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"He didn't tap a foot or move his head or anything. He listened to it all the way through and I thought he hated it": When an Eagle, Heartbreaker, Roger Linn and an Oberheim OB-X combined forces for a pop masterpiece – the Boys Of Summer story
Best of 2024: Tom Petty rejected Mike Campbell's synth and drum machine demo, Don Henley didn't make that mistake… but the 1984 hit had other obstacles to overcome
"It was a fair fight that I got thrown out of the band for, because Moon came for me with a tambourine": When Roger Daltrey was fired from The Who at the worst possible time in 1965
Best of 2024: "When they got on amphetamines the music just turned to a load of crap," reflected the singer
A marketing expert breaks down how to get more people listening to your music than ever before
"If you were surprised by the 'Top' songs in your Spotify Wrapped, it might be because the difference between your top 5 and top 100 streamed songs is just a tiny number of plays"
A music professor breaks down the theory behind Prince's When Doves Cry
Best of 2024: As Purple Rain celebrates its 40th anniversary, we put one of Prince's best-loved songs under the musical microscope
Phil Collen says Mutt Lange is an ace “one take” vocalist – and it’s the same with guitar
For Collen, working with Lange is like “going to school for your favourite subject” but recreating the studio magic live on Def Leppard tracks such as Love Bites can be very tricky at first
The creation of The Cars’ song Drive and how it soundtracked a humanitarian catastrophe
Best of 2024: “The lyrics don't have to mean anything in an intellectual sense. They're endlessly interpretive. They just have to make an emotional sense”
Gwen Stefani on the No Doubt song that “changed everything” after it became their biggest hit
Best of 2024: She says she had “absolutely no idea” that it would become so successful
"He knows very little about an awful lot": The Edge on Eno and how he influenced his "limited" guitar style
Best of 2024: Classic interview - U2 guitarist reflects on the making of The Unforgettable Fire in 1985 interview
