Set List Reader's Choice

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March Set List

As you may notice, every month's set list has a theme.  As an example, the set list for March is reflective of the budding spring season and the uplifting joy it brings.  

With coronavirus statistics only going up worldwide, I thought I would offer musical relief by highlighting the successes of each song featured in the March Set List.

1.  "What a Wonderful World"
- Recorded by Louis Armstrong
- Released in 1967
- No. 1 in UK Pop Charts
- Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999
- Certified Gold in Denmark, Italy, and the UK
(Wikipedia)

2.  Singin' in the Rain

- 1952 American musical romantic comedy film
- Starring Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Reynolds 
- Legendary status - "the greatest musical film every made"
- Preserved in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress
(Wikipedia)
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"Singin' in the Rain"
- No. 3 on the American Film Institute's 100 Years...100 Songs
- Centerpiece for the film of the same name
(Wikipedia)

3.  "Beautiful Day"

- First track on U2's 10th album, All That You Can't Leave Behind 

- Released as lead single in October 2000

- Helped launched the album to multi-platinum status

- No. 1 in Ireland, the UK, Netherlands

- No. 1 in Australia, Canada, Finland, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Scotland, Spain

- Top 10 in Austria, Belgium, Germany, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland

- No. 21 on Billboard Hot 100 

- 3 Grammy Awards

- Certified Gold in Spain and the U.S.

- Certified Platinum in Australia, Brazil, Italy, and the UK

- "...losing everything but still finding joy in what one has..." 
- Bono

(Wikipedia)

4.  "Lovely Day"

- Recorded by American soul and R&B singer, Bill Withers

- Released in December 1977

- Featured on Withers' 1978 album, Menagerie

(Wikipedia)

5.  "Beautiful Morning"

- By Parov Stelar

- Recipient of 8 Amadeus Austrian Music Awards

(Wikipedia)

6.  "Tiger Tiger"

- Third track on Side 2 of Duran Duran's Seven and the Ragged Tiger

- Seven and the Ragged Tiger is Duran Duran's 3rd album (1983)

- Seven and the Ragged Tiger is Duran Duran's only No. 1 album on the UK Albums Chart ... Last album with the original lineup until Astronaut

- Seven and the Ragged Tiger Certifications -

Gold in Finland, Netherlands, Switzerland

Platinum in New Zealand and the UK

2x Platinum in the U.S.

3x Platinum in Canada

(Wikipedia)

7.  "Here Comes the Sun"

- A song from The Beatles' 1969 album, Abbey Road

- Written by George Harrison

- Certified Platinum in the UK
- No. 4 in NME magazine's 2015 "The 100 Greatest Beatles Songs"
- "...the Beatles now had three formidable composers..." - Rolling Stone
- "...graceful anthem of hope amid difficult realities..." - Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone (2002)
(Wikipedia)

8.  "Unwritten"

- By English singer, Natasha Bedingfield, for her 2004 debut album, Unwritten

- No. 5 on Billboard Hot 100

- No. 6 in the UK

- Most played song on U.S. radio in 2006

- Grammy nominee 

- Certified Platinum in Canada and the UK

- Certified 2x Platinum in the U.S.
(Wikipedia)

9.  "Clocks"
(Note - I chose to include "Clocks" in the March Set List for its literal reminiscence of changing the clocks in the yearly "spring forward.")

- By British rock band, Coldplay, for their second album, A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002)

- No. 9 in UK Singles Chart

- No. 29 on Billboard Hot 100

- No. 9 on Billboard Modern Rock Tracks

- "...often placed on lists ranking the greatest songs of the 2000s and of all time..."

- Record of the Year at the 2004 Grammy Awards

- Nominated for Best Single at the 2003 Q Awards

- Certified Gold in Denmark and the U.S.

- Certified Platinum in Italy and the UK

(Wikipedia)

10.  Put Your Records On

- By English singer-songwriter, Corinne Bailey Rae, for her 2006 self-titled debut album

- No. 1 on UK R&B Chart

- No. 2 on UK Singles Chart

- 2007 Grammy Award nominations 

(Record of the Year, Song of the Year)

- Certified Platinum in the UK

(Wikipedia)