Featuring the vocals of Tove Lo, this song by Swedish DJ Alesso charted in a number of countries.
Inspired by the song Baby I’m Yours by Breakbot, Treasure by Bruno Mars received media attention for its funk vibe.
Written by Adele and Paul Epworth, this 2012 James Bond film theme song became the first Bond theme song to win at the Golden Globes, the Brit Awards, and the Academy Awards.
The lead single of Bruno Mars’ album Unorthodox Jukebox, Locked Out Of Heaven is about the rapturous feelings brought about by a relationship infused with positive emotion.
Written by Aretha Franklin and then husband Ted White, the song Think was considered as a feminist anthem.
Are You Gonna Go My Way by Lenny Kravitz was featured in one episode of The Simpsons, a Fox animated series.
La Légende Black is a single from Black M’s album Les Yeux plus gros que le monde.
The third single from Lavigne’s self titled fifth studio album, Let Me Go which features Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger is her first single to have a guest performer.
The song Barcelona by the all female French rock band Plastiscines, is from their second album About Love which was released on June 21, 2009.
From the album of the same name, the song Born To Run was Bruce Springsteen’s final attempt to become successful.
Originally performed by Robert Palmer on his Double Fun album in 1978, Every Kinda People became his first hit song in the US.
Written, composed, and performed by Alain Souchon, the song Foule Sentimentale criticizes the “superfluity of the materialistic society”.
The song Narcotic is the only notable international hit by the German alternative rock band Liquido. It also became the official anthem of the soccer clubs Girondins de Bordeaux in France and UFC Eferding in Upper Austria.
Covered by Michael Bublé, the English version of the song Sway, with lyrics written by Norman Gimbel was originally recorded by Dean Martin backed by Dick Stabile’s orchestra in 1954.
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.
From their fourth studio album Blurryface, Ride by Twenty One Pilots was used in the video game WWE 2K17 and Pro Evolution Soccer 2017.
From the album of the same name, the song Hotel California is considered as the Eagles’ most famous song. According to Henley the song was about a journey from innocence to experience.
From her eighth studio album Anti, Love On The Brain by Rihanna is a doo-wop, R&B and soul ballad inspired by 1950s and 1960s music.
Originally, the song was seven minutes and two seconds but was shortened to four minutes and thirty seconds for radio play.