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Behind The Song

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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  • "Feel Like Makin' Love" band Bad Company

    This 1975 Rock Hit Was This Band’s Successful Attempt to Not Become a One-Hit Wonder

    May 12, 2026, 6:19 pm

  • How The Beatles Almost Played a Cruise Ship, Instead of One of Their Most Famous Shows

    The Truth Behind That Unusual Flute Sound in the Beatles’ “Strawberry Fields Forever”

    May 12, 2026, 7:40 am

  • James Brown performing

    “We Weren’t Strong Enough”: How a James Brown Hit Got Its Signature Feel Because the Band Was So Tired

  • The 1973 Song Stevie Nicks Wrote About Lindsey Buckingham Being a “Difficult Artist” To Work With

    May 11, 2026, 10:30 am

  • Bruce Springsteen Was Just 24 Years Old When He Wrote His First Big Hit

    Bruce Springsteen Was Just 24 Years Old When He Wrote His First Big Hit in 1975

    May 11, 2026, 10:00 am

  • The Kinks posing together

    “People Are Becoming Weirder”: The Kinks’ Dave Davies Pushes Back on Controversy Surrounding This 1970 Classic

    May 10, 2026, 5:00 pm

  • Peter Schilling, German synthpop musician, singing into a microphone during a live concert performance at the Montreux Rock Festival, in Montreux, Switzerland, May 1984. (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns/Getty Images)

    David Bowie’s Most Famous Character Made an Unlikely Comeback in This 80s Synth-Pop Hit

    May 10, 2026, 9:30 am

  • Lynyrd Skynyrd in the mid-70s

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    Lynyrd Skynyrd Called This 1974 Hit Their Version of The Allman Brothers’ “Ramblin’ Man”

    May 9, 2026, 5:00 pm

  • Paul Simon Says Writing This Song Was One of the Most “Shocking Moments” of His Career

    Paul Simon Says Writing This Song Was One of the Most “Shocking Moments” of His Career

  • Louis Armstrong’s Record Label Tried To Stop What Became His Biggest Hit

    Louis Armstrong’s Record Label Tried To Stop What Became His Biggest Hit in 1967

    May 9, 2026, 2:00 pm

  • UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 01: Photo of LOBO (Photo by Gems/Redferns)

    How a Canine’s Timely Appearance Led to Lobo’s First Hit in 1971

    May 9, 2026, 8:00 am

  • BIG SUR - SEPTEMBER 15: Crosby, Stills and Nash and Young (L-R David Crosby, Graham Nash and Stephen Stills) perform onstage at the Big Sur Folk Festival held at the Esalen Institue on September, 15 1969 in Big Sur, California. (Photo by Robert Altman/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

    Crosby, Stills & Nash’s First Hit Single From 1969 Was Initially Overlooked by Another Band

    May 9, 2026, 7:00 am

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