https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/nirvana/about-a-girl/ The girl the song talks about is Tracy Marander en 2025-03-24 About A Girl | The girl the song talks about is Tracy Marander https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/nirvana/something-in-the-way/ The darkest and most mysterious songs in their entire discography en 2025-03-24 Something in the Way | The darkest and most mysterious songs in their entire discography https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/nirvana/the-man-who-sold-the-world/ talk about the story of a man who desperately seeks to reunite with himself en 2025-03-24 The Man Who Sold The World | talk about the story of a man who desperately seeks to reunite with himself https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/nirvana/in-bloom/ Cobain was tired of people always taking them so seriously and wanted to show that they also had a fun side en 2025-03-24 In Bloom | Cobain was tired of people always taking them so seriously and wanted to show that they also had a fun side https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/nirvana/heart-shaped-box/ It has different meanings depending on who you ask en 2025-03-24 Heart Shaped Box | It has different meanings depending on who you ask https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/nirvana/lithium/ Talks about a man who, after the death of his girlfriend, finds in religion the last resort to avoid suicidal impulses en 2025-03-24 Lithium | Talks about a man who, after the death of his girlfriend, finds in religion the last resort to avoid suicidal impulses https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/nirvana/come-as-you-are/ One of the band's few optimistic songs en 2025-03-24 Come as you are | One of the band's few optimistic songs https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/nirvana/smells-like-teen-spirit/ The title was an indirect reference to the Colgate-Palmolive company's line of deodorants for girls en 2025-03-24 Smells Like Teen Spirit | The title was an indirect reference to the Colgate-Palmolive company's line of deodorants for girls https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/guns-n-roses/estranged/ One of the music video most expensive in History en 2025-03-24 Estranged | One of the music video most expensive in History https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/led-zeppelin/misty-mountain-hop/ A criticism of the events that occurred in the first march to legalize cannabis in England en 2025-03-24 Misty Mountain Hop | A criticism of the events that occurred in the first march to legalize cannabis in England https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/the-beatles/hey-jude/ A song to cheer up John Lennon's 5-year-old son while his parents divorce en 2025-03-24 Hey Jude | A song to cheer up John Lennon's 5-year-old son while his parents divorce https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/the-rolling-stones/gimme-shelter/ Keith Richards was looking at people during a strong storm, it was as if they were in hell en 2025-03-24 Gimme Shelter | Keith Richards was looking at people during a strong storm, it was as if they were in hell https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/pearl-jam/rearviewmirror/ A way to release the contained anger of bad situations en 2025-03-24 Rearviewmirror | A way to release the contained anger of bad situations https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/led-zeppelin/when-the-levee-breaks/ Talks about the consequences suffered by the African-American community, who lived in the lower part of the Mississippi River en 2025-03-24 When the Levee Breaks | Talks about the consequences suffered by the African-American community, who lived in the lower part of the Mississippi River https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/led-zeppelin/rock-and-roll/ Jimmy Page was going through a creative block that led him to improvise a Chuck Berry-style guitar rhythm en 2025-03-24 Rock and Roll | Jimmy Page was going through a creative block that led him to improvise a Chuck Berry-style guitar rhythm https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/led-zeppelin/kashmir/ All members of the band agree that this song is one of their greatest musical achievements en 2025-03-24 Kashmir | All members of the band agree that this song is one of their greatest musical achievements https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/led-zeppelin/immigrant-song/ Robert Plant was fantasizing about the history of the Vikings who conquered Iceland en 2025-03-24 Immigrant Song | Robert Plant was fantasizing about the history of the Vikings who conquered Iceland https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/led-zeppelin/whole-lotta-love/ The lyrics of the song have complete phrases from the American blues musician Willie Dixon en 2025-03-24 Whole Lotta Love | The lyrics of the song have complete phrases from the American blues musician Willie Dixon https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/led-zeppelin/stairway-to-heaven/ It was so successful that for a time music stores put up signs prohibiting playing the song en 2025-03-24 