According to Davies, “You Really Got Me” was one of the first five songs he ever wrote. In its original conception, the song was piano-based, and settled into a lounge-jazz groove that’s a far cry from the version you hear today. The song was inspired by college lust, a ...
. “I wrote one of my favorite songs, ‘Lonely Boy,’ for this movie,” Anka posted to Facebook in April 2023. “Lonely Boy,” which topped the Hot 100 for four weeks, vacated the Hot 100 before the movie — featuring Anka singing the lovelorn ballad — hit theaters. Listen here. ...
Some of these rock songs are more stomach-churning than others, andsome are just plain surprising. The Beatles were in their early 20s when they wrote “I Saw Her Standing There.” That song is about being in love with a 17-year-old girl. And Gene Simmons was almost ...
Lionel Richie wrote this title song for a 1981 Franco Zeffirelli movie and it was a runaway success, hitting No.1 in the US and holding its position for nine weeks. “Endless Love” was the biggest-selling single of Diana Ross’ career and spent six months on the chart. Something akin ...
Some of these rock songs are more stomach-churning than others, andsome are just plain surprising. The Beatles were in their early 20s when they wrote “I Saw Her Standing There.” That song is about being in love with a 17-year-old girl. And Gene Simmons was almost ...
When he wrote it, Bob Marley had been diagnosed with cancer. According to Rita Marley: "he was already secretly in a lot of pain and dealt with his own mortality, a feature that is clearly apparent in the album, particularly in this song". ...
“Weiss wrote and first recorded ‘Rhinestone Cowboy’ in 1974 (sounding very much like Neil Diamond), where it appeared on his albumBlack and Blue Suite. It did not, however, have much of a commercial impact as a single, charting only on the Adult Contemporary music chart. In late 1974...
“Happy Birthday,” the uplifting tune he penned advocating for the holiday. "I had a vision of the Martin Luther King birthday as a national holiday,” Wonder later toldRolling Stone. “I mean I saw that; I imagined it. I wrote about it, because I imagined it and I saw it and I ...
I wrote about it, because I imagined it and I saw it and I believed it. So, I just kept that in my mind 'til it happened." James Taylor, “Shed a Little Light” James Taylor released his tribute to King in the form of “Shed a Little Light.” The 1991 track reflected much of...
87. Neil Diamond,“Sweet Caroline”(No. 4, Hot 100) This rousing pop song was Diamond’s first top five hit on the Hot 100 (as an artist; he had gotten there previously with a couple of songs he wrote for The Monkees). While he’d go on to have higher-peaking hits on the chart...