wynn
The Longest Yard
by Albert S. Ruddy
Starring Adam Sandler
Chris Rock
James Cromwell
Nelly
William Fichtner
David Patrick Kelly
Tracy Morgan
Cloris Leachman
Burt Reynolds
The Great Khali
Music by Teddy Castellucci
Cinematography Dean Semler
Edited by Jeff Gourson
Production
company
  • MTV Films
  • Happy Madison Productions
  • Callahan Filmworks
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
(United States)
Columbia Pictures
(International)
Release date
  • May 27, 2005 (2005-05-27)
Running time
113 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $82 million[1]
Box office $190.3 million[1]

The Longest Yard is a 2005 American sports prison comedy film and a remake of the 1974 film of the same name. Adam Sandler plays the protagonist Paul Crewe, a disgraced former professional quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers, who is forced to form a team from the prison inmates to play football against their guards.

Burt Reynolds, who played Sandler's role in the original, co-stars as Nate Scarborough, the inmates' coach. Chris Rock plays Crewe's friend, known as Caretaker. The cast includes James Cromwell, Nelly, William Fichtner and several former and current professional athletes such as Terry Crews, Michael Irvin, Brian Bosworth, Bill Romanowski, Bill Goldberg, Bob Sapp, Kevin Nash, Stone Cold Steve Austin, and Dalip "The Great Khali" Singh Rana. The film was produced by MTV Films and Happy Madison Productions and distributed by Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures, and was released on May 27, 2005.

Contents

  • 1 Plot
  • 2 Cast
  • 3 Production
  • 4 Reception
    • 4.1 Box office
    • 4.2 Critical response
  • 5 Awards
  • 6 Soundtrack
  • 7 References
  • 8 External links

Plot[edit]

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Paul Crewe is a former NFL player who, one night, gets drunk and goes joyriding in the Bentley of his girlfriend Lena, crashing it. It is revealed that he was accused of shaving points in a big game, although it was never proven.

In prison, Warden Rudolph Hazen, wishing to boost his prison's reputation for future elections as State Governor, uses threats and confinement in a hot box to coerce Crewe into helping the prison guards' football team, led by the hostile Captain Knauer. Crewe informs Hazen that what Hazen's team needs is a tune-up game to boost the guards' confidence, and is therefore coerced to form an inmate team to play against the guards. He does so with the help of a newfound friend, Caretaker. They start off with a poorly organized team, before being noticed by another prisoner, former college football star Nate Scarborough, who decides to help coach the team by gathering several intimidating inmates as a boost to the team's strength.

Caretaker tells Crewe that they need more "brothers" on the team. When Crewe goes to the basketball court to ask the black inmates to join the team, their leader, Deacon Moss rebuffs him. Crewe challenges Deacon to a one-on-one basketball game, saying that if he wins, the brothers will join the team, and if Deacon wins, Crewe will leave them alone. Deacon accepts, and despite Deacon's undisguised personal fouls in which he elbows, punches or grabs Crewe, Crewe continues without complaint. On the game-winning shot, Crewe cleanly steals the ball from Deacon and scores, but Deacon calls a foul. Realizing he won't be allowed to win, Crewe lets Deacon score the final shot. Although Deacon beats Crewe, one of the brothers, a fast runner named Earl Megget, impressed with Crewe's decision to take the beating, joins the football team as its running back. When the guards learn of this, they confront Earl in an attempt to provoke an assault by him by saying the racial epithet "nigger", but Earl does not allow himself to be provoked despite intimidation and minor abuse. Having witnessed this, the other "brothers", including Deacon, decide to join the team too.

Hazen and the guards continue attempts to hinder Crewe's team by flooding their field, but the team decides to practice in the mud anyway.

Inmate Unger spies on the activities of the inmates and after being pressured by the guards, rigs Crewe’s radio with an explosive. Caretaker unknowingly enters the cell to give a photo gift to Crewe, but is killed when he tries to turn the dial on the radio.

On game day, the inmates are revitalized in the wake of Caretaker's murder when Crewe reveals Caretaker's last gift to the team, quality gear and uniforms from his cousin at Reebok with the team name "Mean Machine" on the uniforms. The Mean Machine overcomes a rough start, due to individual inmates' attempts to retaliate against guards for the abuse they've suffered. Crewe angrily tells the inmates that winning the game is more important and will damage the guards more than their personal grudges, and gets them to play as a team. The first half ends with the score tied. The angered Hazen informs Crewe in private that if he does not lose he will be charged for Caretaker's murder. Crewe acquiesces to Hazen's threat, asking that the guards refrain from using excessive force on the field after getting a comfortable lead, to which Hazen agrees to do so after they obtain a two touchdown lead. After Crewe fakes an injury in order to leave the field, his teammates voice their displeasure over his obvious deserting of the team.

After seeing that Hazen has broken his promise and two members of the Mean Machine are injured, Crewe asks Skitchy if the time spent in jail for punching the warden was worth it. Skitchy replies, "It was worth every goddamn second," and inspired Crewe returns to the field. The team initially doubts Crewe’s resolve and allows him to be sacked twice. After running for a first down on 4th and Long, Crewe, realizing that his inmates are still not protecting him due to his prior actions, calls a huddle, admits to the point shaving that disgraced him, the injury that he faked as a result of Hazen's threat, and sabotage to the other inmates, and asks for their forgiveness, putting his hands in the middle of all of them. Moss puts his hand in, followed by the rest of the team.

The Mean Machine, united again as a team, quickly scores two touchdowns to cut the guards' lead to 35–28. After Megget is injured following a long run, Scarborough comes in for one play as replacement and scores a touchdown off a trick play involving a fumble called a Fumblerooski. Mean Machine decides to go for the two-point conversion and the win. As they get up to the line they seem to be confused, and Crewe and Scarborough start arguing in order to trick the guards. Moss gets the snap and passes it to Crewe, who scores the winning conversion, winning the game. Knauer, with a newfound respect for Crewe, tells him that he showed extraordinary nerve, and lets him know that he will vouch that Crewe had nothing to do with Caretaker's death.

Hazen admonishes Knauer for losing a fixed game and notices that Crewe is heading towards the exit. Eagerly implying Crewe is trying to escape, Hazen orders that Crewe be shot for attempting to escape. Knauer hesitates and at the last moment realizes (and scornfully tells Hazen) that Crewe is only picking up the game football. Crewe returns it to Hazen, telling him to "stick it in [his] trophy case." Moss and Joey Battle give Hazen a Gatorade shower, and when he tells them that this has earned them a week in the hot box, Battle defiantly yells "Who gives a shit?!"

