Artists are constantly inspired to write songs about their life experiences and people they know or encounter. Whether it's a friend, partner, relative, or stranger, anyone could be an artist's muse, ...

The White Album includes plenty of forward-looking moments, as the album embraced heavy-metal music, avant-garde music, and Marxist class analysis. On the other hand, it also includes many nostalgic, ...

The Beatles gave us “Michelle,” “Julia,” and “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.” However, “Eleanor Rigby” is their best song with this sort of title. Those cold violins had an immense impact on 1960s ...

The best songs make us think, challenging assumptions while searching for answers in a complex and often confusing world. Many pose these questions right in their name. But not everything is so ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (NEXSTAR) – Go, Johnny, go! A new study of ...

Many artists have written songs that celebrate and honor other musicians, Examples include Maroon 5’s “Moves Like Jagger,” Weezer’s “Buddy Holly,” and Motorhead’s “R.A.M.O.N.E.S.” Perhaps less common ...

What's even more dependable than the days on the calendar turning and the seasons changing? Songs about those months. Like the days of the week, songs with months in the title are aplenty. Some more ...

Repeated titles aren’t surprising, considering how many songs are written about the same topic. Imagine the limited number of language options songwriters have to express the human condition while ...

A new study of popular music trends has determined “John” to be the most common name used in song titles, followed by Mary, Maria, Johnny and David. The study, commissioned by an online music-industry ...