Stairway to Heaven | It was so successful that for a time music stores put up signs prohibiting playing the song https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/guns-n-roses/patience/ Recorded in the hotel where an assassination occurred en 2025-03-24 Patience | Recorded in the hotel where an assassination occurred https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/guns-n-roses/welcome-to-the-jungle/ It recounts Axl Rose's first experience upon arriving in Los Angeles, when he was 18 years old. en 2025-03-24 Welcome to the Jungle | It recounts Axl Rose's first experience upon arriving in Los Angeles, when he was 18 years old. https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/guns-n-roses/paradise-city/ Inspired by a quiet forest on the shores of a lake that they used to visit during their adolescence en 2025-03-24 Paradise City | Inspired by a quiet forest on the shores of a lake that they used to visit during their adolescence https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/guns-n-roses/knockin-on-heavens-door/ A way to pay tribute to friends and fans who have died throughout the band's musical career en 2025-03-24 Knockin' On Heaven's Door | A way to pay tribute to friends and fans who have died throughout the band's musical career https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/guns-n-roses/dont-cry/ Axl was so in love with a girl that he tattooed her face on his right arm. en 2025-03-24 Don't Cry | Axl was so in love with a girl that he tattooed her face on his right arm. https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/guns-n-roses/sweet-child-o-mine/ The iconic riff was born as a joke from Slash to drummer en 2025-03-24 Sweet Child O' Mine | The iconic riff was born as a joke from Slash to drummer https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/guns-n-roses/november-rain/ Axl Rose hoped it would be a good song even though he didn't know what to do with it en 2025-03-24 November Rain | Axl Rose hoped it would be a good song even though he didn't know what to do with it https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/the-beatles/all-you-need-is-love/ Composed in just 10 days to be presented in the first live broadcast via satellite en 2025-03-24 All You Need Is Love | Composed in just 10 days to be presented in the first live broadcast via satellite https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/the-beatles/help/ John Lennon would realize that when writing this song he was actually crying out for help en 2025-03-24 Help | John Lennon would realize that when writing this song he was actually crying out for help https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/the-beatles/love-me-do/ Paul McCartney wrote the song when he was 16, inspired by his girlfriend en 2025-03-24 Love Me Do | Paul McCartney wrote the song when he was 16, inspired by his girlfriend https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/the-beatles/come-together/ Created as a jingle for the electoral campaign of Timothy Leary, one of his acquaintances who was a psychologist, Harvard teacher and LSD activist en 2025-03-24 Come Together | Created as a jingle for the electoral campaign of Timothy Leary, one of his acquaintances who was a psychologist, Harvard teacher and LSD activist https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/the-beatles/i-want-to-hold-your-hand/ The band's manager was unsure whether the Beatles' British style would appeal in the United States en 2025-03-24 I Want to Hold Your Hand | The band's manager was unsure whether the Beatles' British style would appeal in the United States https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/the-beatles/here-comes-the-sun/ It was composed after escaping a boring business meeting about the band's new record label en 2025-03-24 Here Comes the Sun | It was composed after escaping a boring business meeting about the band's new record label https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/the-beatles/let-it-be/ For several years it was believed to be a religious song until Paul McCartney revealed that it was a sad episode in his life en 2025-03-24 Let It Be | For several years it was believed to be a religious song until Paul McCartney revealed that it was a sad episode in his life https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/the-beatles/yesterday/ McCartney feared he was plagiarizing the composition, so for a month he asked people in the music business if they knew the melody en 2025-03-24 Yesterday | McCartney feared he was plagiarizing the composition, so for a month he asked people in the music business if they knew the melody https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/the-rolling-stones/jumpin-jack-flash/ It is said that by using makeup to paint their faces and wearing wigs in the music video, they inspired the creation of Glam Rock en 2025-03-24 Jumpin' Jack Flash | It is said that by using makeup to paint their faces and wearing wigs in the music video, they inspired the creation of Glam Rock https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/the-rolling-stones/brown-sugar/ One of the most controversial lyrics of her entire career when