There are songs that you recognise immediately from the first few seconds, and ‘It’s Raining Men’ is a textbook example of that. The bombastic intro, the reverberating thunderclap,
Some pop songs do not only exist within their own time, but also actively respond to the history of music that came before them. “Major Tom (Coming Home)”
Some songs seem inseparably linked to a particular era. They capture a feeling that remains recognisable decades later. “The Promise You Made” by Cock Robin belongs to that
In January 1983, a single was released that stormed to the top of the British charts within three weeks. The opening note, a sustained tone by singer Limahl
There are songs you hear once and never forget. Then there are songs you hear, find slightly annoying at first, and yet still end up singing years later
In the 1970s, pop music was changing at a furious pace. Genres began to merge, the boundaries between rock, soul, funk and early disco blurred, and the audience
Some songs reflect an era, and there are songs that transcend time itself. “La Vie en rose” belongs to the second category. Written in turbulent post-war Paris, released
There are songs that you never lose after hearing them once. Not because they are so refined, not because they triggered a musical revolution, but because they are
From the moment the acoustic guitar kicks in, and the breezy melody unfolds, you are taken back to the mid-nineteen-nineties, a time of flannel shirts, wandering guitar pop
