Category: Music

“Get Ur Freak On” is a song by American rapper Missy Elliot. It was written and produced by Elliott and Timbaland for her third studio album Miss E… So Addictive (2001). Based on heavy bhangra elements, a popular music and dance form from the Punjab state of India, the song features a six-note base that […]

“Dreams” is a song by British-American band Fleetwood Mac from their eleventh studio album, Rumours (1977). In the United States, “Dreams” was released as the second single from Rumours on 24 March 1977, while in the United Kingdom, the song was released as the third single in June 1977. A stage performance of “Dreams” was […]

I have set aside the series on the top songs on the 500 Best Songs of All Time for today to mark the passing of one of the seminal figures in English Folk Music. Waterson was born in Hull, and, after being orphaned at an early age, was brought up there, with her brother Mike […]

“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 […]