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Young has been notably particular about where his songs have been used
“If I had it my way, that song would be called Interlude”
“There were tons of guys singing along who were oblivious to the fact it was a total goof on them”
“I remember being in a strip club in New Orleans and my song comes on. I was like, ‘No!’”
“If people want to call the song an anthem, I think it’s wonderful”
It was the first Dylan track to land at No 1 despite him not playing on it
“I went to my room, picked up the guitar and imagined this woman into life”
“I really thought people would just laugh at us when they heard it”
“If the vocal on it sounds world-weary, it’s because he made me sing it 100 times”
“Getting Rory’s Strat from the National Museum would have taken an act of government!”
“I’ve got to be honest with you and admit when I’m wrong”
“Freddie absolutely adored it – he sang it until he bled!”
Rose called it “a song about not wanting to be in a state of unrequited love”
The early ’80s hit featured his iconic National Style O resonator guitar
“It was this gigantic sound,” says super-fan Joe Bonamassa
"I thought maybe ten people would hear this song,” she said
“Very seldom are we playing in unison”
“We created a 4/4 progression for the guitar solo and made the poor saxophone player play in 7/4”
A classic from their 1991 debut Ten
And why George Harrison claimed to have inspired the song
The band’s first song to pass one billion streams on Spotify
“Slacker my ass! I never had any slack. I was working a $4-an-hour job trying to stay alive”
