Here’s another iconic song about letting go from one of the most influential bands of all time, The Beatles. Let It Be was written by Paul McCartney after having a dream about his mother while the band was going through a tense period. In his dream, her mother assured him that everyth...
Several films were released in the years after Houston’s death that explore her life andlegacy, including thedocumentariesWhitney: Can I Be Me(2017) andWhitney(2018). Both films addressed long-standing rumors about Houston’ssexuality, which claimed that Houston had had a sexual relationship with...
Some gospel songs are so well known for their melody as well as their words that they are covered purely as instrumental tunes. In 1963, for the iconic Blue Note label, guitar greatGrant Greenrecorded a version of “Joshua Fit De Battle of Jericho” – about the battle in which Joshua le...
What better way to start your morning than playing a song about blessings? “I live the life I deserve, blessed, Forgot a vacay I feel better at work, I mean whatever it’s worth, I give whatever I’m worth. For my friends who going go to Hell and back for me, I’mma give them...
Dancing through the fire.”When you’re feeling low or when things are not going as planned, you can choose to scream or just sing the chorus of this song.Roar has references to Rocky III and Muhammad Ali (champions in their own rights). It’s about being able to get up and stay ...
Those are songs that are personal reactions to the world going on around us. I hadn’t really looked to get political in songs very often. It was something that I had to think about.” Trending Now: 21 Best Songs About Surrender “Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect” – The Decemberists...
through tough times. The song’s minor-key melody provides the undercurrent of doubt forever plaguing its two narrators, as does its unexpected drum-and-bass outro and Badu’s “psyyyche” fake-out about flirting with a ballplayer. But it always circles back to that chorus, providing the ...
Chorus Well the Eastern girls would call for me to swim when it was mild Down to the river we would go and splash about a while They would throw the water over me to duck me like a cow Then they'd rub me nice all over, well I wish they'd do it now. Chorus Well it's awful...
Playing the villain, she crafts her allegorical single in the spirit of murder ballads and action films, fantasizing, in the uncannily cool-headed chorus, about the most extreme revenge imaginable against a boyfriend who’s moved on. Her hard-boiled extravagance and acute psychological attunement ...
So you know when you go home for the holidays, and your mom puts on the same Christmas playlist she's had on lock for the past three decades (with nary a modern Christmas hit to be found), and you've basically heard every single song about 10,000 times? Well, this is not that li...