Wildflower

Album: The Ladykiller (2011)
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  • Fraser T Smith's songwriting session with a tired, homesick Cee-Lo Green was going nowhere until the singer mentioned his love for Spandau Ballet's "Gold," which features prominent drums. "Literally the last attempt was to get the congas out," Smith recalled to Q magazine. "I'd never played congas before. Being honest and saying, I'm not too sure about this, let's try something fresh, is the best way of doing it. It turned the session around and resulted in the breezy retro soul of this song."

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  • Nongkoloh from Mokotog Ulu Village's, Sook, Keningau, Sabah, MalaysiaMay god bless him the singer, songwriter. It more paranormal blessing song justlike praying to god and religius moment of thinking. Fair use policy. May had a good song in the next next interior. Thanks verymuch for this song meaning. Proud of it! So wide and infinity fair of though of the singer songwriter too either elsewhere the music. Too in at the logic way ( Not in the way sexual abduction though )
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