Clean Up Song
Lee Stlaurent
"Clean" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, taken from her fifth studio album, 1989 (2014). Written and produced by Swift and the British musician Imogen Heap, the track is a steady soft rock and synth-folk ballad with an electronic production. Its lyrics depict difficulty in letting go of a broken relationship.
Critics praised "Clean" for the lyrical sentiments and Swift's songwriting, and picked it as an album highlight. In retrospective rankings, they have considered the track as one of Swift's best songs. Commercially, "Clean" reached the charts of Canada and Portugal and received certifications from Australia and the United Kingdom. It has been covered by Kelly Clarkson and Ryan Adams, and was featured on the set list of Swift's the 1989 World Tour (2015).
The American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift had identified as a country artist until she released her fourth studio album, Red, in October 2012.[1] Although Swift and Big Machine Records promoted Red to country radio, some of its tracks feature styles of pop and rock, a result of Swift's desire to experiment with new styles.[2][3] This sparked a media debate over her status as a country artist.[4] In mid-2013, she began writing songs for her next studio album.[5]
Heap helped to complete the track by playing instruments, and they finished recording it after two takes in one day at The Hideaway Studio. The song was mixed by Serban Ghenea at MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and was mastered by Tom Coyne at Sterling Sound Studio in New York City.[9][12]
"Clean" is a soft rock and synth-folk ballad.[13][14] At four minutes and thirty seconds long,[12] the song stays at a steady tempo throughout its duration.[15] The electronic production was seen as an influence from Heap's musical style.[16] It incorporates piano, keyboard, drums, mbira, vibraphone,[12] bass,[17] layered vocals,[18] and a groove that is built around percussion.[19] The Telegraph author Neil McCormick described "Clean" as "understated" and "atmospheric".[20] Hannah Mylrea from NME said the song has "chiming soft rock instrumentals",[18] while The Guardian's Alex Petridis wrote that it features "alternately pulsing and drifting electronics".[21]
The lyrics use imagery of a torrential storm to describe breaking from an addictive, toxic relationship.[20] At one point, Swift sings of a past relationship, "You're still all over me like a wine-stained dress I can't wear anymore."[20] She continues, "When I was drowning, that's when I could finally breathe / And by morning / Gone was any trace of you / I think I am finally clean."[22] The word clean is a metaphor with two meanings: clean as in the feeling of taking a shower and as in getting free from an addiction.[23]
1989 was released on October 27, 2014, via Big Machine Records. In the track-list, "Clean" is placed at number 13 as the closing track.[24] The song appeared on the Canadian Digital Song Sales chart upon release, with a peak of number 45.[25] In 2015, Swift included the song on the set list of the 1989 World Tour.[26] Before performing it, she would share lessons she had learned in her personal life with the audience.[27] In 2023, she performed the track as a "surprise song" on two dates of the Eras Tour: April 1 in Arlington, Texas, and May 28 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.[28] The song also received platinum and silver certifications in 2023 from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)[29] and the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), respectively.[30]
The song reached the countries of the Philippines (13),[38] Singapore (26),[39] Canada (28),[40] and New Zealand (28).[41] In the United States, "Clean (Taylor's Version)" was a top-30 entry on the Billboard Hot 100, where it extended Swift's record for the most top-40 chart entries by a female artist.[42] Elsewhere, it appeared on the Billboard Global 200, Sweden's Heatseeker chart, and the United Kingdom's Audio Streaming Chart, with peaks of 25,[43] 17,[44] and 33,[45] respectively. The original version also charted at number 85 on Portugal's AFP Singles Chart following the album's release.[46]
So I was listening to The Dumb Song today and I noticed something different about the clean version. The lyrics "That's how empty-headed people get through s***ty stuff" were "That's how empty-headed people get through iffy stuff".
Anyone know why they would do this? Personally I prefer it because it feels like it wasn't just an afterthought. Although no-one really listens to the clean versions so I guess it's for airing on the radio?