talking about the slavery of African-American women and all the taboo practices that this entails en 2025-03-24 Brown Sugar | One of the most controversial lyrics of her entire career when talking about the slavery of African-American women and all the taboo practices that this entails https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/the-rolling-stones/start-me-up/ It took a long creative process of trial and error until they finished recording it and provisionally called it Never Stop en 2025-03-24 Start Me Up | It took a long creative process of trial and error until they finished recording it and provisionally called it Never Stop https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/the-rolling-stones/sympathy-for-the-devil/ Inspired by the Russian novel The Master and Margarita, one of the most important satirical works of the 20th century in the former USSR en 2025-03-24 Sympathy for the Devil | Inspired by the Russian novel The Master and Margarita, one of the most important satirical works of the 20th century in the former USSR https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/the-rolling-stones/paint-it-black/ Inspired by a novel from James Joyce and sought to capture its concept of universal sadness and desolation en 2025-03-24 Paint It Black | Inspired by a novel from James Joyce and sought to capture its concept of universal sadness and desolation https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/the-rolling-stones/i-cant-get-no-satisfaction/ Jagger portrays the frustration of a teenager victim of the savage bombardment of advertisements that tell him how he should live his life en 2025-03-24 I Can't Get No Satisfaction | Jagger portrays the frustration of a teenager victim of the savage bombardment of advertisements that tell him how he should live his life https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/pearl-jam/daughter/ The live song quoted a reference to Kurt Cobain's suicide en 2025-03-24 Daughter | The live song quoted a reference to Kurt Cobain's suicide https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/pearl-jam/yellow-ledbetter/ Inspired by an acquaintance who served in the first Gulf War en 2025-03-24 Yellow Ledbetter | Inspired by an acquaintance who served in the first Gulf War https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/pearl-jam/even-flow/ The song's lyrics describe a homeless man who sleeps on the street and asks people for coins en 2025-03-24 Even Flow | The song's lyrics describe a homeless man who sleeps on the street and asks people for coins https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/pearl-jam/better-man/ talks about the relationship that his mother suffered with his supposed father en 2025-03-24 Better Man | talks about the relationship that his mother suffered with his supposed father https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/pearl-jam/black/ The band considered it a very personal song and did not want it to become marketing en 2025-03-24 Black | The band considered it a very personal song and did not want it to become marketing https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/pearl-jam/alive/ Eddie was 13 years old when his mother revealed to him that his father was actually his stepfather en 2025-03-24 Alive | Eddie was 13 years old when his mother revealed to him that his father was actually his stepfather https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/pearl-jam/jeremy/ The news in the newspaper left Vedder so impressed that he felt the need to do something with that action, give it a reaction and more importance en 2025-03-24 Jeremy | The news in the newspaper left Vedder so impressed that he felt the need to do something with that action, give it a reaction and more importance https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/led-zeppelin/black-dog/ Jimmy Page named the song in honor of the Labrador dog that wandered through the woods of the mansion during the recording en 2025-03-24 Black Dog | Jimmy Page named the song in honor of the Labrador dog that wandered through the woods of the mansion during the recording https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/michael-jackson/we-are-the-world/ 45 important singers of the time gathered to contribute to the fight against hunger in Africa en 2025-03-24 We Are the World | 45 important singers of the time gathered to contribute to the fight against hunger in Africa https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/michael-jackson/man-in-the-mirror/ Michael was so impressed by the song's message that he added gospel choirs to it en 2025-03-24 Man In The Mirror | Michael was so impressed by the song's message that he added gospel choirs to it https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/michael-jackson/i-just-cant-stop-loving-you/ Siedah Garrett was surprised when she was informed that she would sing a duet with Michael Jackson en 2025-03-24 I Just Can't Stop Loving You | Siedah Garrett was surprised when she was informed that she would sing a duet with Michael Jackson https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/michael-jackson/black-or-white/ The extended version of the video was