Cast[edit]

Convicts

  • Adam Sandler as Paul "Wrecking" Crewe
  • Chris Rock as James "Caretaker" Farrell
  • Burt Reynolds as Coach Nate Scarborough
  • Nelly as Earl Megget
  • Michael Irvin as Deacon Moss
  • Bill Goldberg as Joey "Battle" Battaglio
  • Terry Crews as "Cheeseburger" Eddy
  • Bob Sapp as Switowski
  • Nicholas Turturro as Brucie
  • Dalip Singh as Turley
  • Lobo Sebastian as Torres
  • Joey Diaz as Tony
  • Rob Schneider as Punky
  • David Patrick Kelly as Unger
  • Eddie Bunker as Doc "Skitchy" Rivers
  • Steve Reevis as "Baby Face" Bob Rainwater
  • Tracy Morgan as Miss Tucker

Prison Staff

  • James Cromwell as Warden Rudolph Hazen
  • William Fichtner as Captain Wilhem Knauer
  • Kevin Nash as Sergeant Engleheart
  • Steve Austin as Guard Dunham
  • Brian Bosworth as Guard Garner
  • Michael Papajohn as Guard Papajohn
  • Conrad Goode as Guard Webster
  • Bill Romanowski as Guard Lambert
  • Cloris Leachman as Lynette Grey

Others

  • Allen Covert as Referee
  • Jim Rome as Himself
  • Chris Berman as Himself
  • Lauren Sanchez as Herself
  • Patrick Bristow as Walt
  • Adam Schefter as Himself
  • Peter King as Himself
  • Courteney Cox as Lena (uncredited)
  • Dan Patrick as Police Officer

Rap group D12 except for Eminem appeared in the movie and they were credited as Basketball Convicts. Eminem was mentioned in the scene where Crewe comes to invite the Basketball team and a player says: 'Look guys, it's the fake Slim Shady' mocking his race.

Production[edit]

The movie was filmed at the New Mexico State Penitentiary on Route 14, Santa Fe, New Mexico. The football game at the end of the film was filmed at Murdock Stadium at the El Camino College in Torrance, California. The car chase scene was filmed whereabouts in Long Beach, California. Other parts of the film were filmed in Los Angeles and New Mexico.[citation needed] The golf course scene was filmed at Lost Canyons Golf Club in Simi Valley, California.[2]

Reception[edit]

Box office[edit]

The film did well at the box office. Its $47.6 million opening weekend was the largest of Sandler's career and only second to The Day After Tomorrow as the largest opening by a movie that was not #1. The film would go on to gross $158.1 million in the United States and Canada and $190 million worldwide. It was the highest-grossing film produced by MTV Films, until it was surpassed by Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters. Despite the large number of remakes released at the theaters, it's worth noting that The Longest Yard is the highest grossing comedy remake of the modern box office era (from 1980 on).[3]

Critical response [edit]

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 32% based on 165 reviews, with an average rating of 4.8/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "This Yard has some laughs but missing from this remake is the edginess of the original." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 48 out of 100, based on 35 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". According to CinemaScore, audiences gave the film a grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.[4]

Roger Ebert, in the critical minority with this title, gave it a "Thumbs Up", defending it later in his Chicago Sun-Times review as a film that "...more or less achieves what most of the people attending it will expect." In the print review, Ebert beseeches his readers to "...seek out a movie you could have an interesting conversation about", citing films not in wide release such as Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist and Kontroll, until finally encouraging his readers to "drop any thought of seeing anything else instead" if they can see Crash.[5]

Awards[edit]

The film earned Chris Rock a BET Comedy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Theatrical Film.[citation needed]

Burt Reynolds earned a Golden Raspberry Award nomination for Worst Supporting Actor for his performance in the film.[citation needed]

Soundtrack[edit]

Main article: The Longest Yard (soundtrack)

The official soundtrack, which consisted entirely of hip-hop music, was released on May 24, 2005 by Universal Records. It peaked at 11 on the Billboard 200 and 10 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.

The film itself contains a mixture of hip hop and rock music, featuring music by Creedence Clearwater Revival, Norman Greenbaum and AC/DC among others.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "The Longest Yard (2005)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
  2. Jump up ^ "Filming at Lost Canyons Golf Club". Lost Canyons. December 1, 2014.
  3. Jump up ^ "Comedy Remake". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
  4. Jump up ^ "CinemaScore". CinemaScore. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  5. Jump up ^ Ebert, Roger (May 26, 2005). "Reviews: The Longest Yard". rogerebert.com. 3/4 stars

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Joanna Going

Joanna Going

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Joanna Going
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Joanna Going at the Kingdom premiere in October 2014.
Born Joanna C. Going
(1963-07-22) July 22, 1963 (age 54)
Washington, DC., United States
Alma mater Emerson College
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
Occupation Actress
Years active 1986–present
Spouse(s) Dylan Walsh (m. 2004; div. 2012)
Children 1

Joanna C. Going[1] (born July 22, 1963) is an American actress.

Contents

 [hide]
  • 1 Early life
  • 2 Career
  • 3 Personal life
  • 4 Filmography
    • 4.1 Film
    • 4.2 Television
  • 5 References
  • 6 External links

Early life[edit]

She was born in Washington, DC, the oldest of six children of a lawyer/state assemblyman father and a police dispatcher mother.[1] Raised in Newport, Rhode Island, she graduated from Rogers High School in 1981, then attended Emerson College for two years before studying at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.[citation needed]

Career[edit]

Going appeared in soap opera roles in the late 1980s, most notably as Lisa Grady on Another World from 1987 to 1989.[2] She went on to portray lead character Victoria Winters in the 1991 primetime series Dark Shadows.[2] Going later starred in short-lived television series Going to Extremes and guest-starred on Columbo, Spin City, The Outer Limits, and Law & Order.

Going starred in a number of feature films. She made her film debut in Wyatt Earp (1994) as Josephine Marcus, and later had major roles in Eden, Keys to Tulsa, Inventing the Abbotts, and Still Breathing. Her biggest role may be in the 1998 film version of Phantoms. In the 2000s, she starred in several television films and guest-starred on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Criminal Minds, and Mad Men. She also appeared opposite Sean Penn in the 2011 film The Tree of Life, her first role in a major motion picture since 2003's Runaway Jury. In 2014, Going starred as First Lady Tricia Walker in the second season of Netflix political series House of Cards. She later was cast in the DirecTV series Kingdom.[3][4][5]

Going appeared on Ken Reid's TV Guidance Counselor podcast on March 25, 2016.

