Favorite songs by female artists
My favorite songs and music videos by female singers and musicians. The singer need not be female just as long as someone in the music group is. No particular order. Ongoing list.
N/A on IMDb but other favorites of mine:
Ivy "I Think of You" & "I Get the Message"
Lush "Nothing Natural"
Martine Girault "Revival"
The Breeders "Do You Love Me Now"
Captain & Tennille "The Way I Want to Touch You"
Everything but the Girl "Before Today- Chicane Mix"
Joy Enriquez "Tell Me How You Feel"
Chantay Savage "Betcha'll Never Find"
Morcheeba "Tape Loop"
Neko Case "Bad Luck" & "I Wish I Was the Moon"
Lykke Li "Little Bit"
N/A on IMDb but other favorites of mine:
Ivy "I Think of You" & "I Get the Message"
Lush "Nothing Natural"
Martine Girault "Revival"
The Breeders "Do You Love Me Now"
Captain & Tennille "The Way I Want to Touch You"
Everything but the Girl "Before Today- Chicane Mix"
Joy Enriquez "Tell Me How You Feel"
Chantay Savage "Betcha'll Never Find"
Morcheeba "Tape Loop"
Neko Case "Bad Luck" & "I Wish I Was the Moon"
Lykke Li "Little Bit"
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- DirectorPaul HunterStarsChristina AguileraMissy ElliottLil' KimThe music video for "Lady Marmalade", made to promote the song as well as the film Moulin Rouge! (2001).Moulin Rouge!