Contender

Contender may refer to:

  • Contender (stock character), commonly used in books, TV shows, plays, and films
  • Books

  • The Contender (Lipsyte novel), 1967 novel by Robert Lipsyte
  • The Gemini contenders by Robert Ludlum 1976
  • The Contenders, by James Thompson (crime writer) 2012
  • The contenders by William Haroldson 1980.
  • Films

  • The Contender (1944 film), film directed by Sam Newfield
  • The Contender (2000 film), 2000 film starring Gary Oldman, Joan Allen, and Jeff Bridges
  • The Contender (TV series), a 2005 boxing-based reality television series or its spinoffs
  • Series 7: The Contenders
  • TV

  • The Contenders, a 2011 C-SPAN series about influential American presidential nominees
  • The contenders, presented by Laura Flanders 2008.
  • Contenders by Mark Obenhaus VHS tape 1991.
  • The contenders, presented by Liz Jackson Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2004.
  • Music

  • Contenders, 1999 album by Valdy
  • The Contenders (band), and their self-titled 1989 debut album
  • Contenders, a 1986 album by Easterhouse
  • Songs

  • "The Contender", a song by Menahan Street Band on the 2008 album Make the Road by Walking
  • Contenders (song)

    "Contenders" is synthpop trio Heaven 17's last single of 1986 from the album Pleasure One which was released the same year. It was written by all three members. The single was released in late 1986 and peaked at #80 in the UK, spending 4 weeks on the chart. A promotional video was created for the single.

    Allmusic wrote "Some of the Pleasure One songs are among their best, including the wonderful "Trouble" and the opening track, "Contenders."

    Formats

  • "Contenders" - 4:28
  • "Excerpts From "Diary of a Contender" - 5:24
  • "Contenders (Dance version)" - 6:23
  • "Excerpts From 'Diary of a Contender'" - 5:24
  • "Contenders (Full length version)" - 5:19
  • "Contenders (Dance version)" - 7:45
  • "Contenders (Edited version) " - 3:10
  • "Contenders (Instrumental version)" - 5:12
  • "Contenders (Go Go version)" - 6:39
  • "Contenders (Dance version)" - 6:22
  • "Excerpts From 'Diary of a Contender'" - 5:24
  • "Penthouse & Pavement" - 6:33
  • "Megamix (Edit)" - 6:36
  • Chart performance

    Critical reception

    Simon Reynolds for Melody Maker wrote "This one practically hurls itself off the ropes at you, solid funk brawn but light on its feet, bobbing and weaving, jabbing and pummeling and always on the attack, but, somehow, failing to deliver that hook to floor you completely. The killer blow never comes."

    Podcasts:

    Contenders

    ALBUMS

    Contenders

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    CONTENDERS

    by: Heaven 17

    We're going to stop this world from turning
    We build it up, you knock it down
    If you go high then we'll go higher
    Beyond the sky without a sound all around
    We've won, we've lost, we've counted up the cost
    And we've evened out the scores we are contenders
    I'm telling you so pay attention
    These words of truth come from above
    In God we trust and he has told me
    I need you now and I'm talking love
    We want a piece of what you're selling
    Put up your hands and face the wall
    How much it costs there is no telling
    How much it costs to walk so small, and we're so tall
    In truth we dare, we people just don't care
    We've got you running scared we are contenders
    You're black, or white, Arab, Christian, Israelite
    We are hiding in plain sight we are contenders
    Don't bother asking for a favor
    I always get all that I want
    Though some are foolish we are braver
    Than those who do not have a bomb
    Forget the turning of the seasons
    Let's escalate and never stop
    And yes we've talked but for no reason
    Let's start again right from the top, countdown
    10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
    Got the world on a string but it ain't got that swing
    You speed it up we slow it down
    A frontier wilder than the West ever was
    No sheriff round this outlaw town
    So Superman if you're listening
    Help us out you're on the team
    For truth and justice, the American way
    The fight for right's not what it seems with laser beams
    With gun and sword there is no reward
    But we're fighting on we are contenders
    We've won, we've lost and we've counted up the cost
    And we've evened out the scores we are contenders
    You're Black, or White, Arab, Christian, Israelite
    We are hiding in plain sight we are contenders
    No virgin birth is going to claim the earth




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