Video hit The Pretenders

The Pretenders - Hymn to Her

The Pretenders are an English-American rock band formed in Hereford, England, in March 1978.

The original band comprised initiator and main songwriter Chrissie Hynde (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), James Honeyman-Scott (lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards), Pete Farndon (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Martin Chambers (drums, backing vocals, percussion). Following the drug-related deaths of Honeyman-Scott and Farndon, the band has experienced numerous subsequent personnel changes, with Hynde as the only consistent member, and Chambers returning after an absence of several years.

The lyrics:

Let me inside you

Into your room

I've heard it's lined

With the things you don't show

Lay me beside you

Down on the floor

I've been your lover

From the womb to the tomb

I dress as your daughter

When the moon becomes round

You be my mother

When everything's gone

And she will always carry on

Something is lost

But something is found

They will keep on speaking her name

Somethings change

Some stay the same

Keep beckoning to me

From behind that closed door

The maid and the mother

And the crone that's grown old

I hear your voice

Coming out of that hole

I listen to you

And I want some more

I listen to you

And I want some more

And she will always carry on

Something is lost

But something is found

They will keep on speaking her name

Some things change

Some stay the same

Video hit The Pretenders

The Pretenders - Don't Get Me Wrong

Don't Get Me Wrong is a song released by the pop-rock group The Pretenders. It was the first single taken from the group's 1986 album, Get Close. It can also be found on the band's The Singles album, released in 1987.

In the US, "Don't Get Me Wrong" became the group's second Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at #10.

Their first Top 10 pop hit, "Back on the Chain Gang", had reached #5 in 1983. "Don't Get Me Wrong" also spent three weeks atop the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart in November 1986. In the UK, the song also peaked at #10 in the UK Singles Chart.

The song features a jangly guitar sound and an emphasis on melody. Hynde's lyrics contain literary and scientific references in addition to the more relationship-based subject matter typical for pop music. The song was covered by British pop singer Lily Allen for BBC Radio 1's 40th anniversary celebrations in 2007 and was released on the subsequent compilation album.

The music video for the song is a tribute to the British 1960s TV spy series The Avengers, with Chrissie Hynde playing Emma Peel searching for John Steed (Patrick Macnee appears in the original series' footage, with Hynde superimposed).

Appearances in other media

The song was played over the opening credits for the 1986 film Gung Ho.

The song was used in the 1992 film Peter's Friends.

It was also included in the 1997 film Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion.

The song was used in the 1998 Susan Skoog film "Whatever."

The song was used in the 2001 film version of Bridget Jones's Diary.

A version of the song(minus vocals) was used for wrestler Chris Jericho for his match against referee Nick Patrick at the 1996 edition of WCW World War 3.

The song appears on the soundtrack of the movie Going the Distance (2010 film) with Drew Barrymore and Justin Long.

The lyrics:

Don't Get Me Wrong - The Pretenders

Don't get me wrong

If I'm looking kind of dazzled

I see neon lights

Whenever you walk by

Don't get me wrong

If you say hello and I take a ride

Upon a sea where the mystic moon

Is playing havoc with the tide

Don't get me wrong

Don't get me wrong

If I'm acting so distracted

I'm thinking about the fireworks

That go off when you smile

Don't get me wrong

If I split like light refracted

I'm only off to wander

Across a moonlit mile

Once in a while

Two people meet

Seemingly for no reason

They just pass on the street

Suddenly thunder showers everywhere

Who can explain the thunder and rain

But there's something in the air

Don't get me wrong

If I come and go like fashion

I might be great tomorrow

But hopeless yesterday

Don't get me wrong

If I fall in the mode of passion

It might be unbelievable

But let's not say so long

It might just be fantastic

Don't get me wrong

Video hit The Pretenders

The Pretenders - I' LL Stand By You (live)

"I'll Stand by You" is a 1994 song recorded by The Pretenders from their sixth studio album, Last of the Independents. Written by Chrissie Hynde in collaboration with the songwriting team of Tom Kelly and Billy Steinberg (who used the melody from Johann Sebastian Bach's Minuet for Lovers).

The song is a power ballad that pledges love and faithful assistance in times of personal darkness. Since its initial release, "I'll Stand by You" has also become a major hit for British girl group Girls Aloud in 2004 and Carrie Underwood in 2007, both times recorded as a charity single.

Other versions:

The song was also recorded by Patti Labelle on her 2005 album Classic Moments. She performed the song as a tribute to Destiny's Child when they won an award for being the best selling female group of all time. She also performed the song on the NBC show 'Clash of the Choirs, where she had one of her choir members sing the lead vocals.

Rod Stewart covered the song for his 2006 album Still the Same... Great Rock Classics of Our Time.

American Idol Season 6 contestant Gina Glocksen performed the song in the Top 10 round.

In 2009, the cast of Glee covered the song for the episode "Ballad" for Finn's unborn child. The song can be heard on the compilation Glee: The Music, Volume 2.

The girl group "Belle Amie" performed the song in the 2010 X Factor finals.

One of American Idol Season 10 Top 24 Girls, Pia Toscano, performed this song, in which the judges made their first standing ovation of the season.

Kim Wilde released a version of the song in 2011 as a bonus track on her covers album Snapshots".

Girl Group Fifth Harmony performed the song on the second season of The X Factor USA during Thanksgiving week.

The lyrics:

Oh, why you look so sad?

Tears are in your eyes

Come on and come to me now

Don't be ashamed to cry

Let me see you through

'cause I've seen the dark side too

When the night falls on you

You don't know what to do

Nothing you confess

Could make me love you less

I'll stand by you

I'll stand by you

Won't let nobody hurt you

I'll stand by you

So if you're mad, get mad

Don't hold it all inside

Come on and talk to me now

Hey, what you got to hide?

I get angry too

Well I'm a lot like you

When you're standing at the crossroads

And don't know which path to choose

Let me come along

'cause even if you're wrong

I'll stand by you

I'll stand by you

Won't let nobody hurt you

I'll stand by you

Take me in, into your darkest hour

And I'll never desert you

I'll stand by you

And when...

When the night falls on you, baby

You're feeling all alone

You won't be on your own

I'll stand by you

I'll stand by you

Won't let nobody hurt you

I'll stand by you

Take me in, into your darkest hour

And I'll never desert you

I'll stand by you

I'll stand by you

Won't let nobody hurt you

I'll stand by you

Won't let nobody hurt you

I'll stand by you