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Yakety Yak: teenager's answer to household chores in a hit song
Yakety Yak is one of the best-known songs written by American songwriting partners Jerome Leiber and Michael Stoller...
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I Shot the Sheriff: Burnin' spliff nearly destroyed Bob Marley's original recording
I Shot The Sheriff is one of Bob Marley's best-known songs first released on the 1973 album Burnin' and popularized a...
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La Cucaracha: the song about a stoned legless cockroach as a ridicule against Mexican dictator
La Cucaracha is a fiery Mexican song in the corrido style, a poetic form of the ballad genre prevalent in Central...
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Vasantrao Deshpande's musical career sparked by Begum Akhtar
Vasantrao Deshpande was an eminent Indian artist best known for his contributions to vocal classical music and the...
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Muskrat Love: the polarizing song of America
Muskrat Love is a sweet and slightly strange song about a romantic relationship between two anthropomorphic muskrats,...
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Seven Seas of Rhye: song of imaginary land brought to life by Ionian and Mixolydian modes
Seven Seas of Rhye first appeared as an instrumental track on Queen's 1973 self-titled debut album and later released as...
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A Dios le Pido: Juanes' Spanish lyrics behind the song success
A Dios le Pido or I beg to God is the best-known track of the Colombian songwriter and guitarist Juanes who made history...
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Makin' Whoopee: cautionary song warning against the trappings of marriage
Makin' Whoopee is an ironic song describing the successive transformation of the relationship between two lovers from...
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Knights of Cydonia: Dorian-mode refrain boosting best Muse song
Knights of Cydonia by English alternative rock band Muse has been repeatedly placed at the top of many fan-voted charts...
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Mariposa Traicionera: meaning and flamenco roots of Maná's top hit
Mariposa Traicionera is one of the best-known tracks by Maná, a multi-awarded Mexican quartet whose flexible style...
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Mexicali Blues: debut song by the Grateful Dead's psychedelic poet
Mexicali Blues was first released by Bob Weir, an acclaimed rhythm guitarist, vocalist, and founding member of the...
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Livin' la Vida Loca: why is Ricky Martin's best song so catchy?
Livin' la Vida Loca is likely one of the best-known tracks in the entire repertoire of the Puerto Rican...
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Three Little Fishies: origin of the cautionary children's song
Three Little Fishies is a well-known novelty song with cautionary tale lyrics that was first recorded by the Hal Kemp...
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Pancho and Lefty: gangster song that saved Townes Van Zandt from a speeding ticket
Pancho and Lefty is perhaps the best-known song of American songwriter Townes Van Zandt released on his sixth studio...
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Cali Pachanguero: meaning behind essential Colombian salsa by Jairo Varela
Cali Pachanguero is one of the best-known salsa songs that played a big part in the rising popularity of Colombian dance...
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Locomotive Breath: fine groove born from Jethro Tull's studio session
Locomotive Breath is one of the more popular songs written by the British prog-rock band Jethro Tull, first released on...
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Ferry Cross the Mersey: Merseybeat classic arranged by the Fifth Beatle
Ferry Cross the Mersey is the best-known track of the Liverpool rock band Gerry and the Pacemakers released in the...
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Oye Como Va: meaning and origin of the best-known cha-cha-chá song
Oye Como Va is one of the best-known cha-cha-chá songs, owing its unfading popularity to Carlos Santana who recorded his...
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Ladytron: Roxy Music's lunar landing with mellotron, oboe, and synth
Ladytron is one of Roxy Music's most noteworthy tracks released on their 1972 debut album. One of the song's strongest...
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La Bamba: meaning and tragedy behind the best-known son jarocho
The widely known La Bamba epitomizes one of the most striking examples of the ways in which an old folk tune could be...
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Sugaree: Jerry Garcia's song referencing his lyricist's criminal past
Sugaree is a 1972 track that first appeared on Jerry Garcia's debut solo album, the guitarist who is widely regarded as...
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Lawdy Miss Clawdy: how Lloyd Price's first hit mixes blues and classics
Lawdy Miss Clawdy is a rhythm and blues track that kicked off the career of the prolific New Orleans songwriter Lloyd...
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Marie Laveau: ballad of the legendary Voodoo Queen
Dedicated to the legendary Voodoo Queen of New Orleans, Marie Laveau was composed by award-winning writer Shel...
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El Manisero: essential rumba song behind Caribbean music world expasion
El Manisero or The Peanut Vendor is an essential rumba song written circa 1928 by the leading Cuban composer Moisés...
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Caldonia: the song that spawned the term rock and roll
Caldonia is a 1945 song released by Louis Jordan, an American songwriter and saxophonist whose popularity in the 1940s...
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Statesboro Blues: no one can sing the blues like Blind Willie McTell
Bob Dylan's track Blind Willie McTell is perhaps the best tribute to this outstanding traveling street artist who has...
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Misty Mountain Hop: Led Zeppelin's contribution to pot legalization
Misty Mountain Hop is an iconic 1971 Led Zeppelin song the title of which is associated with the mountains described by...
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Hushabye: folk roots of famous rock and roll lullaby
Hushabye is the first successful song recorded by the American rock band The Mystics to spend nine weeks on the national...
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Mairzy Doats lyrics inspired by 15th century nursery rhyme
Mairzy Doats is a notable nursery rhyme song written in the 1940s when parody and humor songs were in high demand. The...
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Incense and Peppermints: a tangled story of song production
Incense and Peppermints is an essential psychedelic rock song released in 1967 by the LA-based band Strawberry Alarm...
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