You might think a No. 1 hit on Valentine's Day would be all roses and hearts, but in 1976, Paul Simon's hit single spoke to a different side of relationships.
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Teenaged rebellion is something all generations have in common, and these hits from the '70s will take boomers back to their door-slamming high school days.
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Rock's power ballads aren't wallflowers and never belong in the shadows — they're bombastic declarations of our most primal emotions, good or bad.
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Pearl Jam's lyrics are often understated, which makes it hard to connect this song to Vedder's troubled family history.
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From hateful words to a few stolen chords and even crashing a car with drugs and a gun, these '70s rock stars found that their reputation wasn't invulnerable.
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There is no shortage of love songs from the '80s, but these selections from The Smiths and Sade (and others) are sure to create the perfect mood.
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We've selected 5 David Bowie tunes that will be sure to show up on your playlists from here on out — because they just grow cooler with time.
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The '50s was the decade teens became important as a cohort, and early rock catered to them. For a fun history lesson, Millennials should check out these hits.
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While the '70s may be long gone, the music lives on, and is still making money for artists today. Can you name these five popular all-time money-making hits?
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Before they were big, the Rolling Stones performed a few popular brand jingles to pay the bills. Here's one so good you'll want to dance along with it today.
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You might not be familiar with "Outlaw" and these other Eagles tunes that slipped through the cracks, but they're among the group's best songs.
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Even though these songs weren't at the top of the charts during their heyday, we think they made their mark on the '90s music scene regardless.
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From Hozier's "Like Real People Do" to Maria McKee's "Breathe," these five underrated gems capture love in all its messy, magical, weird glory.
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There are great Christmas songs, and then there are those that feel like barbed wire fed through your ears, and we think this '58 song is one of the latter.
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In 2000, 3 Doors Down hit the airwaves with their most successful song, "Kryptonite," and the song, written when frontman Brad Arnold was 15, went platinum.
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The '80s had no shortage of songs that now make many of us cringe. There are a few rock songs, though, that are so corny they give us secondhand embarrassment.
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It's a natural thing for artists to be influenced by other artists, but in the cases of these hit songs, accusations of theft led to lawsuits or settlements.
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The musical landscape of the '60s is littered with songs that failed commercially, but we've got a soft spot for some of that era's lesser-known tunes.
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From haunting orchestral pieces to Lovecraftian metal, we think these iconic songs from each decade over the last 100 years slap even more to modern ears.
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The massively popular English band Oasis broke out in the U.S. in 1996 with "Wonderwall," and the song's title is a reference to an obscure album.
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Season 3 of "The Sopranos" began with musical foreshadowing that still sounds incredible, mashing a Police song with the theme from a '50s detective series.
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In 1986 songs from bands like Fishbone, R.E.M, and Siouxsie and the Banshees brought fresh, creative sounds to audiences. Today the songs are even cooler.
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This iconic hit and concert staple by Barry Manilow may heavily imply that it was all his own work, but he had more than a helping hand from a Beach Boy.
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These singers, including David Bowie, Lou Reed, and Frank Zappa, had some pretty unflattering opinions about Elton John, the Beatles, and other iconic acts.
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Sometimes, great songs don't chart well. In fact, there are plenty that sank without a trace when released as a single in 1975, but we still love them.
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"Cool" was a big middle finger wrapped in flannel that sneered in the face of dull establishment goons, judgmental peers, and petty powers that be.
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These five tracks from 1980—by artists including Talking Heads, the Clash, and Bob Seger—have only grown cooler, sharper, and more relevant with time.
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