 Party Dance Tracks
Get the party
started with a selection of these dance numbers.
Gauranteed to get people up and dancing.
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ABBA
Mamma Mia + Does your Mother Know |
Abba-mania!
It's
catching. Everyone's up on the floor when these two kick
off! |
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| Addicted to Love |
That
classic
Robert Palmer track - most memerable for that 7/4 time
signature drum intro... oh yes, and those ladies in the
tight black dresses and heavy red lipstick! |
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| All I want for Christmas |
Kate
provides
the Mariah Carey introductory verse but after that it's
more "Rocky IV" than "Love Actually", and strangely has no
references whatsoever to "my two front teeth". |
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| All
Shook Up |
But
not stirred! Not quite the Elvis version, more like the
Paul McCartney version with Jonathan bashing out the lead
guitar riff while Doug takes on the lead vocals. |
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| Auld Lang Syne |
It
just wouldn't be New Year's Eve without Big Ben and this! |
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| Baby When You're Gone |
Doug
becomes
Bryan Adams to Kate's Mel C on this dance floor rocker! |
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Beatles Medley
- Drive My Car
- The Word
- You Can’t Do That
- I Should Have Known Better
- Money |
Some
early
Beatles numbers woven together to make a medley you can
dance and sing along to. |
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| Bohemian Like You |
A
severe case of The Dandy Warhols here with some "American
alternative rock". |
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| Brass in pocket (I'm special) |
One
of those instantly recognisable Pretenders' songs from the
very first note.
Kate in her tight leather jeans - as good as Chrissie
Hynde any day! :-) |
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| Come Up and See Me (Make Me
Smile) |
If
asked to name a Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel song,
chances are you'll think of this one. Classic. |
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| Crazy Little Thing Called Love |
Kate
in a Freddie Mercury lycra number? Doug in a Brian May
afro wig? You've got to be kidding!! Nevertheless this
perennial Queen favourite will make you want to get up on
the dance floor. |
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| Don't Get Me Wrong |
Our
version
of the well-known Pretenders' hit. |
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| Echo Beach |
Atmospheric
yet
slightly "punky", Martha and the Muffins hit from '79,
guarantees to take you "far away in time"…. |
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| End of the line |
The
catchy
"riding-on-the-rails" rhythm of this Travelling Wilburys'
number from 1988 is guaranteed to get your feet moving. |
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| Fairytale of New York |
Doug
blackens
his teeth and drinks a whole bottle of Irish Whiskey to
prepare himself for this one! |
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Funk Medley
- Play that funky music white
boy!
- Lady Marmalade
- Hot stuff |
Flashback
to
the 70s with Black Cherry, LaBelle and Hot Chocolate.
Groovy baby! |
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| Go your own way |
A
classic Fleetwood Mac dance track |
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| Handle
With Care |
This
well-known
song by the Travelling Wilburys is a firm favourite with
the band. |
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I don't feel like dancing
|
Maybe not, but this
frenetic Scissor Sisters number will surely change your
mind.
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I Gotta Feeling
|
Curfew does Black Eye Peas!
Whatever next? Tinie Tempah?
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| It's My Life |
A
mixture of the Talk Talk original and the No Doubt remake,
but given a rockier feel than both of those versions.
Plenty of distort guitar chords and great keyboard sounds
underpin Kate's vocals. |
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| It's Still Rock and Roll To Me |
Jonathan's
bass
and Tim W's drumming help to provide the driving beat to
this Billy Joel song. A great dance number and a band
favourite. |
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I've got the music
|
Kiki Dee's greatest hit
with a surprise bit of Robbie Williams' Let me Entertain
you at the end.
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Johnny Got A Boom Boom
|
Imelda May had a huge hit
with this in 2009 following her appearance on "Later with
Jools Holland". This really rocks along.
