The song moves as swiftly as “New Rose” and even includes a similar echo of boogie ... But the chorus is dark—dark of lyric and of ascending doom chord sequence—as is the story of dystopian oppression ...

Though the song are often very sad, they also provide catharsis for grieving fans who need an outlet to process their own emotions. Plus, sadness isn't as ubiquitous as you might think ...

the oppression of individual personalities to conform while in school. Hey! Teacher! Leave them kids alone! One of the more oblique protest songs on the list, Black Francis ponders the destruction ...

Paul McCartney wrote quite a few songs about John Lennon and vice-versa. It makes sense why. The famed Beatles songwriters had a complicated relationship that teetered between brotherly and ...

From the Bronx to the world, hip-hop's evolved beyond music to a tool for healing. Could hip-hop be the therapy we need to ...

Masih Alinejad, a prominent Iranian American human rights activist, demonstrates defiance by publicly singing in Berlin ...

Ain't Got No, I Got Life' is a combination of two songs from the 1960s counterculture-inspired musical 'Hair', a fitting source of inspiration for Nina Simone.

The best Halloween songs are frightfully good, horribly catchy, and a right old monster mash-up of floor-filling classics. Listen… if you dare… Whatever other Halloween treats you may ...

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This list is updated monthly with new “Best of the Year”–worthy songs. Whoever invented the phrase “dog days of summer” clearly never thought of 2024’s seasonal music onslaught.