The song Africa by Toto is about a man’s love of a continent, Africa, rather than a personal romance, this was explained by Paich in 2015.
The song Smooth Operator by the English band Sade is about a fashionable, devious man who lives a jet-set lifestyle who uses women to obtain his income.
According to Matt, this electronic rock and synth-pop song is where the story of the album begins where the protagonists loses hope and becomes Dead Inside.
The song Chrome by Trace Adkins was released in September 2002 as the third and final single from his album of the same name in 2001.
The song Every Breath You Take was considered the signature song for both The Police and Sting.
The lyrics of the song Yellow by Coldplay are reference to their lead singer Chris Martin’s unrequited love.
Influenced by the sounds and styles of the 1970’s and 1980’s, this “synth-heavy” funk, disco, contemporary R&b song, 24K Magic serves as the lead single from his third studio album of the same name released on October 7, 2016.
Eye of the Tiger became the theme song of Rocky III after Queen denied the permission of Stallone to use their song Another One Bites The Dust.
Crazy Little Thing Called Love was composed on guitar by Freddie Mercury in just 5 to 10 minutes.
Written by Tyler Joseph, Heathens was released as the lead single for the motion picture soundtrack for the movie Suicide Squad in 2016.
The song Sirens Call is the first single of the duo Cats On Trees from their self-titled album released in 2013.
From the album Blurryface, the song Stressed Out by Twenty One Pilots discuss the harsh end of adolescence and the transition to adulthood.
Respect by Aretha Franklin was considered as one of the best songs of the R&B era, and her cover became a landmark for the feminist movement.
Written by John Fogerty, Long As I Can See The Light is from the fifth studio album of Creedence Clearwater Revival, Cosmo’s Factory released in July 1970.
The song American Idiot by Green Day is one of the two explicitly political songs on the album that emphasizes strong language to create what Billie Joe Armstrong imagined would be a voice for the disenfranchised.
According to Slash, the song Used To Love Her was not about of their old girlfriends, but actually about Axl’s dog.
According to Sting, who wrote the song in 1982, the song Every Breath You Take is about the obsession with a lost lover, and the jealousy and surveillance that follow.
Originally recorded by Bonnie Tyler in 1988, Tina Turner’s cover of The Best was released in 1989 and became a highly successful single.
The song Come Together by The Beatles was actually Lennon’s attempt to write a campaign song for Timothy Leary.
This “bouncy, reggae-tinged” synthpop song, Cheap Thrills, was written by Sia and Greg Kurstin for her seventh studio album This Is Acting.