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The Story Behind Tate McRae’s Vulnerable Hit “You Broke Me First”
Tate McRae got a crash course in the music industry with the success of “You Broke Me First.” Though she had released several singles before “You Broke Me First” in 2020, the then-17-year-old reached...
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The Love and Meaning Behind John Lennon’s Posthumous No. 1 “(Just Like)...
In November of 1980, John Lennon released his fifth and final album with his wife Yoko Ono, Double Fantasy, just three weeks before his murder on December 8. The album was Lennon’s first in five years...
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The Meaning Behind “Shiny Happy People,” R.E.M.’s Temporary Respite from...
Michael Stipe is serious. Too serious? That may have been the perception in 1991, but anyone paying attention was already aware of R.E.M.’s dark wit. On “It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I...
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The Meaning Behind The Runaways’“Cherry Bomb,” Co-Written by Joan Jett for...
As the first song on the debut album by The Runaways, “Cherry Bomb” jumps right out of the grooves. The bass-heavy rhythm chugs along as the lyrics come at you in a total assault. The wall of drums and...
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The Meaning Behind “A Bad Goodbye,” the Gut-Wrenching Duet by Clint Black and...
Seinfeld fans know that Elaine Benes once was victimized by a “bad breaker-upper,” a guy who was so insulting to the women who were separating from him that he inspired violent retribution. The...
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The Meaning Behind Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ Left-Field Ode to an ’80s...
Ask a casual music fan about Tom Petty‘s connection to Prince and they’ll likely point you to the pair’s blistering cover of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” Recorded live at the 2004 Rock & Roll...
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The Meaning Behind Mitski’s Dreamy Ballad “My Love Mine All Mine”
Mitski‘s The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We proved to be her most exciting album yet. Many of the songs made waves online, but none garnered the same reaction as “My Love Mine All Mine.” TikTokers...
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The Story Behind Bruno Mars’ Unflinching Hit Song “Grenade”
When Bruno Mars connected with hit songwriter Claude Kelly, he was a new artist willing to lay his heart on the line through his music. He demonstrated that with his romantic debut single “Just the Way...
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The Meaning Behind Kacey Musgraves’ Defiant Ode to Relaxation (and Maybe an...
When Kacey Musgraves got her first inklings of what would become the lyrics for “Slow Burn,” she was having what she has referred to as a “spiritual journey” while on LSD. She took the idea for the...
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The Meaning Behind What Both Lennon and McCartney Called Their Favorite...
Paul McCartney has called it his favorite song of any he’s written, and John Lennon once said that it was one of his favorite Beatles songs as well. To think, it took McCartney only about the length of...
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Behind the Meaning of “because i liked a boy” by Sabrina Carpenter
Sabrina Carpenter kicked her career into overdrive in 2022 when she released “because i liked a boy.” Carpenter got thrust into an even brighter spotlight the year prior thanks to Olivia Rodrigo’s...
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How the Agony of Romantic Anticipation—and Janis Joplin—Influenced the...
It seems fitting that “The Waiting,” Tom Petty‘s classic song about romantic anticipation, took the songwriter many weeks to finish. Everything began with the song’s classic intro, which Petty wrote...
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From Surly Bard to Country Crooner: The Meaning Behind Bob Dylan’s “Lay,...
Imagine you’re listening to an AM radio in 1969 and, without hearing the DJ’s intro, you hear a lilting, straightforward love song with undeniable allure and the alliterative refrain of “Lay, Lady,...
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A Cautionary Tale and the First Call to Action of Its Kind: The Meaning...
The ‘70s featured the rise of the singer/songwriter to prominence, and few artists in that genre from that era are as revered as Jackson Browne, and rightfully so. Browne displayed a knack for writing,...
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Flawless Love for the Flawed: The Meaning Behind “I Wanna Be Yours” by Arctic...
Sheffield, England’s Arctic Monkeys introduced themselves with the snotty and brilliant debut, Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I Am Not. Since then, the quartet’s punk-inspired guitar pop has...
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The Tune About Temptation Morgane Stapleton Championed Till It Made the...
Nashville is a city of prolific songwriters with catalogs of unreleased, potentially classic songs. “You Should Probably Leave” has been banging around town since 2014, and YouTube is full of old clips...
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Nicolle Galyon Shares the Heartfelt Meaning Behind Her Personal Song ‘the...
Hit singer/songwriter Nicolle Galyon has dreamt up some of modern country music’s most beloved hits. Over the years, she’s written trademark tracks for Miranda Lambert, Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, and...
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Behind the Meaning of Toby Keith and Willie Nelson’s “Beer for My Horses”
“Beer for My Horses” became a runaway success for Toby Keith in the early ’00s. On top of featuring one of country’s most beloved figures, Willie Nelson, the lyrics about fighting injustice and...
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The New Year’s Eve Song That Came Before “Auld Lang Syne”
Before New Year’s Eve revelers sang Should auld acquaintance be forgot / And never brought to mind / Should auld acquaintance be forgot / And the days of auld lang syne? to the Robert Burns-penned...
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Dustin Lynch Shares the Meaning Behind His ‘Killed The Cowboy’ Closer “Long...
Tennessee native Dustin Lynch looked to expand his creative process while crafting his sixth studio album, Killed the Cowboy. Released in September 2023, the 12-track project includes five songs...
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