Month: January 2022

“Hey Ya!” is a song performed by American hip-hop duo Outkast, specifically group member Andre 3000, who wrote and produced the song. Along with “The Way You Move”, recorded by Outkast’s other member Big Boi, “Hey Ya!” was released by Arista Records as one of the two lead singless from the duo’s fifth album, Speakerboxxx/The […]

“God Only Knows” is a song by American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1966 album Pet Sounds. Written by Brian Wilson and Tony Asher, it is a Baroque-style love song distinguished for its harmonic innovation and its subversion of typical pop music formula. It is often praised as one of the greatest songs […]

“Superstition” is a song by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder. It was released in October 1972, as the lead single from his fifteenth studio album, Talking Book (1972), by Tamla Motown. The lyrics describe popular superstitions and their negative effects. Jeff Beck was an admirer of Wonder’s music, and Wonder was informed of this prior to […]

“Gimme Shelter” is a song by English band the Rolling Stones and is the opening track off their 1969 album Let it Bleed. The song covers topics of war, murder,rape and fear. Greil Marcus, writing for Rolling Stone magazine at the time of its release, praised the song, stating that the band has “never done […]

“Waterloo Sunset” is a song by British band the Kinks. It was released as a single in 1967, and featured on their album Something Else by the KInks. Composed and produced by Kinks frontman Ray Davies, “Waterloo Sunset” is one of the band’s best known and most acclaimed songs, and is ranked Number 14 on […]

Today I thought I would look at a famous song and see what others have made of it. “Bohemian Rhapsody” is a song by Queen. It was written by Freddie Mercury for the band’s 1975 album A Night at the Opera. The song is a six-minute suite, notable for its lack of a refraining chorus […]