Sentence examples for propulsive hit from inspiring English sources

James Brown Give It Up or Turnit a Loose (1969) Brown's propulsive hit became a foundational hip-hop break and was later sampled by acts such as 2 Live Crew and Jungle Brothers.

Her elaborate set pieces make a show of helplessness and vulnerability, boxing her slight, blond figure inside a glass cube in her propulsive hit "Just Dance"; encasing it in a rotating series of orbs during the brooding "Bad Romance"; and in her most twisted image, chaining her hair to a black pole controlled by two men in "Paparazzi".

Britney Spears helped usher dance music into the American pop mainstream with propulsive hit singles like "Toxic" and "Till the World Ends".

After a couple of propulsive hits, notably "Hey Man, Nice Shot" and "Take a Picture," its luck ran out, and the band went quiet following its lacklustre 2002 effort, "The Amalgamut".

But persevere and you'll be well rewarded; its feverish, idea-glutted electropop frequently resolves into something thrilling, as when the propulsive Run-Time hits it stride.

On the single "Palms" Wendelbo's dulcet voice floats above McBride's industrious melodies and propulsive acid percussion, hitting a mood that strikes somewhere between black and white noir and dystopian science fiction.

The soundtrack is propulsive but unsurprising, familiar hits by the Spinners; Donna Summer; Earth, Wind & Fire; and the Trammps.

But musician Mark Mothersbaugh has flourished in a different guise in recent years: composing for film, television and video games, including the poppy and propulsive soundtrack for new animated hit "The Lego Movie".

They were also inextricably tied to the disco era's defining movie, "Saturday Night Fever," a showcase for their music that included the hit "Stayin' Alive," its propulsive beat in step with the strut of the film's star, John Travolta.

The opening credits combine funny and sexy better than any show I've ever seen: synched to the propulsive beat of Sloan's 2006 hit "Who Taught You to Live Like That" is a quick succession of really closeup shots of gorgeous men getting dressed to play hockey and of gorgeous women getting dressed to go out and get those men who play hockey.

Marc Webb's blockbuster sequel has a propulsive energy that recalls the best pop hits: It's a superhero movie that embraces its mainstream sensibility with both hands, while also making room for some moments of heavy drama that not even Disney's Marvel films have tried just yet.