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15 Compelling Songs That are Turned ON (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; AcatXIo, Bartek from Pixabay]

15 Compelling Songs That are Turned ON | Playlist 🎧

15 Compelling Songs That are Turned ON features songs by Adele, Alicia Keys, Jack Harlow, Kanye West, Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald, and Victoria Monét.

By the musical hype, 7 monthsJune 11, 2025 ago

13 Take Songs There for the Taking (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Aliakbar Nosrati, Anna Nekrashevich, Ayberk Mirza, Daria Liudnaya, Ron Lach from Pexels]

13 Take Songs There for the Taking | Playlist 🎧

13 Take Songs There for the Taking features music courtesy of a-ha, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Hozier, Lil Mabu, Tamela Mann, and The Weeknd.

By the musical hype, 2 yearsMarch 6, 2024 ago

a-ha, Take on Me: Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 No. 11 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Warner; cottonbro studio, Harry Shelton, Kool Shooters, Lucas Pazeta, Mavluda Tashbaeva, Teddy Yang, Wesley Souza from Pexels]

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a-ha, Take on Me | Bangerz N Bopz 🔥

In the 11th edition of Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 (2024), we highlight “Take on Me” performed by Norwegian synth-pop trio, a-ha.

By the musical hype, 2 yearsFebruary 10, 2024 ago

Pentatonix, PTX Vol. IV – Classics © RCA

Pentatonix, PTX Vol. IV – Classics | Album Review 💿

Pentatonix strikes gold on PTX Vol. IV – Classics. The 7-song EP covers classics including “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Imagine” & “Jolene.”

By the musical hype, 9 yearsApril 11, 2017 ago

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