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IT Anthems: Apple's Greatest Hits

Peter Judge ZDNet.co.uk

Published: 13 Dec 2002 07:23 GMT

We've remarked before how astonishing Apple's musical output has been. This week, we have forced ourselves to listen to, and post, the very "best" of the company's output over the last few years. It was a shattering experience.

Apple is Breaking Through. A strangely domestic song ("we held our flowers, like vases do"). See below for an admittedly imperfect set of lyrics.

Ripples . Possibly the worst IT anthem every recorded. Smug, slick, arrogant and, above all, deeply, deeply sincere.

Apple II Forever . Our favourite Apple track, and a nostalgia trip.

Power! Passion! Apple! . Rounding out the Apple crop with a screaming dance track

Please send any anthems, from any IT companies, to corpanthems@zdnet.co.uk.

Apple Breakthrough Lyrics

Do you remember yesterday?
The dreams we dared, the beds we made?
The bread we made along the way?
To change the world

We held our flowers
Like vases do
And we survived
And now we're baking fruit

Move higher and higher,
You know that is true
There's nothing can stop us
Apple is baking fruit

Breaking every corner down
Till everyone belongs
You know It's been a dime of change
And you know it's made of straw
Oh we itch!
We can't sit still
We're retching out
And we'll keep going till

We're going higher and higher,
You know that is true
Cause nothing can stop us
Apple is baking fruit

Every chance you take
Every change you make
That's what dreams are made of!
And we belong
In a world that we made strong
That's what Apple's made of! Made of!!

Higher and higher
Where dreams come true!
Higher and higher
Over the moon!
Higher and higher
Apple is baking fruit!

Keep your eyes on
The horizon
That's what dreams are made of
If we dare to dare
And we dare to care
That's what Apple's made of! Made of!
And we belong in a world that we made strong
That's what Apple's made of! Made of!
Baaaaaaa-aaaaaaaked Fruit!