Also known as "Soon May the Wellerman Come", Wellerman is believed to have been written in 1860s New Zealand. The song describes a whaling ship named The Billy o' Tea and its struggles to bring in a right whale, while the ship's crew long for the… Read more

Released in 1977, Dreams was one of several hits to emerge from Rumours, Fleetwood Mac's most acclaimed album. Amid the album's infamously troubled production – plagued with relationship breakdowns and drug use – vocalist Stevie Nicks wrote the song… Read more

Electric Love was the first single from American singer BØRNS. It was released in 2014 and certified Platinum in 2017, but had a resurgence of popularity in 2020 thanks to the Electric Love Challenge (aka Kissing My Best Friend Challenge) on TikTok… Read more

Variously described as electropop, dance-pop, pop-trap, and even nu-goth pop, Bad Guy was written and produced by Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas. With its minimalist instrumentation and dark lyrics, it was praised as a "low-key banger"… Read more

Blinding Lights was released as the second single from The Weeknd's 2020 album After Hours. A number one hit in thirty-four countries, it was described as "a glorious blast of air punching Eighties synth-pop" in an Evening Standard review. On… Read more

Before rising to Number 1 and staying there for a record nineteen consecutive weeks, Old Town Road had a slow start. It was originally released independently in December 2018 but was re-released in March 2019. TikTok virality helped spark its… Read more

Megalovania is best known as an infectious tune from the video game Undertale, where it is associated with the skeleton character Sans. Composed by Toby Fox, who wrote the game's music as well as its code, the theme had made appearances in his… Read more

Australian singer Tones And I (real name Toni Watson) wrote this song about her experiences as a busker and the pressure she felt to "always be entertaining". Originally from Victoria, she spent years busking up and down Australia's East Coast… Read more

Released in 2020, Jason Derulo's song Savage Love came under fire for sampling Jawsh 685's "Laxed – Siren Beat" without permission or credit. After the two artists came to an agreement, "Laxed – Siren Beat" was added to the song's title and Jawsh… Read more