Photo by Mick Hutson/Redferns As Courtney Love locked herself in the bathroom of a friend’s apartment to finish writing “Doll Parts”, she frant... read more
Chris Hill, who co-wrote nine songs on Raye's new album, tells us how they came together.
Lyrics don't always follow the rules of grammar. Can you spot the ones that don't?
Songs inspired by the classic novel, including tunes by Kate Bush and Death Cab for Cutie
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The Goo Goo Dolls got the title for their song "Iris" from a country singer named Iris DeMent. The word doesn't show up in the lyric; lead singer Johnny Rzeznik said he was "trying to be pretentious and arty by calling it that."
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Before he became Trey Songz, a young Tremaine Neverson almost let his shyness keep him off the stage, where he would be discovered by a record producer at a talent show. The Virginia native unintentionally prepped audiences for his 2005 debut album, I Gotta Make It, with an underground-turned-mainstream answer to R. Kelly's "Trapped in the Closet," complete with an uncanny imitation of the R&B singer.
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The "A Thousand Miles" singer on what she thinks of her song being used in White Chicks and how she captured a song from a dream.
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Do you know who wrote Patti Smith's biggest hit? How about the Grease theme song? See if you can match the song to the writer.
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Is "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" about Vietnam? Was John Fogerty really born on a Bayou? It's the CCR edition of Fact or Fiction.
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What a travesty that the best verse wasn't played on the radio when it was a hit. My wife knew a dreamy, occasionally druggy, biker in the late 70s named Jackie. He died when he drove his cycle through a barrier and into a ravine. No one was ever sure whether it was intentional or not, but she believed it was....