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We here at American Songwriter are obsessed with uncovering the meaning behind our favorite songs. Below, you’ll find deep dives into big hits, deep cuts, and everything in between.

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    The REO Speedwagon Classic That Had Us at the Opening Lines

    March 16, 2026, 5:00 am

  • Guns N' Roses singer Axl Rose performing

    Guns N’ Roses Rejected This Slash Lyric From Their 1989 Hit “Paradise City” (And I Can’t Say I Blame Them)

    March 15, 2026, 5:00 pm

  • This Massive George Strait Hit Was Written for Johnny Paycheck Instead

    This Massive George Strait Hit Was Actually Written for Johnny Paycheck

  • The Sex Pistols

    Why This 1977 Sex Pistols Song Was Banned by the BBC

    March 15, 2026, 1:00 pm

  • Bob Dylan performing in 1975

    Bob Dylan Admitted He Went “Too Far” With This 1975 Track: “What Did I Do That For?”

    March 15, 2026, 8:48 am

  • Neil Young in 1999

    Neil Young Said He Had “No Idea” What His Song Was About When Dolly Parton Called To Ask, Much to Her Amusement

    March 14, 2026, 3:00 pm

  • Wild Cherry performing in the 1970s

    How This Groovy 1976 One-Hit Wonder Reflected a Major Musical Shift Happening From the 1970s to 1980s

    March 13, 2026, 3:00 pm

  • Tom Waits Plays The Agora Ballroom, Atlanta

    Johnny Cash Called the Outlaw Hymn That Tom Waits Wrote for Him One of the “Greatest Spirituals” He Ever Heard

    March 13, 2026, 12:20 pm

  • Townes Van Zandt playing guitar

    Townes Van Zandt Was “Peed-Off” That This Country Star Didn’t Cover His Song, but That Star Had a Good Reason

  • Merle Haggard and Leona Williams performing

    Merle Haggard Was Reduced to Tears When His Then-Wife Shared a “Personal Statement” to Him Through Song

    March 12, 2026, 4:22 pm

  • John Paul Jones and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin performing in 1970

    John Paul Jones Called This Led Zeppelin Riff the Most Difficult He Ever Wrote, but It’s Not the One You Might Think

    March 12, 2026, 11:19 am

  • No Matter How Many Years Pass, These 3 Country Songs From 1966 Will Never Be Forgotten

    This 1975 Loretta Lynn Song Was So Controversial That Radio Stations Wouldn’t Play It

    March 12, 2026, 11:00 am

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