Had to take a bit of a break from blogging between my last post and this one, but it doesn't mean I wasn't thinking of the link between language and culture. In fact, one of the things that I considered was how often the concept of silence rears its head in pop music. Here I present eight videos of songs that placed in the Billboard year-end Top Ten (1951-2015) in which some form of the word silence appears. The songs are in reverse chronological order.

OutKast's official music video for 'The Way You Move' ft. Sleepy Brown. Click to listen to OutKast on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/OutKastSpotify?IQid=OutKWYM As featured on SpeakerBoxxx/The Love Below.

R. Kelly's official music video for 'I Believe I Can Fly'. Click to listen to R. Kelly on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/RKSpot?IQid=RKICF As featured on The Essential R. Kelly. Click to buy the track or album via iTunes: http://smarturl.it/RKTEiTunes?IQid=RKICF Google Play: http://smarturl.it/RKICFPlay?IQid=RKICF Amazon: http://smarturl.it/RKTEAm?IQid=RKICF More From R.

Music video by Roxette performing It Must Have Been Love.

Music video by Poison performing Every Rose Has Its Thorn (2001 Digital Remaster).

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70's Promo Video

"Love is a Many Splendored Thing" was written by Sammy Fain & Paul Francis Webster for the 1955 film "Love is a Many Splendored Thing" in which it was first publicized, and it won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

And as a bonus, a song that did not appear in the year-end Top Ten list (only reaching as high as #54 for 1966), but did top the Billboard charts in the last week of 1965: Simon and Garfunkel's classic (and first) hit, "The Sound of Silence":

Simon & Garfunkel's official audio for 'The Sound of Silence'. Click to listen to Simon & Garfunkel on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/SandGSpotify?IQid=SandGTSOS As featured on The Essential Simon & Garfunkel. Click to buy the track or album via iTunes: http://smarturl.it/SandGEssential?IQid=SandGTSOS Google Play: http://smarturl.it/SandGTSOSGPlay?IQid=SandGTSOS Amazon: http://smarturl.it/SandGAmazon?IQid=SandGTSOS More from Simon & Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water: https://youtu.be/4G-YQA_bsOU Mrs.