The Wombles songwriter recollects how a song about death became the theme to ‘Watership Down’ and a No 1 hit...
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The singer-songwriter aimed to craft “a big song” about “a modern America” and ended up delivering an eight-and-a-half-minute folk-rock phenomenon...
An inter-species tale of unrequited love provided the surprising inspiration for one of the most memorable songs of the 1990s...
The Australian rock band’s songwriter and keyboardist discusses his intimately personal song which their iconic frontman Michael Hutchence did justice...
We learn how the singer-songwriter’s Ivor Award-winning hit single was inspired by Patti Smith and written in just 30 minutes...
The Swedish soft-rock duo’s lead singer reveals the ballad that graced the ‘Pretty Woman’ soundtrack was originally a Christmas song...
Shelly Peiken on writing What A Girl Wants: “One day I wrote something down about it on a receipt. Songwriters...
One half of the much-loved Cockney duo, Chas Hodges reveals how their song was inspired by a US R&B hit...
The Northern Irish band’s chief songwriter and guitarist talks us through one of the most iconic songs of its era...
The Doors’ guitarist explains how the classic song emerged because he felt sorry for the obscure chords that rock’n’roll forgot...
The sophisti-pop group’s slap bass-toting frontman on the creation of their 80s classic that topped singles charts in five countries...
The bassist and vocalist from Birmingham’s legendary progressive rock band reveals how his modestly titled hit single came to be...


























