American Songwriter

The Early ’90s Sting Ballad That Paul McCartney Said He “Should Have Written”

"How dare he?" said Paul McCartney of Sting's 1992 hit, which was written for wife Trudie Styler. "I told him [Sting]: ‘You ...
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How a disintegrating relationship and a Beatles obsession inspired Kurt Cobain to write his first love song, and to plot Nirvana's escape from punk rock prison

Having been introduced by a mutual friend, Melvins frontman Buzz Osborne, Marander and Kurt Cobain had been dating for the ...
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“The publisher told us to forget it. But I didn’t give up so easily – I got his home number and called him”: How Emerson, Lake and Palmer charted with Aaron Coplan…

Even cut down to a third of its length, the 1977 track became their biggest hit, and one of the most successful instrumental ...
American Songwriter

3 Classic Song Lyrics That Say “I Love You” Without Saying It

Poetic allusions makes for the best song lyrics, and these three songs manage to say "I love you" without using the phrase at ...