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Mott the Hoople 1973 – Pete "Overend" Watts, Dale Griffin, Ian Hunter and Mick Ralphs (Photo by Chris Walter/WireImage) Everyone Thought This 1970s Hit Was an Anthem, but the Songwriter Thought It Was “Completely Opposite”
“It is no hymn,” David Bowie said.
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John Travolta during John Travolta Backstage After Opening in "Bus Stop" at Westchester Playhouse in Tuckahoe, New York, United States. (Photo by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images) -
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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – NOVEMBER 28: Amy Grant performs during Christmas at The Ryman at the Ryman Auditorium on November 28, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
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Anaheim, CA – January 22: Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins accepts the TEC Innovation Award during the 41st NAMM TEC Awards in Anaheim, CA, on Thursday, January 22, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 02: (L-R) Michael Trotter Jr. of The War and Treaty, honoree Jon Bon Jovi, Shania Twain, and Jelly Roll perform onstage during the 2024 MusiCares Person of the Year Honoring Jon Bon Jovi during the 66th GRAMMY Awards on February 02, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy) -
LOS ANGELES, CA – OCTOBER 5: Chris Cornell performs with Soundgarden in concert at the Marriott Hotel Ballroom on October 5, 1991 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage) *** Local caption *** Chris Cornell
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INDIO, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 24: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) (NOT TO BE LICENSED FOR ANY STANDALONE OR SPECIAL INTEREST BOOK PUBLISHING USE CONCERNING THE COACHELLA MUSIC FESTIVAL AND/OR STAGECOACH MUSIC FESTIVAL) Festivalgoers attend the 2026 Stagecoach Festival at Empire Polo Club on April 24, 2026 in Indio, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Stagecoach) -
INDIO, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 27: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Garth Brooks performs with Luke Combs at the T-Mobile Mane Stage during the 2025 Stagecoach Festival on April 27, 2025 in Indio, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Stagecoach) -
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SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH – APRIL 29: Jelly Roll and Post Malone perform onstage during Post Malone Presents: The BIG ASS Stadium Tour Kick Off at Rice Eccles Stadium on April 29, 2025 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Live Nation)
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KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE – SEPTEMBER 20: Morgan Wallen performs onstage for night one of his One Night At A Time tour at Neyland Stadium on September 20, 2024 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images for Morgan Wallen's One Night At A Time 2024) -
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INDIO, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 06: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) (L-R) Axl Rose, Slash, and Duff McKagan of Guns N' Roses perform onstage during the Power Trip music festival at Empire Polo Club on October 06, 2023 in Indio, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Power Trip) -
SANTA MONICA, CA – SEPTEMBER 27: Psychedelic folk singer Linda Perhacs performs live onstage at day 2 of the Way Over Yonder Festival at the Santa Monica Pier on September 27, 2014 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images) -
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – APRIL 02: Morgan Wallen attends the launch of new exclusive SiriusXM channel at The Pinnacle on April 02, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Kevin MazurGetty Images for SiriusXM) -
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – JUNE 07: EDITORIAL USE ONLY. Bailey Zimmerman performs onstage during day four of CMA Fest 2026 at Nissan Stadium on June 07, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Terry Wyatt/WireImage)
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OS ANGELES – SEPTEMBER 24: The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour Dionne Warwick, pictured. (Show Date October 25, 1970). Image dated September 24, 1970. Los Angeles, CA. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images) -
Ann Wilson of Heart at the Holiday Star Theater in Merilville, Indiana, February 7, 1984. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images) -
NASHVILLE, TN – AUGUST 15: Country music star Garth Brooks poses for a portrait session on a fence wearing a cowboy hat and playing a Takamine acoustic guitar on August 15, 1991 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by James Schnepf/Getty Images) -
UNSPECIFIED – CIRCA 1993: Photo of Sting (Photo by Larry Hulst/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
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CIRCA 1957: (L-R) Bonnie Brown, Maxine Brown and Jim Ed Brown of the brother and sister country group "The Browns" pose for a portrait in circa 1957. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) -
Kate Bush en concert au théâtre des Champs-Elysées à Paris le 6 mai 1979 (Photo by Jean-Louis URLI/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
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Unspecified: Harry Chapin performing on the ABC tv series 'Directions' (Photo by Ann Limongello /Walt Disney Television via Getty Images)
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NETHERLANDS – FEBRUARY 15: Photo of Leonard COHEN; posed (Photo by Rob Verhorst/Redferns) -
American singer-songwriter K.T. Oslin (1942 – 2020) poses for a portrait with her Grammy for Best Country Vocal Performance during the 30th Annual Grammy Awards, held at Radio City Music Hall in New York, New York, March 2, 1988. (Photo by Oscar Abolafia/TPLP/Getty Images) -
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Singer Del Shannon recording in the studio at a vintage microphone in circa 1962 in New York. (Photo by PoPsie Randolph/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) -
English guitarist Pete Townshend appears in Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert at the Rainbow Theatre, London, 13th January 1973. He is playing a Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins. (Photo by P. Floyd/Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) -
AS VEGAS, NV – APRIL 03: Singers Steven Tyler (L) and Carrie Underwood perform during the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena April 3, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) -
Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac (Photo by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
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Tommy Heath and Jim Keller of the rock band 'Tommy Tutone' pose for a studio portrait session in 1981 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) -
LOS ANGELES – AUGUST 1977: Cellists Melvyn Gale and Hugh McDowell, violinist Mik Kaminsky, guitarist and singer Jeff Lynne, drummer Bev Bevan, bassist Kelly Groucutt, and piano player Richard Tandy of the rock and roll band "Electric Light Orchestra" perform onstage in August 1977 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Richard Creamer/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) -
CIRCA 1975: Pop Singer Elton John plays piano as he performs onstage in a bowler cap and a striped red and black scarf in circa 1975. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) -
Kenny Rogers performing at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, New Jersey on August 19, 1982. (Photo by Ebet Roberts/Redferns)