Personal life[edit]

Going married actor Dylan Walsh on October 10, 2004. They have a daughter, Stella Haven. On December 15, 2010, Walsh announced he had filed for divorce.[6] The divorce was finalized in December 2012.[7]

Filmography[edit]

Nick Jonas, Going, Matt Lauria, Frank Grillo, and Jonathan Tucker at the premiere of the Kingdom in October 2014

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1994 Wyatt Earp Josephine Marcus
1995 How to Make an American Quilt Young Em
1995 Nixon Young Student
1996 Eden Helen Kunen
1997 Little City Kate
1997 Inventing the Abbotts Alice Abbott
1997 Keys to Tulsa Cherry
1997 Commandments Karen Warner
1997 Still Breathing Rosalyn Willoughby
1998 Phantoms Jennifer Pailey, M.D.
1998 Heaven Jennifer Marling
1998 Blue Christmas Pretty Woman
1999 NetForce Toni Fiorelli
2000 Cupid & Cate Cynthia TV Movie
2001 Lola Sandra
2002 The Routine Mother Short film
2002 Home Alone 4 Natalie TV Movie
2003 Runaway Jury Celeste Wood
2006 Save Me Rita Lambert Short film
2006 My Silent Partner Phyllis Webber TV Movie
2007 McBride: Dogged Sarah Sinclair TV Movie
2009 Chasing a Dream Diane Stiles TV Movie
2011 The Tree of Life Jack's Wife
2014 Ready or Knot Margo
2014 The Sphere and the Labyrinth Jordana
2014 Love & Mercy Audree Wilson

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1986 Search for Tomorrow Evie Stone Recurring role
1987–1989 Another World Lisa Grady Series regular
1990 The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd Mindy Episode: "Here's Why You Can Never Have Too Much Petty Cash"
1991 Dark Shadows Victoria Winters / Josette du Pres Series regular, 12 episodes
1992 Columbo Melissa Alexandra Hayes Episode: "No Time to Die"
1992–1993 Going to Extremes Kathleen McDermott Series regular, 17 episodes
1993 New Year Katie Hartman TV pilot
1993 Nick's Game Laura 'Stock' Swenson TV pilot
1995 Children of the Dust Rachel TV miniseries
2000 Ed Sela McKenzie Episode: "Pretty Girls and Waffles"
2001 Spin City Julia Rhodes 3 episodes
2001 The Outer Limits Dr. Anya Kenway Episode: "Worlds Within"
2002 Law & Order Dana Bauer Episode: "The Collar"
2002 Georgetown TV pilot
2003 111 Gramercy Park Cathy Wilton TV pilot
2005 Inconceivable Jann Carlton Episode: "Sex, Lies and Sonograms"
2005 Into the West Old Clara Wheeler TV miniseries
2006 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Amanda Sinclair / Jill Case Episode: "Happenstance"
2007 Criminal Minds Dana Woodridge Episode: "Distress"
2007 Close to Home Samantha Veeder 3 episodes
2007 Journeyman Lauren Episode: "Perfidia"
2013 Mad Men Arlene Episodes: "To Have and to Hold" and "The Better Half"
2014 House of Cards First Lady Tricia Walker 7 episodes
2014–2017 Kingdom Christina Kulina Main role

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Joanna Going Biography (1963-)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Joanna Going". Movies.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
  3. Jump up ^ "'House of Cards' Joanna Going Boards DirecTV's 'Navy St.'". Hollywood Reporter. 2014-03-07. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
  4. Jump up ^ "Joanna Going Joins DirecTV's 'Navy St'; Angelique Cabral Boards NBC's 'Two To Go'". Deadline.com. March 7, 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
  5. Jump up ^ Deadline, The (June 12, 2014). "DirecTV Drama Series 'Navy St' Gets New Title, Premiere Date". Deadline.com. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
  6. Jump up ^ "Nip/Tuck Star Dylan Walsh Files for Divorce". People.
  7. Jump up ^ "Dylan Walsh - Ordered to Pay Ex-Wife HALF Of 'Nip/Tuck' Money". TMZ.com. 2012-12-25. Retrieved 2014-04-06.

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Can't Take My Eyes Off You

Can't Take My Eyes Off You

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"Can't Take My Eyes Off You"
Can't Take My Eyes Off You.jpg
Cover of the 1967 US single
Single by Frankie Valli
from the album Frankie Valli: Solo[1]
B-side "The Trouble With Me"
Released May 1967 (1967-05)
Format 7"
Recorded April 1967
Genre Pop rock
Length 2:58
Label Philips
Songwriter(s)
  • Bob Crewe
  • Bob Gaudio
Producer(s) Bob Crewe
Frankie Valli singles chronology
"The Proud One"
(1966)
"Can't Take My Eyes Off You"
(1967)
"I Make a Fool of Myself"
(1967)
"The Proud One"
(1966)
"Can't Take My Eyes Off You"
(1967)
"I Make a Fool of Myself"
(1967)

"Can't Take My Eyes Off You" is a 1967 single credited to Frankie Valli. The song was among his biggest hits, earning a gold record and reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a week, stuck behind "Windy" by The Association.[2] It was co-written by Bob Gaudio, a bandmate of Valli's in The Four Seasons. It was Valli's biggest solo hit until he hit #1 in 1974 with "My Eyes Adored You".[3]

"Can't Take My Eyes Off You" has had hundreds of cover versions, many of which have been on the charts in different countries. The song is a staple of television and film soundtracks, even being featured as part of the plot of some films, such as when the lead characters sing or arrange their own version of the song. Its chorus has also become a popular football chant, with supporters of various teams inserting their club's name or a popular player's name into the beat (for instance, A.S. Roma fans sing "Francesco Totti, la la, la la la la!"). The Valli version was also used by NASA as a wake-up song for a mission of the Space Shuttle, on the anniversary of astronaut Christopher Ferguson.

Contents

 [hide]
  • 1 Credits
  • 2 Charts
    • 2.1 Weekly charts
    • 2.2 Year-end charts
  • 3 Notable cover versions
    • 3.1 1967–1969
    • 3.2 1970–1989
    • 3.3 1990–1999
    • 3.4 2000–2009
    • 3.5 2010–present
  • 4 References
  • 5 External links

Credits[edit]

The song was written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio. Arrangement was done by Artie Schroeck and Gaudio.[4] The original recording was made at A&R Recording Studios at 799 7th Avenue, with Bob Crewe producing and Phil Ramone as the engineer.