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| Lay Down Sally |
An
easy to "shuffle along to" Eric Clapton track. |
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| Let's Stick Together |
A
classic 70s sound from Bryan Ferry, guaranteed to fill the
dance floor. |
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| Long Train Running - Doobie
Brothers |
The
Doobie
Brothers made this track famous with a distinctive guitar
intro. Curfew adds a hot sax to keep it steaming along... |
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| Love shack |
Perhaps
the
ultimate party track! The B-52's greatest hit song and
first million-copy seller, and Tim Wilson's favourite song
- he does a great job on the vocals.
Kick off your shoes, let your hair down, sing, shout, clap
your hands…. We're off to the Love shack baby! |
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Lazy Sunday Afternoon
|
Everyone
loves
this cheeky Small Faces classic from 1968, except the
neighbours of course. |
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| Man-eater |
The
original
version by American duo Hall & Oates from the 80s,
with Motown kind of groove. |
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| Mayhem |
Imelda
May's
high energy rockabilly "Mayhem" is quite infectious! |
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| Merry Christmas everyone |
This
festive
offering from Shakin' Stevens provides a sing-a-long
opportunity for everyone at a Curfew Christmas Ball! |
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Monkees medley
- I'm A Believer
- Last Train to Clarkesville
- Daydream Believer
|
A great "end of the
evening" medley of three of the best Monkees numbers.
Nobody can resist rocking and singling along to these. |
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Moves like Jagger
|
You too can "move like
Jagger" when we pump out this best selling Maroon 5 track.
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| New Shoes |
It's
quite
possible that Paolo Nutini wrote this song just for Kate!
(or maybe she just likes shoes) |
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| Perfect |
"It's
got
to be perfect, It's got to be worth it" - no this is not a
hair product commercial but a swinging song from
Fairground Attraction. (and about as close to country
music as Tim can get without an allergic reaction!) |
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Pretty Woman Medley
- Pretty Woman
- Baby Come Back
- When You Walk In The Room
- Keep On Running
- Twist and Shout |
Kate,
Doug
and Jon take turns on lead vocals for a mixture of 60s
dance hits |
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Price Tag
|
Grab your bling and purple
wigs, it's Jessie J time! A favourite song for the kids to
join in with.
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Put your records on
|
A jolly number to bop along
too from Corinne Bailey Rae's debut album.
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| Queen
Of Hearts |
Try
to stop your feet tapping along to this Dave Edmunds rock
and roll classic. |
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Reggae Medley
- Red Red Wine
- I shot the Sheriff
- Dreadlock holiday |
UB40,
Eric
Clapton and 10CC, tastefully blended together in a drum
and bass reggae mix. |
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Rolling
Stones:
- Brown Sugar
- Honky Tonk Women |
A
couple of Stones classics. Doug pumps out the Keith
Richards guitar riffs backed by Jonathan's driving bass
guitar. Tim's tenor sax joins in to make these firm dance
favourites with Curfew audiences.
Watch out for Tim's virtuoso cowbell solo!
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| Rockin' around the Christmas tree |
A
Christmas Classic from Brenda Lee with added sax appeal. |
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| Second Time Around |
Described
as
a collision of blues, soul, gospel and pop clichés; Second
Time Around from singer Nell Bryden, will have you bopping
or clapping along from the start. |
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Seven Nation Army
|
You probably know this from
The White Stripes. But we give it our own Curfew
treatment. Madness!
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Soul medley
- Knock on Wood
- Midnight Hour
- Mustang Sally |
First a couple of immortal
60s soul tracks from the legendary Eddie Floyd and Wilson
Pickett
Ending with a firm favourite with both band members and
audiences alike. Tim's soulful sax gives this number a
real R&B feel. Great fun, but plays havoc with Doug's
vocal chords!
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Status Quo medley
- Rocking all over the World
- Paper Plane
- Caroline
- Down Down |
Get
on your denim, let down your hair and get ready to rock to
these classic Quo anthems! |
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| Summer of '69 |
Classic
air
guitar track! |
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Surfing Medley
- Surfing USA
- Hawaii Five-O
- Fun Fun Fun
- Wipe Out! |
Grab
your
loudest shirt and wax your board, 'cause surf's up dude!
