The Hurricane Festival, also just Hurricane, is a music festival that takes place in Scheeßel near Bremen, Germany, usually every June. It is promoted by German private music television channel VIVA, which belongs to Viacom, the MTV Network's parent company, since the end of 2004. The festival and its guests are generally associated with the alternative part of mainstream music, although the festival has been becoming more and more mainstream over the years.
The Southside Festival, often referred to as the daughter of Hurricane, takes place on the same three days in the very south of Germany (contrary to Hurricane, which is in the very north). Together they're a twin festival, since they are on the same days and usually have the same lineup with only few exceptions.
Hurricane is a protest song by Bob Dylan co-written with Jacques Levy, about the imprisonment of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. It compiles alleged acts of racism and profiling against Carter, which Dylan describes as leading to a false trial and conviction.
Hurricane was the Austrian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983, performed in German by Westend. The song was performed eighteenth on the night (following Portugal's Armando Gama with Esta Balada Que Te Dou and preceding Belgium's Pas De Deux with Rendez-Vous). At the close of voting, it had received 53 points, placing 9th in a field of 20 entries.
The song is an up-tempo number, in which the band sings about being without the object of their affections and likens this condition to being in a hurricane.
It was succeeded as Austrian representative in the 1984 Contest by Anita singing Einfach weg.
"Hurricane" is the 15th single released by Japanese pop duo Puffy AmiYumi It is a cover of a song originally performed in 1981 by "Chanels" (later Rats & Star).
"Hurricane" is a single by Black Thought, Common, Dice Raw, Flo Brown, Jazzyfatnastees and Mos Def from the 1999 film The Hurricane. Released by MCA Records in 1999, the song features production by The Roots and vocals from various Roots affiliates. Each verse in the track deals with the life of boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. The song takes its lyrical concept from a Bob Dylan song of the same name. It is considered to be a conscious hip hop song as are most songs by Native Tongues Posse and Soulquarians members such as Mos Def and Common.
"Hurricane" is a song by English indie rock band Athlete and is the second track on their 2007 album Beyond the Neighbourhood. The song was released as the first single from that album on August 27 2007 (see 2007 in British music).