Charts[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (1967) Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles[5] 2
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 2
US Cash Box Top 100[7] 1

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (1967) Rank
Canada[8] 18
US Billboard Hot 100[9] 10
US Cash Box [10] 3

Notable cover versions[edit]

The song has been covered by some 200 artists over the years, in many countries, under both versions of the title. A few notable examples of cover versions that appeared on the charts:

1967–1969[edit]

  • The Lettermen (#7 in 1967, in a medley with "Goin' Out of My Head")
  • A version by Andy Williams made it to #5 on the UK singles chart in 1968.[11] The arranger and producer was Nick DeCaro and the conductor was Eddie Karam.[12] This version is included in the soundtrack of the 2001 film Bridget Jones's Diary. In 2002 he recorded a new version of the song, as a duet with British actress and singer Denise van Outen, which reached #23 in the UK singles charts.[13]
  • Vicki Carr recorded a cover of the song on her 1967 album It Must Be Him.
  • Nancy Wilson (#52 in 1969)
  • Engelbert Humperdinck covered the song on his 1968 album A Man Without Love.[14]
  • The Easybeats covered the song on their 1968 album Vigil, only released on the UK/European version of the album.
  • The Supremes performed the song for the first time in 1969, in one of Diana Ross' last performance on TV with the group, with Mary Wilson on lead.
  • A translated version in Swedish was recorded by Anni-Frid Lyngstad (later of ABBA) and was released as the B-side to her debut single "Din" in 1967. The recording has also been released on Lyngstad's compilation albums.[15]

1970–1989[edit]

  • In 1970, Brook Benton recorded the song on his album Brook Benton Today.[16]
  • In 1972, Bobby Darin performed the song on his summer television series, Dean Martin Presents: The Bobby Darin Amusement Company, and this version was included in the 2004 album Aces Back to Back.
  • In 1974, Anna Maria Alberghetti performed the song as part of a medley on the 1974 Jerry Lewis Labor Day MDA Telethon.
  • In 1975, Julio Iglesias sang the song on his TV show.
  • Shirley Bassey recorded this as a United Artist Single in 1976.
  • In 1978 actors Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken and John Cazale sang the lyrics in the movie The Deer Hunter.
  • Maureen McGovern (#27 on the US Adult Contemporary chart in 1979; #5 Canadian AC in 1980).[17]
  • In 1982, San Francisco based disco band Boys Town Gang performed a disco version of the song which reached number one in the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and number four in the United Kingdom.[18][19] This version was also successful in Japan, receiving a gold digital certification by the RIAJ in 2011, and is also on games such as Just Dance 4.
  • In 1987, Hong Kong singer Prudence Liew recorded a Cantonese version and released it as the fourth single from her sophomore album, Why.
  • In 1989, Michelle Pfeiffer sang the song in The Fabulous Baker Boys.

1990–1999[edit]

  • 1991, onwards various versions from by disco singer Gloria Gaynor.[20]
  • 1991, Pet Shop Boys used part of the song on their cover version of U2's "Where the Streets Have No Name", which reached #4 in the U.K. and #72 in the U.S.
  • 1992, Dutch singers Gerard Joling and Tatjana Šimić recorded a duet version of the song (including a rap segment by Darrell Bell), which peaked at #5 in the Dutch Top 40 charts.[21]
  • 1993, the song was recorded by a-ha singer Morten Harket for the soundtrack of the movie Coneheads (1993).[22]
  • 1994, Russian singer Philipp Kirkorov recorded this song for his album I'm not a Rafael.
  • 1995, Christian rock band Daniel Amos recorded a version of the song on their album Songs of the Heart.
  • 1996, Manic Street Preachers recorded a version of the song and used it as the third B-side on their single "Australia", the fourth to be taken from the hit album Everything Must Go.
  • 1997, Turkish singer Tuğba Önal covered the song in Turkish, titled "Gelmezsen Gelme" and featured the song on her album Onun Adı Aşk.[citation needed]
  • 1997, German singer Tommy Fischer released his german disco version "Weil ich dich liebe" (covered in 2008 by Two 4 Pop)
  • 1997, Xysma, the pioneering finnish grindcore band, covered the song in their later career after transforming into a rock band on their EP Singles.
  • 1998, Lauryn Hill (#35 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart and #2 on the Rhythmic Top 40 chart in 1998 and #8 on the Australian Singles Charts).[23] This version was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1999.
  • 1999, Izumi Sakai of the Japanese music unit Zard recorded a version of the song with Yasuharu Konishi. It was included as a miniature bonus CD to the 8th Zard album Eien. The title is altered slightly to "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You" and a remixed version is included as the second of two tracks.
  • 1999, Jatin-Lalit included a Hindi version, "Haan Haan Yeh Pyar Hai", in the film Dillagi.
  • 1999, Heath Ledger sang the song in the teen romantic-comedy 10 Things I Hate About You.
  • 1999, Denise Richards sang the song in the comedy Drop Dead Gorgeous (film).

2000–2009[edit]

  • 2000, Japanese singer Ringo Sheena, for the single "Tsumi to Batsu".
  • 2000, Hong Kong singer Leon Lai did a Cantonese version in his album Beijing Station.
  • 2000, Sheena Easton recorded her version for her album Fabulous.
  • 2001, Jimmy Somerville released his version as a single.
  • 2001, British group Muse, for the single "Dead Star" / "In Your World".
  • 2002, Japanese singer Tommy february6, on her eponymous album.
  • 2002, American guitarist Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal, on his album Uncool.
  • 2003, Czech duo Těžkej Pokondr recorded a Czech comedy version named Pejzy for their album Kuss.
  • 2003, italian singer Mina recorded a dance version of the song called Don't Call Me Baby.
  • 2004, Jennifer Peña recorded a Latin version of the song, "No Hay Nadie Igual Como Tú", which reached #33 on the Latin charts.
  • 2004, Bad Manners, for The Ultimate Bad Collection - Crooners.
  • 2005, Jamie Kennedy performed a song in the movie, Son of the Mask.
  • 2005, Hello Kitty performed a song for Sanrio Puroland's Yoru wo Tanoshima Night.
  • 2006, Barry Manilow including this song on his album The Greatest Songs of the Sixties.
  • 2006, The Killers performed this song as an intro to "Shadowplay" while on their Sam's Town Tour in 2006/07.
  • 2007, Greek singer Efi Thodi included this song in her album I Love You Baby.
  • 2008, John Barrowman recorded a cover for his album Music Music Music.
  • 2008, Chinese soft rock duet Yu Quan recorded a cover as an EP titled Fall in Love with Your Beauty.
  • 2008, Frankie Valli's version of the song was played by NASA as the morning wake-up call for astronaut Christopher Ferguson, in honor of his anniversary while he was on the STS-126 Space Shuttle mission.[24]
  • 2008, East german duo "TWO 4 POP" released a cover of Tommy Fischer's german version "Weil ich dich liebe" from 1997

2010–present[edit]

