Photo by Gary Gershoff/Getty Images Chrissie Hynde didn't want to release what became The Pretenders' breakout song. It arrived anyway and became the... read more
Songs with chipper music that conceals painfully depressing lyrics
How they came up with their signature sound, and the stories behind hits like "Hold On Loosely" and "Caught Up In You"
Lyrics don't always follow the rules of grammar. Can you spot the ones that don't?
How our favorite songs taught us about Champagne Problems, Dirty Work, Freak Flags, Soft Options and other useful phrases
Michael Jackson's "Human Nature" was written by the keyboard player from Toto, who was working on the Thriller album.
More facts about Human NatureThe Georgia native started his music career working in the mail room at The Nashville Network (TNN) before becoming the first artist to sign with Arista Nashville. Soon, he scored his first hit at age 32 with "Here in the Real World."
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P.F. was a teenager writing hits and playing on tracks for Jan & Dean when he wrote a #1 hit that got him blackballed.
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This song starts in Boston with a tea party and takes us to the other end of the American Revolution.
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In this quiz, spot the artist who put Romeo into a song lyric.
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Does he have beef with Gaga? Is he Sean Lennon's godfather? See if you can tell fact from fiction in the Elton John edition.
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I remember Linkin Park playing this at a USO concert and many of us viewed it as a form of solidarity. After all, the entire album was created after Linkin Park visited with US Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen and was written with common Servicemembers' perspectives in mind. Who do you think they are talking about in the lines 'Like they understand you/In the back of the jet/When you can't put gas in your tank'? Linkin Park wasn't 'playing to liberal media'; they were showing support for those of us serving in the US Military. The US Military fights for the US, not for a piece of cloth or out of feudal-like loyalty to any particular politician. The President is the Commander in Chief, but that doesn't mean we always agree with the sitting...