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“I took inspiration from Iron Maiden. And for the lyric, David Bowie’s Space Oddity”: A rock band’s global No.1 hit
“We were thrown into this weird pop world – it was madness”
“I just was not expecting the look on people’s faces”: The controversial Tori Amos song that her record company hated – before a remix hit No.1
And was this song really an attack on Courtney Love?
The intricate music theory and lyrical weight of a Tears for Fears classic
A cover of the song would later be a Christmas number one for Gary Jules, but the dense arrangement of the original remains hugely impressive
“I’d rather go in and just be Jaco”: The genius of Jaco Pastorius in one of the greatest jazz songs of all time
“One take, man! One of the greatest tunes ever”
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“People who like that song aren’t actually fans of The Cure”: How Robert Smith created one of The Cure’s greatest hits
“I thought, why don’t I do a song about that Friday feeling?”
“It’s a song that I love, because I didn’t compromise when I wrote it at all”: The making of Lana Del Rey’s sleeper hit
“I felt happy and started writing about how sad and gorgeous the summertime felt to me”
“I remember thinking, ‘This is the kiss of death!’”: The singer who had a bad feeling about a song – before it hit No.1
Plus: why this singer would have refused an audition for Toto
“I had no idea that he was that good”: Mark Tremonti on Alter Bridge’s “secret weapon” and his soloing strategies
The self-confessed Dumble “addict” talks all things guitar
"Steve Lukather said: ‘I can’t stand it.’ He got 90% of the publishing rights, so he can’t have been that mad!": How Roger Sanchez turned an '80s Toto ballad into a 2001 dance anthem
Among the canon of ‘80s-sampling chart hits, few have pulled off a transformation quite like Roger Sanchez’s Another Chance