  • In 2010, A cappella group Straight No Chaser included a cover of the song on their album With a Twist.
  • In 2010, Clay Aiken included a cover of the song on his album Tried and True.
  • In 2011, Japanese R&B singer Misia, included a cover of the song as a B-side to her single "Kioku". The song was later included on her cover album, Misia no Mori: Forest Covers.
  • In 2011, Taiwanese-American singer-songwriter Joanna Wang, included a cover of the song on her cover album, The Things We Do for Love.
  • 2011, Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones sang an acoustic version of the song in tribute to former Wales national football team manager Gary Speed. The song has been an adopted anthem for Welsh football fans during Speed's playing career with Wales after being used in a BBC Wales promo for the 1994 World Cup qualifying campaign.[25]
  • In 2012, Sandaime J Soul Brothers, a dance and vocal group from Japan under the same agency as EXILE, cover this song and sing it on their [0~ZERO~ Live Tour] as "君の瞳に恋してる-Can't Take My Eyes Off of You-".[26]
  • In 2013, Canadian indie band Walk off the Earth recorded an acoustic/beat box version of the song posted on YouTube with Belgian singer/songwriter Selah Sue voicing the chorus.[27]
  • In 2013, South Korean girl group Girls' Generation performed a version of this song as part of their Japan 2nd Tour ～Girls＆Peace～[28] and 2013 Girls' Generation World Tour - Girls & Peace.[29]
  • In 2013, Rumba music group Chico & the Gypsies did a Spanish version called "No Puedo Quitar Mis Ojos De Ti" on their album Fiesta released mid-2013. Chico is Jahloul "Chico" Bouchikhi, one of the founder members of Gipsy Kings.
  • In 2013, the vocal harmony group The Overtones covered the song for the official soundtrack of the German movie Buddy, and also included the song on the Christmas and Mother's Day editions of their 2013 platinum selling album, Saturday Night at the Movies.
  • In 2014, John Lloyd Young covered the song for the movie Jersey Boys about the band The Four Seasons where he played Frankie Valli. He was also the original performer on the Broadway musical of the same name which premiered in 2005.
  • In 2015, Greek singers Antonis Remos and Melina Aslanidou performed the song on a tour.
  • In 2016, Amanda Lear recorded a new version of the song for her album Let Me Entertain You.
  • Jessie J recorded her version in 2016, for the French cosmetics brand Make Up For Ever.

References[edit]

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  2. Jump up ^ "Billboard Hot 100". 1967-07-22. Retrieved 2015-07-31.
  3. Jump up ^ Bronson, Fred. The Billboard book of number 1 hits. p. 398.
  4. Jump up ^ "Frankie Valli - Can't Take My Eyes Off You / The Trouble With Me (Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
  5. Jump up ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  6. Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
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  11. Jump up ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 40 | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
  12. Jump up ^ Love, Andy by Andy Williams, album sleeve, 1967. New York: Columbia Records CS 9566
  13. Jump up ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 40 | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
  14. Jump up ^ "Engelbert Humperdinck - A Man Without Love (Vinyl, LP)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
  15. Jump up ^ "Du är så underbart rar - recording". musicbrainz.com. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
  16. Jump up ^ "Brook Benton - Brook Benton Today (Vinyl, LP, Album)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
  17. Jump up ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
  18. Jump up ^ "Top 40-lijst van week 24, 1982". Top40.nl. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
  19. Jump up ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 74. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  20. Jump up ^ Gloria Gaynor - Can't Take My Eyes Off You - YourDancefloorTV on YouTube. Retrieved June 9, 2012.
  21. Jump up ^ "JAARLIJST 1992". Members.chello.nl. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
  22. Jump up ^ "Coneheads - Original Soundtrack | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. 1993-07-20. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
  23. Jump up ^ "Lauryn Hill | Awards". AllMusic. 1975-05-26. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
  24. Jump up ^ "MP3 file". Spaceflight.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
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  26. Jump up ^ "Sandaime J Soul Brothers LIVE TOUR 2012 "0 - Zero -" [Blu-ray] Sandaime J Soul Brothers (3JSB) Blu-ray". CDJapan. 2013-03-13. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
  27. Jump up ^ Can't Take My Eyes Off You - Walk off the Earth (Feat. Selah Sue) on YouTube Retrieved January 16th, 2013.
  28. Jump up ^ Girls' Generation Second Japan Arena Tour Set List Retrieved April 5th, 2013.
  29. Jump up ^ 2013 Girls' Generation World Tour Set List. Retrieved June 9, 2013.

External links[edit]

  • "Official Frankie Valli Site". Retrieved 2010-2-16.
  • Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
  • RIAA - Gold & Platinum Searchable Database
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A finger is a limb of the human body and a type of digit, an organ of manipulation and sensation found in the hands of humans and other primates.[1][2] Normally humans have five digits,[3] the bones of which are termed phalanges,[2] on each hand, although some people have more or fewer than five due to congenital disorders such as polydactyly or oligodactyly, or accidental or medical amputations. The first digit is the thumb, followed by index finger, middle finger, ring finger, and little finger or pinky. According to different definitions, the thumb can be called a finger, or not.

Contents

  • 1 Anatomy
    • 1.1 Skeleton
    • 1.2 Muscles
    • 1.3 Skin
    • 1.4 Fingertip wrinkling in water
    • 1.5 Brain representation
    • 1.6 Other animals
  • 2 Clinical significance
    • 2.1 Anomalies, injuries and diseases
  • 3 History
    • 3.1 Etymology
  • 4 See also
  • 5 Notes
  • 6 References
  • 7 External links

Anatomy

Skeleton

Illustration depicting the bones of the human hand

The thumb (connected to the trapezium) is located on one of the sides, parallel to the arm.

The palm has five bones known as metacarpal bones, one to each of the five digits. Human hands contain fourteen digital bones, also called phalanges, or phalanx bones: two in the thumb (the thumb has no middle phalanx) and three in each of the four fingers. These are the distal phalanx, carrying the nail, the middle phalanx, and the proximal phalanx.

Sesamoid bones are small ossified nodes embedded in the tendons to provide extra leverage and reduce pressure on the underlying tissue. Many exist around the palm at the bases of the digits; the exact number varies between different people.

The articulations are: interphalangeal articulations between phalangeal bones, and metacarpophalangeal joints connecting the phalanges to the metacarpal bones.

Muscles

File:Temporal-Control-and-Hand-Movement-Efficiency-in-Skilled-Music-Performance-pone.0050901.s001.ogvPlay media
The precision of finger movements in space and time is highlighted in this motion tracking of two pianists' fingers playing the same piece (slow motion, no sound).[4]

Each finger may flex and extend, abduct and adduct, and so also circumduct. Flexion is by far the strongest movement. In humans, there are two large muscles that produce flexion of each finger, and additional muscles that augment the movement. Each finger may move independently of the others, though the muscle bulks that move each finger may be partly blended, and the tendons may be attached to each other by a net of fibrous tissue, preventing completely free movement.

Fingers do not contain muscles (other than arrector pili). The muscles that move the finger joints are in the palm and forearm. The long tendons that deliver motion from the forearm muscles may be observed to move under the skin at the wrist and on the back of the hand.

Muscles of the fingers can be subdivided into extrinsic and intrinsic muscles. The extrinsic muscles are the long flexors and extensors. They are called extrinsic because the muscle belly is located on the forearm.

