Scott McCarl, who joined the Raspberries for their last album and co-wrote "Play On" with Eric Carmen. He did just occasional songwriting after the group broke up, but released a solo album in 1998 that he titled Play On, after this song. Re-issued in 2022, it features contributions from Hilly Michaels, Michael Purkhiser, and members of the Rubinoos.
YouTube had to upgrade after PSY's "Gangnam Style" broke their hit counter in 2012. Once the video reached 2,147,483,647 views, the maximum positive value for a 32-bit signed binary integer in computing, the view-counter could no longer work.
The hit duet "Somewhere Out There" was written for an animated film about a family of immigrant mice who lose one of their young.
It wasn't one of her biggest hits, but "La Isla Bonita" (from 1986) emerged as one of Madonna's top songs in the age of streaming thanks to widespread usage on TikTok. Creators who visit an island or just want that mood often use it as a soundtrack.
Good Charlotte's video for "Last Night" reconstructs the TV show "Family Double Dare," complete with host Marc Summers.
The Eagles' first single, "Take It Easy," was written by Jackson Browne, who was living in the apartment below Glenn Frey when he wrote it.
When Adele needed to cry during the filming of the video for "Hello" she played Labrinth's 2014 single "Jealous." "You could play it at my kid's birthday and I'd burst into tears," she said.
Some album art was at least "inspired" by others. A look at some very similar covers.
Jim talks about the impact of "The Middle" and uses a tree metaphor to describe his songwriting philosophy.
Did Rivers Cuomo grow up on a commune? Why did they name their albums after colors? See how well you know your Weezer in this Fact or Fiction.
When a song describes a wedding, it's rarely something to celebrate - with one big exception.
The renown rock singer talks about "The House of the Rising Sun" and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood."
Doors expert Jim Cherry, author of The Doors Examined, talks about some of their defining songs and exposes some Jim Morrison myths.