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With big hits like 'The Winner Takes It All' and 'Super Trouper', the famous Swedish group ABBA achieved worldwide fame in the 70s and 80s. Also included on the same LP as these two well-known earworm...

This hit by the famous Swedish pop group ABBA was originally written for the mini-musical The Girl with the Golden Hair and first released on the group's fifth studio album in 1977. What motto would b...

This well-known song helped the American duo Simon & Garfunkel to a breakthrough and reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1965. The remix of the folk-rock number with new instrumentation - the...

This number one hit by Rag'n'Bone Man - a healthy mixture of sad blues, gospel choir sound and soul - deals in a powerful and at the same time desperate way with being human with all its negative side...

With catchy chart hits like Girls Just Want to Have Fun , Time after Time and True Colors , rock singer Cyndi Lauper achieved worldwide fame in the 1980s. The multiple cover versions - by Eva Cassidy,...

Billy Joel wrote this love song for his wife at the time, who was also his manager. As a tough business woman she could hurt with her looks ('wound with her eyes'), steal like a thief ('steal like a t...

At first glance, this world-famous hit by the British rock band Queen probably seems unthinkable without the poppy instrumental accompaniment. However, the lively and varied arrangement by Oliver Gies...

Sometimes soulful and almost devotional, sometimes rocking and spirited, this hit by John Miles has become an evergreen. Music was my first love and it will be my last' - Oliver Gies has taken up thes...

After the lead singer of the Dixie Chicks made negative comments about then-President George W. Bush, the well-known American country band had to contend with being banned from various radio stations...

In this beautiful ballad with dreamy piano accompaniment, Chris Martin, singer of the British rock band Coldplay, sings about the feeling of sadness when something comes to an end. Be it the separatio...

A well-known Coldplay hit that you could listen to in endless loop for hours. Now the song, which begins quietly and builds up to a brilliant explosion of sound ('Tears stream down on your face'), is...

This laid-back, feel-good song by American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars is a hymn to friendship. Ideal for a choir performance, where togetherness plays such an important role. And who doesn't want a...

In Maybebop's 'Volklore' program at chor.com 2019 in Hanover, Oliver Gies presented his arrangement of the Silesian folk song with lyrics by the famous poet Hofmann von Fallersleben to an enthusiastic...

Dieser amüsante Sommerhit des österreichischen Musikers Josh. beschreibt die aufrichtigen Bemühungen eines Mannes, eine Frau zu umwerben. Leider finden diese nicht den gewünschten Anklang, reagiert di...

The music video of the world-famous song 'Take On Me' - an innovative mix of animation and live-action film - helped the Norwegian pop-rock band a-ha achieve their breakthrough in 1985 and has arguabl...

When the sky falls on your head or something else gets stuck: music always puts you in a good mood and keeps you in the groove of life, and choir singers in particular know this all too well! Just Sin...

This cheerful, radiant song, originally interpreted by Johnny Nash, has been covered by many artists over the years, including Jimmy Cliff for the soundtrack of the film Cool Runnings. In Carsten Gerl...

The US singer-songwriter Joan Osborne achieved her worldwide breakthrough with this hit, which was released in 1995 on the album Relish and is still played time and time again. Questions such as "What...

Mas que nada' (roughly: 'Oh, what the heck?') was composed in 1963 by Brazilian musician Jorge Ben Jor and appeared on his album Samba de esquema novo. The world hit became famous in the interpretatio...

Sometimes I Wish ist eine musikalische Aufforderung zu einer Gemeinschaft ohne wirtschaftliche und menschliche Ausbeutung. Nach einem afrikanisch anmutenden Intro erschaffen die unterschiedlichen Stim...

Menschen treten in Pfützen während sie auf ihre Smartphones starren. Im Supermarkt stossen die Wägen zusammen, weil noch schnell eine SMS getippt werden muss. Vor lauter Social Networks vergisst man,...

Everyone has probably heard this catchy tune by Bill Withers from 1972 - whether on the radio, at concerts or even at religious celebrations. The composer probably had no idea at the time that this so...

A decidedly subtle and delicate choral arrangement by Franz M. Herzog. Herzog originally arranged the classic Heast as net by Hubert von Goisern for the "Jugendchor Österreich", and the subtle accordi...

A remarkably subtle and nuanced choral arrangement by Franz M. Herzog. Herzog originally arranged Hubert von Goisern’s classic "Heast as net" for the Austrian Youth Choir, and the understated accordio...

Was macht Leben, was macht Freude aus? Was steckt hinter ehrlichen Kinderaugen? Der Titel ist auch gleichzeitig Motto des neuen Pop-Chorstückes von Christoph Hiller. Lebendig, fröhlich und frisch groo...