The fingers have two long flexors, located on the underside of the forearm. They insert by tendons to the phalanges of the fingers. The deep flexor attaches to the distal phalanx, and the superficial flexor attaches to the middle phalanx. The flexors allow for the actual bending of the fingers. The thumb has one long flexor and a short flexor in the thenar muscle group. The human thumb also has other muscles in the thenar group (opponens and abductor brevis muscle), moving the thumb in opposition, making grasping possible.

The extensors are located on the back of the forearm and are connected in a more complex way than the flexors to the dorsum of the fingers. The tendons unite with the interosseous and lumbrical muscles to form the extensorhood mechanism. The primary function of the extensors is to straighten out the digits. The thumb has two extensors in the forearm; the tendons of these form the anatomical snuff box. Also, the index finger and the little finger have an extra extensor, used for instance for pointing. The extensors are situated within 6 separate compartments. The 1st compartment contains abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis. The 2nd compartment contains extensors carpi radialis longus and brevis. The 3rd compartment contains extensor pollicis longus. The extensor digitorum indicis and extensor digititorum communis are within the 4th compartment. Extensor digiti minimi is in the fifth, and extensor carpi ulnaris is in the 6th.

The intrinsic muscle groups are the thenar and hypothenar muscles (thenar referring to the thumb, hypothenar to the small finger), the dorsal and palmar interossei muscles (between the metacarpal bones) and the lumbrical muscles. The lumbricals arise from the deep flexor (and are special because they have no bony origin) and insert on the dorsal extensor hood mechanism.

Skin

Aside from the genitals, the fingertips possess the highest concentration of touch receptors and thermoreceptors among all areas of the human skin,[citation needed] making them extremely sensitive to temperature, pressure, vibration, texture and moisture. Recent studies suggest fingers can feel nano-scale wrinkles on a seemingly smooth surface, a level of sensitivity not previously recorded.[5] This makes the fingers commonly used sensory probes to ascertain properties of objects encountered in the world, making them prone to injury.

The pulp of a finger is the fleshy mass on the palmar aspect of the extremity of the finger.[6]

Fingertip wrinkling in water

Although a common phenomenon, the underlying functions and mechanism of fingertip wrinkling following immersion in water are relatively unexplored. Originally it was assumed[by whom?] that the wrinkles were simply the result of the skin swelling in water,[citation needed] but it is now understood that the furrows are caused by the blood vessels constricting due to signalling by the sympathetic nervous system in response to water exposure.[7][8] One hypothesis for why this occurs, the “rain tread” hypothesis, posits that the wrinkles may help the fingers grip things when wet, possibly being an adaption from a time when humans dealt with rain and dew in forested primate habitats.[7] A 2013 study supporting this hypothesis found that the wrinkled fingertips provided better handling of wet objects but gave no advantage for handling dry objects.[9] However, a 2014 study attempting to reproduce these results was unable to demonstrate any improvement of handling wet objects with wrinkled fingertips.[8]

Brain representation

Each finger has an orderly somatotopic representation on the cerebral cortex in the somatosensory cortex area 3b,[10] part of area 1[11] and a distributed, overlapping representations in the supplementary motor area and primary motor area.[12]

The somatosensory cortex representation of the hand is a dynamic reflection of the fingers on the external hand: in syndactyly people have a clubhand of webbed, shortened fingers. However, not only are the fingers of their hands fused, but the cortical maps of their individual fingers also form a club hand. The fingers can be surgically divided to make a more useful hand. Surgeons did this at the Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery in New York to a 32-year-old man with the initials O. G.. They touched O. G.’s fingers before and after surgery while using MRI brain scans. Before the surgery, the fingers mapped onto his brain were fused close together; afterward, the maps of his individual fingers did indeed separate and take the layout corresponding to a normal hand.[13]

Other animals

Chimpanzees have lower limbs that are specialized for manipulation, and (arguably) have fingers on their lower limbs as well. The term 'finger' is not applied to the digits of most other animals, such as canines, felines, or ungulates, none of which can engage in fine manipulation with their forelimbs as a primate can.

Clinical significance

Anomalies, injuries and diseases

Radiograph of Type 1 Syndactyly

A rare anatomical variation affects 1 in 500 humans, in which the individual has more than the usual number of digits; this is known as polydactyly. A human may also be born without one or more fingers or underdevelopment of some fingers such as symbrachydactyly. Extra fingers can be functional. One individual with seven fingers not only used them but claimed that they "gave him some advantages in playing the piano".[14]

Phalanges are commonly fractured. A damaged tendon can cause significant loss of function in fine motor control, such as with a mallet finger. They can be damaged by cold, including frostbite and non-freezing cold injury (NFCI); and heat, including burns.

The fingers are commonly affected by diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and gout. Diabetics often use the fingers to obtain blood samples for regular blood sugar testing. Raynaud's phenomenon and Paroxysmal hand hematoma are neurovascular disorders that affects the fingers.

Research has linked the ratio of lengths between the index and ring fingers to higher levels of testosterone, and to various physical and behavioral traits such as penis length[15] and risk for development of alcohol dependence[16] or video game addiction.[17]

History

Etymology

English dictionaries describe finger as meaning either one of the five digits including the thumb, or one of the four excluding the thumb (in which case they are numbered from 1 to 4 starting with the index finger closest to the thumb).[1][2][18] Linguistically, it appears that the original sense was to include the thumb as a finger: the word is derived from Old English thūma.[non sequitur] The name pinkie derives from Dutch pinkje, of uncertain origin. In English only the digits on the hand are known as fingers. However, in some languages the translated version of fingers can mean either the digits on the hand or feet. In English a digit on a foot has the distinct name of toe.

See also

  • Finger snapping
  • Fingerprint
  • Nail (anatomy)
  • Paroxysmal hand hematoma

