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Sparks – Academy Award Performance (1979) | Track profile | Dork

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Sparks
No. 1 in Heaven
Academy Award Performance

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Academy Award Performance

Release date: 2nd March 1979

From No. 1 in Heaven

Track 2

5:02

Pop Music R&B/Soul Pop/Rock

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"Academy Award Performance" is a track by Sparks, from the album No. 1 in Heaven, released 2nd March 1979. The track is 5:02 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Sparks.

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Lyrics

Academy Award Performance

Play the shark
Play the bride
Joan of Arc
Mrs. Hyde
You're a girl with a thousand faces to choose from, do one

Do the saint
Do the waif
Do the child
That was great
Great performances only come with some inspiration

Oh, what a great performance
What a convincing performance
An Academy Award performance

Well produced
Clever lines
Well rehearsed
Well defined
There's a goldmine in what you do, but of course you know that
That's not bad
Nor is that
Very good
So was that
On behalf of the guys you've known, here's your golden trophy

Oh, what a brilliant performance
What a convincing performance
An Academy Award performance

Play the scene
Naturelle
Drop the lights
Drop the towel
No director can tell you what you should do, you'll do it

What panache
Oh, what style
Pack the house
Pack the aisles
Everyone's in the dark when you're in the room, those rumors

Oh, what a great performance
What a convincing performance
An Academy Award performance

Oh, what a great performance
What a convincing performance
An Academy Award performance

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Track details

From No. 1 in Heaven

5:021979

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Album

No. 1 in Heaven

Track number

2

Release year

1979

1Tryouts for the Human Race
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2Academy Award Performance
5:02
3La Dolce Vita
5:54
4Beat the Clock
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