Behind The Song

Songwriting is often described as something that comes from within, it’s in-the-moment and inspiration based, but equally as often it’s technical.  Who’s to say you can’t be inspired by a new chord or...

“Despacito”—Luis Fonsi’s chart-topping, record-setting reggaeton hit from 2017—first came together over the course of a single afternoon. “90% of the track you hear today,” Fonsi told Billboard last year, “was...

Many people consider Memorial Day to be the unofficial beginning of summer, which makes it a great time to look at one of the season’s most indelible anthems. As a matter of fact,...

“Free Fallin” is one of those elegiac tracks that Petty would occasionally drop.

A standout track from the band's foray into baroque pop balladry.

Buffy Sainte-Marie entered the folk music scene in the early 1960s with the song.

The song suggests that the truth is hurting the speaker more than the receiver.

Here, Seger has essentially summed up the indefatigability of the human spirit in three verses.

“(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life” from the 1987 smash hit movie Dirty Dancing, starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, is what every songwriter aspires to achieve- an evergreen song. A universal hit filled with dramatic...

“Games Without Frontiers” represented a breakthrough of sorts for Gabriel, as it helped him segue from cult artist to chart threat.