The Glaswegian frontman talks about piecing together their precipitative breakthrough hit single in the arid climes of Israel and Spain...
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The Northern Irish frontman recalls how a song he wrote as a 16-year-old schoolboy became the rock band’s breakthrough hit...
The English pop-rockers’ songwriter tells us how their debut single managed to blend an uplifting melody with a darker lyric...
The singer-songwriter-producer explains how insomnia, a new synth and Blink-182 inspired a multi-platinum single that topped charts across the globe...
The lead guitarist, songwriter and singer of the influential English 60s rock band tells of his classic track’s haunting origins...
25 years after ‘Throwing Copper’ went global, we learn the story of the song that helped it on its way...
From a Latin disco drumbeat to a politically charged lyric, here’s the story behind the 80s pop duo’s biggest hit...
The frontman explains how their breakthrough hit single was inspired by a decidedly uninspiring period spent living in New York...
When this pop-rock classic landed on both sides of the Atlantic it became a self-fulfilling prophecy for its creator A...
Detailing the plight of Australia’s First Nations people, this rock anthem found an international audience upon its release in 1987...
The guitarist recalls creating a song that helped his Newcastle-based band reboot the UK indie-rock scene in the post-Britpop years...
The songwriter and guitarist behind the 80s pop-folk band’s chart-topping debut single tells the compelling tale of its imperfect inspiration...

























