“Tiptoe Through the Tulips” wasn’t originally supposed to be frightening. It’s a cheerful love song from 1929. But Tiny Tim’s unusual 1968 version became strongly associated with horror after appearing in the 2010 film Insidious.…
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UK funky is a style of British electronic dance music that developed during the mid-to-late 2000s. It combines house music with influences from UK garage, African and Caribbean rhythms, R&B and British club culture. The…
“Somebody’s Watching Me” is performed by Rockwell. But the famous chorus is sung by Michael Jackson. And that is why the recording sounds so familiar. Rockwell released the song during the transition from 1983 into…
“Macarena” is about a woman who enjoys dancing, attention and romantic freedom. But there’s something many people who danced to it during the 1990s never realised. The original Spanish lyrics describe a complicated romantic situation…
A finished song may involve one person. It may also involve ten. Songwriters, producers, musicians, vocalists and engineers can all contribute to a recording. But once the final master is delivered, it can be surprisingly…
The UEFA Champions League anthem was composed by British musician Tony Britten in 1992. It was inspired partly by “Zadok the Priest”, a composition by George Frideric Handel. And the lyrics are sung in three…
The song playing at the end of The Breakfast Club is “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” by Simple Minds. The recording became one of the defining songs of 1980s cinema. But the band originally didn’t…
‘애월의 노래’ is a new single from Korean singer 한승기, out on James Ahn Music. It says goodbye to Aewol on Jeju Island and promises to come back one day. Guitar, bass, piano and harmonica…
Blur’s “Song 2” is called “Song 2” because that was its original working title. It was the second track on the band’s 1997 self-titled album. The title was never properly replaced. But there’s a much…
“The Lion Sleeps Tonight” began as a South African recording called “Mbube” by Solomon Linda and the Evening Birds in 1939. Not Disney. And not The Tokens. The familiar English-language version by The Tokens arrived…