Notes

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Chambers 1998 page 603
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Oxford Illustrated pages 311,380
  3. Jump up ^ Tracy L. Kivell; Pierre Lemelin; Brian G. Richmond; Daniel Schmitt (10 August 2016). The Evolution of the Primate Hand: Anatomical, Developmental, Functional, and Paleontological Evidence. Springer. pp. 7–. ISBN 978-1-4939-3646-5.
  4. Jump up ^ Goebl, W.; Palmer, C. (2013). Balasubramaniam, Ramesh, ed. "Temporal Control and Hand Movement Efficiency in Skilled Music Performance". PLoS ONE. 8 (1): e50901. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050901. PMC 3536780. PMID 23300946.
  5. Jump up ^ "Feeling small: Fingers can detect nano-scale wrinkles even on a seemingly smooth surface". Science Daily. September 16, 2013.
  6. Jump up ^ medilexicon.com > Medical Dictionary - 'Pulp Of Finger' Citing: Stedman's Medical Dictionary. 2006
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b Changizi, M.; Weber, R.; Kotecha, R.; Palazzo, J. (2011). "Are Wet-Induced Wrinkled Fingers Primate Rain Treads?". Brain, Behavior and Evolution. 77 (4): 286–90. doi:10.1159/000328223. PMID 21701145.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b Haseleu, Julia; Omerbašić, Damir; Frenzel, Henning; Gross, Manfred; Lewin, Gary R. (2014). Goldreich, Daniel, ed. "Water-Induced Finger Wrinkles Do Not Affect Touch Acuity or Dexterity in Handling Wet Objects". PLoS ONE. 9: e84949. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0084949. PMC 3885627. PMID 24416318.
  9. Jump up ^ Kareklas, K.; Nettle, D.; Smulders, T. V. (2013). "Water-induced finger wrinkles improve handling of wet objects". Biology Letters. 9 (2): 20120999. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2012.0999. PMC 3639753. PMID 23302867.
  10. Jump up ^ Van Westen, D; Fransson, P; Olsrud, J; Rosén, B; Lundborg, G; Larsson, EM (2004). "Fingersomatotopy in area 3b: an fMRI-study". BMC Neurosci. 5: 28. doi:10.1186/1471-2202-5-28. PMC 517711. PMID 15320953.
  11. Jump up ^ Nelson, AJ; Chen, R (2008). "Digit somatotopy within cortical areas of the postcentral gyrus in humans". Cereb Cortex. 18 (10): 2341–51. doi:10.1093/cercor/bhm257. PMID 18245039.
  12. Jump up ^ Kleinschmidt, A; Nitschke, MF; Frahm, J (1997). "Somatotopy in the human motor cortex hand area. A high-resolution functional MRI study". Eur J Neurosci. 9 (10): 2178–86. doi:10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb01384.x. PMID 9421177.
  13. Jump up ^ Mogilner, A; Grossman, JA; Ribary, U; Joliot, M; Volkmann, J; Rapaport, D; Beasley, RW; Llinás, RR (1993). "Somatosensory cortical plasticity in adult humans revealed by magnetoencephalography". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 90 (8): 3593–7. doi:10.1073/pnas.90.8.3593. PMC 46347. PMID 8386377.
  14. Jump up ^ Dwight, T (1892). "Fusion of hands". Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History. 4: 473–486.
  15. Jump up ^ Researchers Find Association Between Penile Length and Ratio of Length of Men's Fingers
  16. Jump up ^ Kornhuber, J; Erhard, G; Lenz, B; Kraus, T; Sperling, W; Bayerlein, K; Biermann, T; Stoessel, C (2011). "Low digit ratio 2D:4D in alcohol dependent patients". PLoS ONE. 6 (4): e19332. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019332. PMC 3081847. PMID 21547078.
  17. Jump up ^ Kornhuber, J.; Zenses, EM; Lenz, B; Stoessel, C; Bouna-Pyrrou, P; Rehbein, F; Kliem, S; Mößle, T (2013). "Low digit ratio 2D:4D associated with video game addiction". PLoS ONE. 8 (11): e79539. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0079539. PMC 3827365. PMID 24236143.
  18. Jump up ^ Oxford Advanced page 326

References

  • The Chambers Dictionary. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd. 2000 [1998]. ISBN 0-550-14000-X.
  • The Oxford Illustrated Dictionary. Great Britain: Oxford University Press. 1976 [1975].
  • Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English. London: Oxford University Press. 1974 [1974]. ISBN 0-19-431102-3.

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"Classic (Better Than I've Ever Been)"
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Single by Kanye West, Nas, KRS-One (and Rakim on the remix)
Released February 20, 2007
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Recorded 2007
Genre Hip hop
Length 4:07
4:42 (DJ Premier Remix)
Label Nike
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  • Carl Douglas
  • William Griffin
  • Nasir Jones
  • Lawrence Parker
  • Kanye West
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"Classic (Better Than I've Ever Been)" on YouTube

"Classic (Better Than I've Ever Been)" is Grammy-nominated collaboration song between Kanye West, Nas, KRS-One and that is co-produced by Rick Rubin and DJ Premier. The song was released as a single on February 20, 2007 by Nike Records. It was performed live at the Nike Air Force Ones 25th anniversary party shown on MTV2.

Its remix, "Better Than I've Ever Been DJ Premier Remix", is produced by DJ Premier, and it features Rakim along with the aforementioned rappers. It features DJ Premier's signature scratches from prior songs such as Nas' "One Love" and "It Ain't Hard to Tell". The song was nominated for Best Rap Collaboration at the 50th Grammy Awards in 2008.

Proceeds from the song's sales go towards youth leadership programs through the Force4Change Fund.

The song is often misinterpreted as a DJ Premier track featuring Rakim, Nas and KRS-ONE and excluding Kanye West. This is due to a popular upload of the music video on YouTube where DJ Premier is credited as the artist and Kanye West's opening verse is removed from the video.[1]

Contents

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  • 2 Music video
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Track listing[edit]

Side A: “Better Than I’ve Ever Been” (prod. Rick Rubin) featuring Kanye West, Nas, and KRS-One – full song – instrumental – a cappella

Side B: “Classic (Better Than I’ve Ever Been DJ Premier Remix)” featuring Kanye West, Nas, KRS-One, and Rakim – full song – instrumental – a cappella

Music video[edit]

Music Video for Classic (Better Than I've Ever Been) can be found in citation. [2]

Samples[edit]

The original beat by Rick Rubin samples the song "Give Me the Night", performed by George Benson, off his Give Me the Night album.

DJ Premier's remix contains samples from "Dance the Kung-Fu" by Carl Douglas.

References[edit]

