From the album Comfort Eagle, Short Skirt Long Jacket is the first single of the American alternative rock band Cake released in 2001.
From Chic’s third album Risqué, their disco song Good Times has become one of the most sampled tunes in music history, most notably in hip hop music.
The disco song Cosmic Girl by Jamiroquai is a dance music song based on rhythmic “looped beats”.
R.E.M.’s highest-charting hit in the US, Losing My Religion was composed on a mandolin riff.
Written and performed by Michael Jackson, the song Beat It is also notable for its music video where he brings the two gangs together through music and dance.
The song Ordinary Love by the Irish rock band U2 was written to honour their friend Nelson Mandela.
Written by Lenny Kravitz, Dancin’ Til Dawn is the third single for his eighth studio album It Is Time For A Love Revolution.
From The Rolling Stones’ album Goats Head Soup, the song Angie is an acoustic guitar driven ballad pertaining an end of a romance.
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.
Written, arranged, and produced by Lenny Kravitz, the song Again is about losing a contact with a past lover and wondering if the relationship will still have a chance.
The Grammy-nominated song Bitch by Meredith Brooks has its censored title, ” Nothing In Between “.
First appeared on Genesis’ eponymous album, the song Home By The Sea is about a burglar who breaks into a house and found out it was haunted.
From the album Who You Are, the song Price Tag became the biggest-selling collaboration of the year in UK in 2011.
From the movie soundtrack album of Despicable Me 2, and the lead single of the album Girl, the song Happy by Pharrell Williams became the most successful song in 2014.
The song Creep by the Radiohead became a worldwide hit during its release in 1993 but not a chart success.
The song The Scientist by Coldplay was praised by critics for its piano ballad and falsetto.
The lyrics of the song In My Place also include references to a desire for weary optimism.
From the album After Here Through Midland, the song Just Around The Corner by Cock Robin was released in 1987.
Inspired by a 1962 movie Days of Wine and Roses, Withers wrote this song in reference to the characters of Remick and Lemmon who were both alcoholics.