{"id":53377,"date":"2026-05-16T12:57:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T12:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=53377"},"modified":"2026-05-16T12:57:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T12:57:55","slug":"ribbon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/05\/16\/ribbon\/","title":{"rendered":"Ribbon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Intro: Bright Guitar Strums, Hand Claps, Bouncy Bassline, Organ Stabs]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Upbeat Beat, Tambourine, Crowd Ambience]<br \/>\nSaw you laughing<br \/>\n(Across the room)<br \/>\nLit the night<br \/>\n(Midnight blue)<\/p>\n<p>Spinnin\u2019 round<br \/>\n(Without a care)<br \/>\nElectric energy<br \/>\n(In the air)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse]<br \/>\nEverybody talking<br \/>\n(But you just shine)<br \/>\nMoving like rhythm<br \/>\n(In perfect time)<\/p>\n<p>Golden moments<br \/>\n(Come and go)<br \/>\nBut your smile<br \/>\n(Steals the show)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nYou won a blue ribbon<br \/>\n(For the best smile)<br \/>\nSo what do you say&#8230; (Come on!)<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s dance for a while<\/p>\n<p>Turn it up<br \/>\n(Feel the beat)<br \/>\nHappy hearts<br \/>\n(On dancing feet)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Break: Organ Solo, Funk Guitar, Hand Percussion]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse]<br \/>\nMoonlight flashing<br \/>\n(On your shoes)<br \/>\nNothing tonight<br \/>\n(We could lose)<\/p>\n<p>Round and round<br \/>\n(The music swings)<br \/>\nSimple joy<br \/>\n(In little things)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nHold on tight<br \/>\n(Don\u2019t slow down)<br \/>\nLost and found<br \/>\n(In the sound)<\/p>\n<p>Laugh a little<br \/>\n(Stay awhile)<br \/>\nLife looks better<br \/>\n(When you smile)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\n[Breakdown: Bass and Hand Claps Only]<\/p>\n<p>No trophies matter<br \/>\n(Quite like this)<br \/>\nOne true smile<br \/>\n(Brings the bliss)<\/p>\n<p>Blue ribbon shining<br \/>\n(Bright and true)<br \/>\nTonight the spotlight<br \/>\n(Belongs to you)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nYou won a blue ribbon<br \/>\n(For the best smile)<br \/>\nSo what do you say&#8230; (Come on!)<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s dance for a while<\/p>\n<p>Spin around<br \/>\n(Under the light)<br \/>\nBlue ribbon magic<br \/>\n(Tonight)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Outro: Crowd Cheers, Guitar Fade, Organ Sustain]<br \/>\nCome on!<br \/>\n(I ain&#8217;t kiddin&#8217;&#8230;)<br \/>\n(Blue ribbon&#8230;)<br \/>\n(Dance awhile&#8230;)<br \/>\n(Best smile&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>About the Song<br \/>\n\u201cRibbon\u201d is a playful, upbeat celebration of joy, charisma, and connection. Built around the image of a \u201cblue ribbon\u201d \u2014 traditionally awarded for first place \u2014 the song treats a genuine smile as something more valuable than competition or status.<\/p>\n<p>Musically inspired by dance-floor energy, funk rhythms, and retro pop grooves, the song emphasizes simple human happiness: movement, laughter, music, and shared moments.<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Blue\/\">Blue<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental Intro: Bright Guitar Strums, Hand Claps, Bouncy Bassline, Organ Stabs] [Intro] [Upbeat Beat, Tambourine, Crowd Ambience] Saw you laughing (Across the room) Lit the night (Midnight blue) Spinnin\u2019 round (Without a care) Electric energy (In the air) [Verse] Everybody talking (But you just shine) Moving like rhythm (In perfect time) Golden moments (Come [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[195],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53378,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53377\/revisions\/53378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}