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The Algorithm Song

from An Album Of Unnecessary Detail by Helen Arney

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As heard in the APOUD episode "INPUT AND OUTPUT", it's the song I co-wrote with an internet search engine. If you can't work out which internet search engine I co-wrote it with, Google it.

Listen to the whole episode by searching for "Unnecessary Detail" wherever you get your podcasts, or head to:
festivalofthespokennerd.com/podcast

With thanks to BBC Radio 3's The Verb for originally commissioning this song: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09z6bg3

And huge thanks to Ada Lovelace Day for filming their event where I recorded this song, and kindly allowing me to use the audio in the podcast and album: findingada.com

They do great work, check them out!

Watch the song performed live at Ada Lovelace Day Live! on YouTube:
youtu.be/Ml--6BPLl-w

lyrics

Love
Oh, love
Love
Sweet love

How do I mend a broken heart?
How can I tell you how I feel?
How can I make you love me?

I just want to hold you close
Just want to make you happy
But I can’t find the words to say I love you

We shared a night together
Tell me when will I see you again?
Loving you is easy
Let’s make this moment last
Cos I’m loving this feeling

When you wish upon a star
It makes no difference who you are
If you don’t say you love me

All you need is love
And I think I’m in love with you
Love is in the air
So please, let me love you

Love… is a verb
Love… Actually
Love… Island 2018
Love ...lace, Augusta Ada King-Noel, Countess of

How do I mend a broken zip?
How can I tell what iPhone i have?
How can I make You… Tube safer for my child?

I just want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Just want to make a phone call
But I can’t find the format file PDFlatex.fmt

We shared a bowl of sugar
Tell me when will I see results from the gym?
Loving you is... complicated
Let’s Make America Great Again
Cos I’m loving angles instead

When you wish upon a brunch
Makes no difference who you vote for
If you don’t say “UNO!” how many cards do you pick up?

All you need is love and a dog
I think I’m in love with myself
Love is in the hair
So please, let me Google that for you.

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from An Album Of Unnecessary Detail, track released March 29, 2022

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Helen Arney London, UK

"Geek Songstress" Helen Arney is the UK's finest purveyor of comedy songs with a scientifically verified twist.

"Champion of musical whims" Evening Standard
**** ”Harnesses the spirit of Ben Folds & the Divine Comedy’s Neil Hannon… delightful” (Chortle)

Also one third of Festival of the Spoken Nerd and author of "The Element In The Room"
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