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Tones And I
Toni Watson, known professionally as Tones and I, is an Australian singer and songwriter.
She released her debut single, "Johnny Run Away", on 1 March 2019. Her follow-up "Dance Monkey" was released on 10 May 2019 and reached number one on the official music charts of over 30 countries.
Upon reaching 16 weeks at number one in November 2019, she broke the record for the most weeks at number one on the ARIA Singles Chart by any artist since the chart's inception in 1983. "Dance Monkey" also holds the record for most weeks at No. 1 in Australia in the modern rock era (1955–present)
Tones and I -Dance Monkey (Stripped Back)
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The Kids Are Coming by Tones and I
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Never Seen The Rain
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Johnny Run Away
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Dance Monkey" is a song by Australian singer Tones and I, released on 10 May 2019 as the second single from Tones and I's debut EP The Kids Are Coming. The song was produced and mixed by Konstantin Kersting. Upon release, Tones and I said the song is about the expectations that are placed on musical performers.
"Dance Monkey" has topped the charts in over 30 countries including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, and peaked within the top ten in many other European and Asian countries. It is the first charting single for Tones and I in the United States, peaking at number 11 (to date) on the Billboard Hot 100.
Upon reaching its tenth week at the top of the Australian Singles Chart, "Dance Monkey" broke the record for the most weeks at number one on the chart by an Australian act, previously held by Justice Crew's 2014 song "Que Sera". With its sixteenth week at number one, in November, it broke the record for the most weeks at number one in Australian chart history, previously held by Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" (2017).
To date, "Dance Monkey" has spent 19 consecutive weeks at the top position.
At the ARIA Music Awards of 2019, the single was nominated for seven awards, winning three. It won ARIA Award for Best Female Artist, Best Pop Release and Breakthrough Artist.
Tones made her debut on US television on 18 November 2019 with a performance of the song on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
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"Johnny Run Away" is a song by Australian singer Tones and I, released on 1 March 2019 as her debut single and lead single from Tones and I's debut EP The Kids Are Coming. The song was recorded with Konstantin Kersting and has peaked at number 12 on the ARIA Singles Chart. Upon release Tones and I said "'Johnny Run Away' is about my best friend coming out to his disapproving father at a young age. The song shows how people are dealing with judgement and rejection within their own family, as well as the world."[
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"Never Seen the Rain" is a song by Australian singer Tones and I, released on 16 July 2019 as the third single from Tones and I's debut EP The Kids Are Coming. Upon release Tones and I said "[It's] about people who live the same repetitive life in fear of failure. So, they never try."
[Verse 1]
All your life now
You couldn't be mad about it
You've been sad dear, sad dear‚ oh
You couldn't be sad about it
And it's been all this time
And you haven't lived without it
You are shining‚ shining it seems though
That your life‚ you've found it
[Chorus]
No, but you never
No, you never seen the rain
No‚ but you never, no, you never seen the rain
And it gets you down
But that's okay
You've been pushed 'round
You feel the pain
And when you fall
Just lean on me
'Cause you've never known
Never seen
Never smelt
Never felt
The rain‚ rain
Never felt the rain, rain, rain
[Verse 2]
It's a cold dark night and
No one's tryin' to find ya
You're just coasting, coasting by
'Cause nothing seems to mind ya
[Chorus]
No, but you never
No, you never seen the rain
No, but you never, no, you never seen the rain
And it gets you down
But that's okay
You've been pushed 'round
You feel the pain
And when you fall
Just lean on me
'Cause you've never known
Never seen
Never smelt
Never felt
The rain, rain
Never felt the rain, rain, rain
[Outro]
And it gets you down
But that's okay
You've been pushed 'round
You feel the pain
And when you fall
Just lean on me
'Cause you've never known
Never seen
Never smelt
Never felt
The rain, rain
Never felt the rain, rain, rain
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