I like how his voice is flagging and ragged by the high notes at the end (signaling his mounting resignation and the denoument of the track), but he still hits them admirably and is given some oomph by double-tracking. In one last reversal that, at this point, is probably expected, the song finally comes to rest on that basic beat at the very end. In a sort of musical method acting, Murphy sounds as weary and worn-out as the story requires due to his real-time performing histrionics. Everything has come full circle. And after the second dynamic change fake-out, just when the listener is familiar with the pattern of the unresolved shaker spasms in the background, they finally unexpectedly coalesce into one last great cymbal crash, after the rest of the song had trained you to anticipate otherwise.
It's all about searching for the song @coopitas normally our search will provide both results, Explicit and Clean, if available. With the Explicit filter on, you only get the clean versions of a track
I don't understand why Deezer don't have the clean versions for all of the explicit content. 9 times of 10 the reason I find a song like that is because I have heard the radio edit on the radio yet all deezer have is the explicit versions.
Knopfler's got some good stuff going on on the first couple Dire Straits albums. Obviously Sultan's of Swing, but there's other great tracks like Down to the Waterline, In the Gallery, and Lions to name a few that have great clean strat playing.
If you listen to music on the radio, chances are you'll hear a lot of lyrics that don't match the ones on the original album recordings. When songs get profanity, obscenity or references to drugs or sex removed for broadcast, it's a process known as clean editing. Joel Mullis is one of the masters of the art.
He won major credibility in that regard after he tackled a Ying Yang Twins track called "Wait (The Whisper Song)." The song is incredibly raunchy, and to make it safe for airplay, Mullis had to work a lot of magic.
To make his edits sound natural, he replaced certain naughty words with ad-libs, sampled from other songs by the group (hence the clean version's distinctive hook, "Wait till you see my ... oh!"). Elsewhere, a woman's moans, which Mullis pulled from a stock sound effects library, get the message across.
Mullis' edit helped the song become a hit, but his version wasn't safe enough for some outlets. He says that while there are certain specific words that broadcasters are prohibited from airing, there's also a lot of gray area.
Once a song ends up in the hands of a radio station, it can make even more changes. Power 106 in Los Angeles is one of the biggest hip-hop stations in the world, and its music director Emanuel Coquia, better known as DJ E-Man, takes clean edits seriously.
When I spoke with Guerini, he said almost half of the more than 50 songs on rotation at the time had been edited. That includes a tweaked version of Meghan Trainor's "All About that Bass," in which the line, "She says boys like the girls for the beauty they hold inside" stands in for the more explicitly booty-positive original. The goal, Guerini says, is that families can listen together and things won't get weird.
When searching for clean version of songs, I only find the explicit versions. How do I search for or find clean versions of songs to add to my playlists? I occasionally hear clean versions on radio stations, but I can't find them when I search for them.
Children SongsClean UpDebuted inCampfire Sing-AlongTypeTraditionalPreviousNextLittle Cabin in the Forest GreenThe Ants Go Marching"Clean Up" is a traditional children's song that first appeared in Campfire Sing-Along.
Routines are essential for classrooms and households, and they are also an opportunity learn language. One of the easiest ways to get the most language learning out of routines is with music, so try these Spanish clean-up songs to transition kids to their next activity and leave things in order.
This 10-second song is from Barney. The video below plays it in a 30 minute loop. It is convenient if you are using the song directly from the video several times during the day, but I suggest this song in moderation! It would drive everyone crazy long before 30 minutes!
The clean edit in hip-hop. Over the years, it has allowed us to hear our favorite songs on the radio. It has allowed you to blast your music loud in your bedroom as a teenager without your parents getting pissed. The best clean edits don't take your love of the song away but rather allow its play in different venues. The worst edits butcher the track and edit so heavily that not only does the song become un-enjoyable but almost comical in its reworking (see Eminem's "My Fault"). Here are the Best Clean Edits of Hip-Hop Songs.
Here is a curated list of 15 songs for Spanish class with singers from different parts of the Hispanic world. Not only do they have a nice variety of rhythms, but also idioms and expressions from more than one Spanish dialect.
It is romantic, cute, high-energy, and just perfect for you to start your day with your children. Chances are they are familiar with it or with its melody so half of your job is done with this one. It is a great song for high school students, preschoolers, teachers, pretty much everyone.
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