Extreme

Songwriter: Gary Cherone Pat Badger Nuno Bettencourt

Producer: Bob St. John Nuno Bettencourt

Sun going up making its rounds
It keeps on moving, painting the town
Before you know it, she's sinking low
So tell me something
Something I don't already know
I don't know
Towards the south, then turning north
Whirlwind spinning on a circular course
The answer, my friend returns to blow
So, tell me something
Something I don't already know
I don't know
Tell me something I don't know
As for the wise men who pursue their knowledge
Same as the fool, same as the fool, free falling prey to folly
Can only one fate, one fate befall them both?
So tell me something
Something I don't already know
I don't know
Tell me something I don't know
Tell me something I don't know
Ah, can you tell me?
It must go on, as for the show
So tell me something
Something I don't already know
I don't know
Tell me something I don't know
Tell me something I don't know
Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me
Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me
Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me
Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me

Extreme is an American rock band, currently headed by frontman Gary Cherone and guitarist Nuno Bettencourt. The band reached the height of their popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s with original line-up Gary Cherone, Nuno Bettencourt, Paul Geary and Patrick Badger.

Among some of Extreme’s musical influences are Van Halen, Queen, Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin. The band played at The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992. Geary left the group in 1994 to form an artist management company, and Cherone joined Van Halen in 1996. The band has described their music as “funky metal” in the early days, but it would evolve much more in the mid-1990s by blending classic rock influences with post-grunge and alternative rock.

They have released five studio albums, two EPs (in Japan) and two compilation albums since their formation. The band was one of the most successful rock acts of the early 1990s, selling over 10 million albums worldwide. Extreme achieved their greatest success with their 1990 album Pornograffitti, which peaked at number 10 on the Billboard 200, and was certified gold in May 1991 and double platinum in October 1992. That album featured the acoustic ballad single “More Than Words”, which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.

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Waiting for the Punchline

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Waiting for the Punchline (1995)

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