Steve Poltz
Steve Poltz( born February 19, 1960) is a Canadian singer- songwriter and guitarist.
He is a founding member of the indie- rock band
The Rugburns and is best known for his collaborations with singer Jewel, especially the 1996 single," You Were Meant for Me" which reached number 2 in the US.
As a solo artist, he often performs acoustic- only" good old- fashioned sing- along" shows.
His songs have been noted for their simple melodies and satirical lyrics.
You Were Meant for Me
You Were Meant for Me may refer to:
Zhu Shilin
Zhu Shilin( 27 July 1899 – 5 January 1967), also romanised as Chu Shek Lin, was a Chinese film director, born in Taicang, Jiangsu, China.
Zhu began his career in the thriving film industry of Shanghai, directing actresses like Ruan Lingyu with the Lianhua Film Company.
After the war, Zhu moved to Hong Kong, where he founded the Longma Film Company along with fellow Shanghai emigrant Fei Mu. Between 1930 and 1964, he directed 80 films.
Two of his films," Sorrows of the Forbidden City"( 1948) and" Festival Moon"( 1953) were ranked in the Hong Kong Film Awards' Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures.
Kuai Xiang
Kuai Xiang( 1398–1481) was a Chinese architect and engineer widely known as designer of the Forbidden City and originator of the Xiangshan Carpenters.
He was born in Xukou( Xiangshan), Wu County, Suzhou during the Ming Dynasty.
When the Yongle Emperor decided to transfer the capital from Nanjing to Beijing in 1407, Kuai Xiang was ordered to design and construct the Forbidden City for him.
Kuai Xiang was in his early thirties when the Emperor commissioned him to design the Forbidden City.
Kuai used the Imperial Palace in Nanjing as a model.
He included features of palaces built during the Tang and Song dynasties into his design.
He also drew from Confucian, Taoist, and traditional astronomical systems.
This took Kuai several years, and the first palace and walls of the City were completed only after 13 years.
Lloyd Bacon
Lloyd Francis Bacon (December 4, 1889 – November 15, 1955) was an American screen, stage and vaudeville actor and film director.
As a director he made films in virtually all genres, including westerns, musicals, comedies, gangster films, and crime dramas.
He was one of the directors at Warner Bros. in the 1930s who helped give that studio its reputation for gritty, fast-paced "torn from the headlines" action films.
And, in directing Warner Bros.' "42nd Street", he joined the movie's song-and-dance-number director, Busby Berkeley, in contributing to "an instant and enduring classic [that] transformed the musical genre."
The Forbidden City
The Forbidden City is a 1918 American silent drama film starring Norma Talmadge and Thomas Meighan and directed by Sidney Franklin.
A copy of the film is in the Library of Congress and other film archives.
Sorrows of the Forbidden City
Sorrows of the Forbidden City is a Chinese film released in 1948 and directed by Zhu Shilin.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the film was criticized as" treasonous" for its positive depiction of the Emperor.
However, its reputation has risen in recent years, and it was ranked as the 37th best Chinese film of all time in the Hong Kong Film Awards poll of 2013.
You Were Meant for Me (Jewel song)
" You Were Meant for Me" is a folk- pop song written by Steve Poltz and Jewel and performed by Jewel on her first album," Pieces of You".
It relates the singer's incomprehension of a failed relationship and her inadequate attempts at moving on with her life.
" You Were Meant for Me" was released as the second single from" Pieces of You" and went on to receive a great deal of recognition.
It became a hit and reached number two on the US" Billboard"
Hot 100 for two weeks, as well as number one on the" Billboard" Adult Contemporary chart for a single week.
In 1997 a reissue of the single containing the unreleased" Foolish Games" allowed the song to rebound to number seven on the Hot 100, eventually totaling 65 weeks in the top 100, which at the time was a record.
Worldwide," You Were Meant for Me" experienced moderate success, reaching number three in Australia, number two in Canada and number 32 in the United Kingdom.
" Foolish Games/ You Were Meant for Me" ranked at number 15 on" Billboard"'s" All Time Top 100" in 2008 When the" All Time" chart was retabulated for the chart's 55th anniversary in 2013, it remained in the top 20 at number 17.
The song was also re-recorded for Jewel's" Greatest Hits" album with backing vocals from the country trio Pistol Annies.
Foolish Games
" Foolish Games" is a song by American singer- songwriter Jewel from her debut studio album" Pieces of You"( 1995).
It was also the third single to be lifted from the" Batman& Robin" motion picture soundtrack.
Jewel re-recorded the single for the soundtrack to produce a more radio- friendly version, similar to her other singles" Who Will Save Your Soul" and" You Were Meant for Me".
This version is shorter than the album version by one verse.
The song details the frustration and agony of knowing that the intensity of one's love is not reciprocated by one's lover.
A CD single for the song was not issued in the United States.
However, a re-released version of the" You Were Meant for Me" CD single had a hidden bonus track of the single version of" Foolish Games".
Because of this, instead of debuting and charting on the chart in the traditional way," Foolish Games" was able to continue the chart life of" You Were Meant for Me".
The latter, which was on its 41st week on the chart at number 25, rebounded to number 12 as" Foolish Games", eventually peaking at number 7 eight weeks later.
Despite this," Billboard" counted the two singles as one, and such," Foolish Games" was also listed for peaking at number two, despite the song never actually peaking at that position, thanks to the peak of the second single.
" Foolish Games/ You Were Meant for Me" was listed as the second best- performing song of 1997 by" Billboard", behind Elton John's" Candle in the Wind 1997".
" Foolish Games You Were Meant for Me" ranked at number 15 on" Billboard" s All Time Top 100 and held the record in the Guinness Book of World Records for longest chart run of a single for" Foolish Games You Were Meant for Me", which charted for 65 weeks.
This record was later surpassed by" How Do I Live" by LeAnn Rimes, also in 1997 and 1998 with 69 weeks, and" I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz in 2008 and 2009 with 76 weeks, and then" Sail" by Awolnation at 79 weeks and" Radioactive" by Imagine Dragons at 87 weeks in 2013 and 2014.
Jewel was also nominated for Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for this song.
The song is featured on Jewel's" Greatest Hits" as a duet with Kelly Clarkson.
You Were Meant for Me (film)
You Were Meant for
Me is a 1948 musical film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Dan Dailey and Jeanne Crain as a bandleader and his wife.
It was released by 20th Century Fox.
Marilyn Monroe may have worked on the film as an uncredited extra.
The film includes performances of" You Were Meant for MeI'll Get By( As Long As I Have You)", and" Ai n't Misbehavin'".

Question: Do both Sorrows Of The Forbidden City and You Were Meant For Me (Film) films have the directors from the same country?
Answer: no