You'll need stamina to dance your way to the end of this
one. |
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| Sweet Home Chicago |
An
old Robert Johnson number given the "Good Ole Curfew
Brothers Boys Band" treatment.... |
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| There She Goes |
The
La's
classic pop song. Great to dance and sing-along to. |
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| There's A Guy Works Down The
Chipshop Swears He's Elvis |
The
Kirsty
MacColl song - a great little rocker for the end of the
evening. You can almost smell the salt & vinegar! |
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| Thorn In My Side |
A
great Eurythmics number given the Curfew treatment. How
many times do we have to sing "Run, run run, run"? |
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| Upside Down |
Described
as
"a real crowd favourite at Paloma Faith's live gigs", it
always goes down well at ours too! |
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| Valerie |
We've
moved
on from the Zuttons and made this closer to the Ami
Winehouse version. |
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| Walking On Sunshine |
Watch
out
for Doug's famous "One Note Guitar Solo" - Doug says it's
all in the quality of that one note! |
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You Can't Hurry Love
|
Ladies!
Grab
your hairbrushes and join in with the chorus! |
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 Slow & Smoochy Dance
Tracks
Something to ease
people into the party mood slowly, or a romantic
smoochy dance to round off the evening.
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| Careless whisper |
George
Michael's
first solo single. A classic 80s smoochy sax track. |
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Heaven
|
DJ Sammy's (Candlelight
version) of this some carefully enhanced with a emotional
sax solo. Requested for a "first dance" at a wedding, and
now it's one of our favourites too.
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| Home |
Smooch
along
to this Michael Bublé favourite. |
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| I'll Stand By You |
Couples
smooching
on the dance floor, cigarette lighters swaying to and fro
in the darkness. This is one of our favourite "end of the
evening" numbers. (ask the bass player for a dance if
you're feeling left out!) |
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Make you feel my love
|
Another recent hit by
Adele, a song written by Bob Dylan, and a favourite for
that smoochy end of the night slot.
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| Should I Stay Or Should I Go |
And
now for something completely different... Curfew's own
"Jekyll and Hyde" treatment of this classic Clash anthem
may leave you feeling not quite yourself! |
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| Smooth Operator |
Sade's
smooth
ballad with smooth vocals by Kate and smooth sax from Tim.
Smooth! |
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| Stop |
This
is our take on the song recorded by Sam Brown and, more
recently, Jamelia. One of Kate's favourite Curfew numbers.
So popular is this one that often audiences start shouting
for this halfway through our first number.!... Just
kidding! :-) |
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| Try A Little Tenderness |
A
much covered and well loved song. Our version is somewhere
between The Commitments and Michael Bublé. |
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Wonderful Tonight
|
Eric
Clapton
wrote this song while waiting for his missus to get ready
to go out to a posh party at the McCartneys'.
I normally just sit waiting in the car, impatiently
drumming my fingers on the steering wheel! |
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 Background Music &
Listening Tracks
Sometimes you just want some good music to listen
too while you finish a meal, or catch up with old
friends. Something quieter, smooth and easy.. |
| Ain’t No Sunshine |
Our
version
of the Bill Withers song with Kate's bluesy vocals
complemented by Tim's alto sax. |
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| Black Horse and the Cherry Tree |
This
K T Tunstall song lets "Tempo Tim" go to town on the
percussion while Kate's vocals drive the song along. One
of the band favourites. |
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| Black
Velvet |
This
song
about Elvis Presley was originally recorded by Canadian
singer, Alannah Myles. Another of the band's favourite
numbers where Kate's strong vocals are joined by Doug's
screeching lead guitar work. |
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| Blues In The Night |
A
classic 1950's Ella Fitzgerald number recently updated by
Katie Melua. Apparently Rosemary Clooney recorded the
original version. Great blues vocals from Kate mixed with
intricate guitar work, a subtle bass line and some soulful
sax. We love playing this number! |
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Can't get you out of my
head
|
Well, it's Kylie, but not
as you know her! Another complete Curfew makeover gives
this a cool "Santana like" groove.