  1. Jump up ^ GSweed (2011-03-09), Dj Premier - Classic(feat. Rakim, Nas & Krs One), retrieved 2017-10-22
  2. Jump up ^ "Official Video Remastered By James Beilke / ©Zimbalam".
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  • "Saint Pablo"
Ye
  • "I Thought About Killing You"
  • "Yikes"
  • "All Mine"
  • "Wouldn't Leave"
  • "No Mistakes"
  • "Ghost Town"
  • "Violent Crimes"
Other singles
  • "Impossible"
  • "Classic (Better Than I've Ever Been)"
  • "We Are the World 25 for Haiti"
  • "Christmas in Harlem"
  • "Only One"
  • "FourFiveSeconds"
  • "All Day"
  • "Champions"
  • "Lift Yourself"
  • "Ye vs. the People"
Featured singles
  • "Welcome 2 Chicago"
  • "Get By" (Remix)
  • "This Way"
  • "Talk About Our Love"
  • "The Food"
  • "I Changed My Mind"
  • "Down and Out"
  • "The Corner"
  • "Go!"
  • "Number One"
  • "Extravaganza"
  • "Back Like That" (Remix)
  • "Grammy Family"
  • "Number One"
  • "Wouldn't Get Far"
  • "I Still Love H.E.R."
  • "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" (Remix)
  • "Because of You" (Remix)
  • "Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')" (Remix)
  • "Pro Nails"
  • "American Boy"
  • "Lollipop" (Remix)
  • "Put On"
  • "Stay Up! (Viagra)"
  • "Swagga Like Us"
  • "Go Hard"
  • "Knock You Down"
  • "Kinda Like a Big Deal"
  • "Walkin' on the Moon"
  • "Supernova"
  • "Maybach Music 2"
  • "Make Her Say"
  • "Digital Girl" (Remix)
  • "Run This Town"
  • "Forever"
  • "Erase Me"
  • "Alors on danse" (Remix)
  • "Deuces" (Remix)
  • "In for The Kill" (Remix)
  • "Start It Up"
  • "Hurricane 2.0"
  • "E.T."
  • "Marvin & Chardonnay"
  • "I Wish You Would"
  • "Pride n Joy"
  • "Birthday Song"
  • "Diamonds" (Remix)
  • "Scape Goat (The Fix)"
  • "Thank You"
  • "I Won"
  • "Blessings"
  • "U Mad"
  • "One Man Can Change the World"
  • "Pop Style"
  • "That Part"
  • "Friends"
  • "Ballin"
  • "Timmy Turner" (Remix)
  • "Feel Me"
  • "Love Yourself"
  • "Glow"
  • "Watch"
Other songs
  • "Champions"
  • "Jesus Walks" (Remix)
  • "It's Alright"
  • "The New Workout Plan" (Remix)
  • "Two Words" (Cinematic)
  • "My Girlfriend"
  • "Billie Jean 2008"
  • "Lord Lord Lord"
  • "Looking for Trouble"
  • "White Dress"
  • "Facts"
  • "XTCY"
Featured songs
  • "Confessions Part II" (Remix)
  • "Tell Me When to Go" (Remix)
  • "Excuse Me Miss" (Remix)
  • "Side 2 Side" (Remix)
  • "My Drink n My 2 Step" (Remix)
  • "Beat Goes On"
  • "Everyone Nose (All the Girls Standing in the Line for the Bathroom)" (Remix)
  • "Therapy"
  • "Ego" (Remix)
  • "Pretty Girl Rock" (Remix)
  • "Sanctified"
  • "Drunk in Love" (Remix)
  • "Pussy Print"
  • "Cops Shot the Kid"
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Nas singles
Illmatic
  • "Halftime"
  • "It Ain't Hard to Tell"
  • "Life's a Bitch"
  • "The World Is Yours"
  • "One Love"
  • "N.Y. State of Mind"
  • "One Time 4 Your Mind"
It Was Written
  • "If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)"
  • "I Gave You Power"
  • "Street Dreams"
  • "The Message"
The Firm: The Album
  • "Firm Biz"
  • "Phone Tap"
I Am...
  • "Nas Is Like"
  • "Hate Me Now"
Nastradamus
  • "Nastradamus"
  • "You Owe Me"
Stillmatic
  • "Rule"
  • "Got Ur Self a Gun"
  • "One Mic"
  • "Ether"
God's Son
  • "Made You Look"
  • "I Can"
  • "Get Down"
Street's Disciple
  • "Thief's Theme"
  • "Bridging the Gap"
  • "Just a Moment"
Hip Hop Is Dead
  • "Hip Hop Is Dead"
  • "Can't Forget About You"
Untitled
  • "Hero"
  • "Make the World Go Round"
  • "N.I.G.G.E.R. (The Slave and the Master)"
Life Is Good
  • "Nasty"
  • "The Don"
  • "Daughters"
  • "Cherry Wine"
  • "Bye Baby"
Nasir
  • "Cops Shot the Kid"
Other singles
  • "Escobar '97"
  • "Oochie Wally"
  • "Surviving the Times"
  • "Less Than an Hour"
  • "Be a Nigger Too"
  • "As We Enter"
Collaborations
  • "Fast Life"
  • "Head over Heels"
  • "Love Is All We Need"
  • "Grand Finale"
  • "Hot Boyz"
  • "Did You Ever Think"
  • "It's Mine"
  • "I've Got to Have It"
  • "What's Going On"
  • "I'm Gonna Be Alright"
  • "Thugz Mansion"
  • "In Public"
  • "Blindfold Me"
  • "Classic (Better Than I've Ever Been)"
  • "My President"
  • "Too Many Rappers"
  • "Fall in Love"
  • "Ghetto Dreams"
  • "Champion"
  • "Free"
  • "Something to Believe In"
  • "Chains"
Other songs
  • "Made Nas Proud"
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Rakim
Solo albums
  • The 18th Letter (1997)
  • The Master (1999)
  • The Archive: Live, Lost & Found (2008)
  • The Seventh Seal (2009)
Eric B. & Rakim
  • Paid in Full (1987)
  • Follow the Leader (1988)
  • Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em (1990)
  • Don't Sweat the Technique (1992)
Featured singles
  • "Guilty All the Same"
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KRS-One
B.D.P. albums
  • Criminal Minded
  • By All Means Necessary
  • Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop
  • Edutainment
  • Sex and Violence
KRS-One albums
  • Return of the Boom Bap
  • KRS-One
  • I Got Next
  • The Sneak Attack
  • Spiritual Minded
  • Kristyles
  • Keep Right
  • Life
  • Adventures in Emceein
  • Maximum Strength 2008
  • Back to the L.A.B. (Lyrical Ass Beating)
  • The BDP Album
  • Just Like That
  • Never Forget
Live albums
  • Live Hardcore Worldwide
Collaborative albums
  • Hip Hop Lives (with Marley Marl)
  • Survival Skills (with Buckshot)
  • The Just-Ice and KRS-One EP Vol.1 (with Just-Ice)
  • Meta-Historical (with True Master)
  • Godsville (with Showbiz)
  • Royalty Check (with Bumpy Knuckles)
  • Return of the Boom Bip (with DJ Premier)
Mixtapes
  • The Mix Tape
  • Prophets vs. Profits
KRS-One Presents...
  • Peedo & the Luna Empire
  • It's All Good (Greenie album)
Compilation albums
  • Man & His Music
  • Best of B-Boy Records
  • A Retrospective
Groups
  • Boogie Down Productions
  • Group Therapy
Filmography
  • I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
  • Who's the Man?
  • Beef
  • Beef II
Related articles
  • Discography
  • B-Boy Records
  • Scott La Rock
  • Stop the Violence Movement
  • Suicide, it's a suicide
  • Wikipedia book Book:KRS-One
  • Portal Portal:Hip hop
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