Songwriter

Page 3

Songwriter
Yo No Te Pido la Luna: origins and meaning of Daniela Romo's best hit

Yo No Te Pido la Luna is an influential Latino pop song whose musical harmony borrows from the 1980s Italian track Non…

August 30, 2021
Songwriter
Bungle in the Jungle: early prog-rock hit vs the greatest boxing match

Bungle in the Jungle is the best-known track from the critically derided War Child album released by the English prog…

August 28, 2021
Music Theory
Beatles songs with Dorian mode

The Beatles' phenomenal success is often attributed to the striking euphony of their polyphonic vocals as well as the…

August 26, 2021
Songwriter
Oye Mi Amor: meaning and harmony of Maná's hit

Oye Mi Amor is one of the signature tracks of the Mexican rock band Maná. Released on their 1992 album ¿Dónde Jugarán…

August 23, 2021
Songwriter
Wildwood Weed: the cheeky ganja farmers song that got banned

Wildwood Weed is a parody song written by country music artist Don Bowman and first recorded by singer and multi…

August 17, 2021
Music Theory
Lost for Words: Pink Floyd's only Lydian song

Of all 138 songs and instrumental tracks released by Pink Floyd on their 14 studio albums, Lost for Words is the only…

August 14, 2021
Songwriter
Golden Slumbers: lyrical origins of the famous Beatles lullaby

Golden Slumbers is a short song recorded by The Beatles for their 1969 album Abey Road. The track was written by Paul…

August 9, 2021
Songwriter
La Gota Fría: vallenato music masterpiece refashioned by Carlos Vives

La Gota Fría is one of the best-known examples of the vallenato genre that originated in the early 19th century in the…

August 7, 2021
Songwriter
Hasta Mañana: the origins of the best ABBA ballad

Hasta Mañana, an ABBA ballad released on their 1974 Waterloo album never quite managed to reach the top of…

August 5, 2021
Music Theory
Mixolydian mode in The Doors songs

It is no secret that the harmonic structure of a song and its adherence to the canons of musical theory is one of the…

August 3, 2021
Songwriter
Vivir Mi Vida: meaning and origin of Marc Anthony's salsa hit

Vivir Mi Vida is a life-affirming hit by Marc Anthony, released on his 2013 album 3.0. The song marked his return to…

July 28, 2021
Songwriter
Ramblin' on My Mind: Delta blues masterpiece cut in a hotel room

Ramblin' on My Mind is an iconic blues song cut by the Delta blues singer Robert Johnson as a part of his first…

July 24, 2021
Music Theory
No Quarter: two minor modal modes of Led Zeppelin's psychedelic track

No Quarter is one of Led Zeppelin's more psychedelically inclined tracks first released on the 1973 album Houses of the…

July 22, 2021
Songwriter
Harry Hippie: Bobby Womack's recollection of his brother tragic death

Harry Hippie is one of the best-known songs released by Bobby Womack who, throughout his sixty-year long career, has…

July 17, 2021
Songwriter
Desafinado: a song for those who cannot sing

The Portuguese word Desafinado, meaning "out of tune" or "off-key," is a rather strange name for a classic bossa nova…

July 14, 2021
Songwriter
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On: the record that shot Jerry Lee Lewis to fame

Recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis in 1957, Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On instantly became a major hit in America, highlighting…

July 12, 2021
Music Theory
Beatles songs featuring Lydian mode

One of the main reasons for the long-term popularity of The Beatles songs is undoubtedly their developed and varied…

July 9, 2021
Songwriter
Burbujas de Amor: playful and saucy lyrics by Juan Luis Guerra

Burbujas de Amor is one of the best-known songs by Juan Luis Guerra, a Dominican pop singer and accomplished songwriter…

July 5, 2021
Songwriter
Flat Foot Floogie: vulgar meaning of the swing hit song

Flat Foot Floogie (with a Floy Floy) is a jazz swing song that became a nationwide hit when it was released in the US…

July 1, 2021
Songwriter
The Bells of Rhymney: two major modal modes of famous protest song

The Bells of Rhymney is one of the best-known protest songs of the past century, first recorded in 1958 by the American…

June 29, 2021
Songwriter
Hypnotized: Fleetwood Mac's song about aliens

Hypnotized is the best-known track from Fleetwood Mac's 1973 album Mystery To Me, written by guitarist Bob Welch who…

June 24, 2021
Songwriter
Dos Gardenias: romantic lyrics of the famous Cuban bolero

Dos Gardenias is a well-known Cuban song with soulful and gentle lyrics composed in the form of bolero—a vocal style…

June 19, 2021
Songwriter
Reelin' In the Years: the tandem of effective lyrics and one of the best guitar solos of all time

Reelin' In the Years is one of the most successful tracks of the American jazz-rock band Steely Dan who are known for…

June 16, 2021
Songwriter
Bony Moronie: blues roots of the seminal rock and roll hit

Bony Moronie is one of the best-known tracks of New Orleans singer Larry Williams which, along with his other songs,…

June 14, 2021
Songwriter
Garota De Ipanema: world's best-known bossa nova tune came to Jobim in a bar

Garota De Ipanema is one of the best-known songs in the bossa nova genre, a dance style that originated in the 1950s as…

June 9, 2021
Music Theory
Things We Said Today: the only Beatles song featuring Phrygian mode

Things We Said Today is one of the tracks written by Paul McCartney for The Beatles's 1964 A Hard Day's Night, although…

June 4, 2021
Songwriter
Gimme Three Steps: the bar where Lynyrd Skynyrd's frontman almost got shot

Gimme Three Steps is the best-known track from the 1973 debut album by American rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. The first…

June 2, 2021
Songwriter
Firth of Fifth: impressionistic Genesis song as a prog-rock masterpiece

Firth of Fifth is a ten-minute track released by Genesis on the 1973 album Selling England by the Pound and is…

May 30, 2021
Songwriter
Suavemente: meaning behind Elvis Crespo's merengue hit

Suavemente means softly or gently in Spanish, and Elvis Crespo turned the word into the hook of one of the best-known…

May 26, 2021
Songwriter
Cum On Feel the Noize: Slade's instant hit recipe

Cum On Feel the Noize is a 1973 single by the English glam rock band Slade that topped the charts a week after its…

May 24, 2021