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| Closest Thing To Crazy |
A
slow, easy going, melodic number from Katie Melua. |
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| Feeling
Good |
Nina
Simone
meets Muse! Don't be fooled by the quiet beginning to this
number… it rocks! |
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| Fever |
Peggy
Lee's
signature song from the late 1950s. |
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| Fool If You Think It's Over |
Kate's
moody
vocals are reminiscent of Elkie Brooks while Tim's
improvisation on the sax solos turns this number into a
mixture of blues and soul. |
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| If I Fell |
This
early
Beatles classic is given a makeover with Doug's
distinctive bouzouki sound giving the song a new edge. |
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| It's
Too Late |
It
never too late for this Carole King classic. We have two
quite different versions; the original plus a funkier
version, depending upon our mood! |
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| Landslide |
A
Stevie Nix song performed a la Dixie Chicks with Doug's
bouzouki to the fore. |
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| Mercy |
Duffy's
first
international release, and her first song to be covered by
Curfew! |
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| Moon River |
For
you old romantics who want to waltz round the dance floor
or just smooch in the corner |
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| Moondance |
Swing
along
to the Curfew's version of this Van Morrison standard.
Bring along a flute and we'll give you the music so you
can join in with the band (seriously!). |
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| My
Aphrodisiac Is You |
A
mixture of blues and jazz in this song from Katie Melua's
debut album. We've changed the instrumentation a bit so
that Tim's tenor sax can give the number a trad jazz feel
in places. |
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| Other Side of The World |
Another
great
K T Tunstall number given the Curfew treatment. |
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| Peter Gunn Theme |
Are
you the police? "No Ma'am, we're musicians." The
well-known Blues Brothers crowd pleaser; with just a pinch
of Duane Eddy and a guest appearance of one Elwood Blues
on Tenor Sax! |
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| Piece Of My Heart |
Kate
belts
out the vocal lines Janis Joplin-style. Join in with the
chorus and get your air guitars ready for the instrumental
break! |
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River
|
One of Joni Mitchell's most
beautiful songs. Kate's emotional rendition combined with
our minimal instrumentation gives me goose bumps every
time we play it.
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Rolling in the Deep
|
Adele's powerful song,
apparently written to chide a former boyfriend!
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Sorrow
|
David Bowie's wistful
ballad, given the Curfew treatment with a soulful bit of
sax.
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| Spooky |
Picture
the
scene: a smoke-filled nightclub, a girl perched on a bar
stool in the corner singing into the microphone, a sax
player and small jazz combo barely visible through the
smog*. A great little number to put you in the mood. * smog available at no extra
charge. |
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| Suddenly I See |
The
music
and lyrics of this song won KT Tunstall an Ivor Novello
Award in 2006. We'd be lucky to win a vanilla Cornetto,
but we do enjoy playing this one. |
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| Summertime |
Kate
gives
this George Gershwin perennial a touch of the Ella
Fitzgeralds (don't worry it's not contagious). |
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| Sundown |
This
was
written and originally recorded by Gordon Lightfoot. Takes
me back to the days of Radio Caroline. Easy on the ears. |
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| Time After Time |
An
acoustic take on the Cyndy Lauper classic featuring Doug
and his amazing Bouzouki! (don't try this at home) |
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| Walking in Memphis |
Originally
by
singer-songwriter Marc Cohn and covered more recently by
Cher; we played this song as birthday party request. It
instantly became a firm favourite of ours and our
audiences. |
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| Weather With You |
Kate
and
Doug share lead vocals on this Finn Brothers classic
whilst the bouzouki gives the song that authentic Crowded
House sound. A firm favourite with the band, rain or
shine. |
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| Why Did You Do It? |
Curfew
gets
funky with this track from Stretch. You may recognise it
from the film "Lock, stock and two smoking barrels". |
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Will you
|
Hazel O'Connor's most
famous track (from the film Breaking Glass), and possibly
the greatest ever sax solo. So emotional and powerful I
just love this song.
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