criticized for claiming that Jackson promoted vandalism as a form of entertainment en 2025-03-24 Black or White | The extended version of the video was criticized for claiming that Jackson promoted vandalism as a form of entertainment https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/michael-jackson/thriller/ Michael was afraid that the image of dancing zombies would become funny en 2025-03-24 Thriller | Michael was afraid that the image of dancing zombies would become funny https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/michael-jackson/beat-it/ Few seconds before starting the solo, several knocks on wood can be heard en 2025-03-24 Beat It | Few seconds before starting the solo, several knocks on wood can be heard https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/michael-jackson/smooth-criminal/ The chorus in the song is inspired by the cardiopulmonary resuscitation mannequin en 2025-03-24 Smooth Criminal | The chorus in the song is inspired by the cardiopulmonary resuscitation mannequin https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/michael-jackson/billie-jean/ was inspired by fans who claimed to have children related to their brothers while they were in the Jackson 5 en 2025-03-24 Billie Jean | was inspired by fans who claimed to have children related to their brothers while they were in the Jackson 5 https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/queen/we-are-the-champions/ A team of scientists concluded that it is the catchiest song in pop music en 2025-03-24 We Are the Champions | A team of scientists concluded that it is the catchiest song in pop music https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/queen/i-want-to-break-free/ The drummer's girlfriend suggested that they dress as female characters from a soap opera en 2025-03-24 I Want to Break Free | The drummer's girlfriend suggested that they dress as female characters from a soap opera https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/queen/killer-queen/ An elegant song with poetic lyrics that broke with the hard rock image of the band en 2025-03-24 Killer Queen | An elegant song with poetic lyrics that broke with the hard rock image of the band https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/queen/somebody-to-love/ It was believed that after Bohemian Rhapsody the band had reached the peak of their songwriting, but Freddie felt they could go further. en 2025-03-24 Somebody to Love | It was believed that after Bohemian Rhapsody the band had reached the peak of their songwriting, but Freddie felt they could go further. https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/queen/crazy-little-thing-called-love/ was composed by Freddie Mercury while taking a bubble bath in a Munich hotel en 2025-03-24 Crazy Little Thing Called Love | was composed by Freddie Mercury while taking a bubble bath in a Munich hotel https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/queen/we-will-rock-you/ During a break in one of their concerts in Stafford, the audience stopped applauding and began singing to the band en 2025-03-24 We Will Rock You | During a break in one of their concerts in Stafford, the audience stopped applauding and began singing to the band https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/queen/under-pressure/ The band members went out to dinner, and when they returned, the bassist no longer remembered the riff en 2025-03-24 Under Pressure | The band members went out to dinner, and when they returned, the bassist no longer remembered the riff https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/queen/another-one-bites-the-dust/ Because the song was unlike anything the band had done before, people who didn't know Queen thought they were an African-American group en 2025-03-24 Another One Bites the Dust | Because the song was unlike anything the band had done before, people who didn't know Queen thought they were an African-American group https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/queen/dont-stop-me-now/ In 2015, a neuroscientist classified it as one of the 10 songs that generate the most happiness in the public en 2025-03-24 Don't Stop Me Now | In 2015, a neuroscientist classified it as one of the 10 songs that generate the most happiness in the public https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/queen/bohemian-rhapsody/ In 2023, during an auction of Freddie's belongings, it was discovered that the song was going to have another name en 2025-03-24 Bohemian Rhapsody | In 2023, during an auction of Freddie's belongings, it was discovered that the song was going to have another name https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/nirvana/sliver/ Kurt Cobain narrates in the first person the tale of a boy who was forced to stay at his grandparents house en 2025-03-24 Sliver | Kurt Cobain narrates in the first person the tale of a boy who was forced to stay at his grandparents house https://storiesbehindsongs.com/read/nirvana/territorial-pissings/ The song's lyrics mock sexism and masculine stereotypes that Cobain always despised en 2025-03-24 Territorial Pissings | The song's lyrics mock sexism and masculine stereotypes that Cobain always despised