Let us return for a moment to the musical days of late 1978. Alan and Marilyn Bregman co-wrote a song with Neil Diamond for a television show that ultimately never came to be. Never wanting to let a good song go to waste, Neil recorded You Don’t Bring Me Flowers for his album I’m Glad You’re With Me Tonight. The song was soon covered by Barbra Streisand, appearing on her album Songbird. But neither version became popular until a disc jockey in Kentucky spliced both versions into a duet. The duet was really re-recorded, and, Barbra and Neil tore up the charts.
Nearly forty years later, I have an idea for splicing two other songs together. I want to create a duet, a mash-up if you will, that is in keeping with the edginess of today’s pop market. So the artist of this song will be Mabel v. Muppets and puts together Don’t Call Me Up and Mahna Mahna.
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Mabel |
The Muppets |
| When I’m underneath the bright lights
When I’m tryna have a good time ‘Cause I’m good you ain’t mine
Don’t call me up When you’re looking at my photos Getting hot, losing control You want me more now I let go
I’m over you and I don’t need your lies no more ‘Cause the truth is, without you boy, I’m stronger And I know you said that I changed with my cold heart But it was your game that left scars Ooh, I’m over you
Don’t call me up I’m going out tonight Feeling good now you’re outta my life Don’t wanna talk about us Gotta leave it behind One drink and you’re outta my mind
Take it up Baby I’m on a high You’re alone Going out of your mind When I’m here in the club And I don’t wanna talk So don’t call me up
‘Cause I’m here looking fine, babe And I got eyes looking my way And everybody’s on my vibe, babe
My friends said you’re a bad man I should have listened to them back then And now you’re tryna hit me up again
I’m over you and I don’t need your lies no more ‘Cause the truth is, without you boy, I’m stronger And I know you said that I changed with my cold heart But it was your game that left scars Ooh, I’m over you
Don’t call me up I’m going out tonight Feeling good now you’re outta my life Don’t wanna talk about us Gotta leave it behind One drink and you’re outta my mind
Take it up Baby I’m on a high You’re alone Going out of your mind When I’m here in the club And I don’t wanna talk So don’t call me up
Don’t call me up
So don’t call me up
Don’t call me up
I’m over you and I don’t need your lies no more ‘Cause the truth is, without you boy, I’m stronger And I know you said that I changed with my cold heart But it was your game that left scars Ooh, I’m over you
Don’t call me up I’m going out tonight Feeling good now you’re outta my life Don’t wanna talk about us Gotta leave it behind One drink and you’re outta my mind
Take it up Baby I’m on a high You’re alone Going out of your mind When I’m here in the club And I don’t wanna talk
So don’t call me up |
Mahna mahna
Ba de be de be Ba de be ba de be Dee dee dee dee de
Mahna mahna ma Nee nee nee nee noo Mahna mahna ma Nee nee nee nee noo
Mahna mahna
Mahna mahna
Ba de be de be
Mahna mahna Ba de be de be
Ba de be de be Ba de be ba de be Dee dee dee dee de
Mahna mahna ma Nee nee nee nee noo Mahna mahna ma Nee nee nee nee noo
Mahna mahna
Mahna mahna
Ba de be de be
Mahna mahna
Mahna mahna
Ba de be de be
Mahna mahna
Ba de be de be Ba de be ba de be Dee dee dee dee de
Mahna mahna ma Nee nee nee nee noo Mahna mahna ma Nee nee nee nee noo Mahna mahna ma Nee nee nee nee noo Mahna mahna
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I want to hear this on the radio. Anyone want to help me put these songs together?