Why does Modern English's "I Melt With You" still resonate so much today? The latest episode of the Behind The Song podcast explores its Cold War roots, its totally unexpected rise to fame in the Valley Girl movie, and its lasting legacy. Join Janda for a dive into this 80s classic!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dive into the magical world of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra! In this episode of the Behind The Song podcast, Janda talks with guitarist and musical director Al Pitrelli about the extraordinary journey of TSO from its inception to becoming a holiday tradition. Listen as he shares the fantastic story of how the late Paul O?Neill?s vision of blending rock with Christmas carols and classical music evolved into an experience that keeps fans coming back year after year!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Follow along with Janda and her music producer husband Christian in this bonus episode of the Behind The Song podcast as they explore the influences behind Guns N' Roses "November Rain," how the band added another layer to their legendary reputation during their wild summer in Chicago, and how one important, collaborative friendship has lasted a lifetime for Axl Rose. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Are you one of the two-billion-plus Youtube views on Guns ?N Roses epic ?November Rain? music video? Chances are, you?ve seen it. It?s as over-the-top as they come, for a song that Axl Rose started writing on piano almost ten years earlier, and it was the first video released before Youtube existed to get to a billion views. It?s part of a trilogy, all based on a short story by longtime Guns ?N Roses affiliate, Del James, who has now been the band?s road manager for decades. Let?s get into the story in this episode of the Behind The Song podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this bonus episode of the Behind the Song podcast, host Janda and music producer Christian Lane, who also happens to be her husband, delve into the fascinating world of Alice Cooper, exploring the stories and influences that didn't make it into the main episode, "When Alice Cooper stopped playing nice." From Cooper's friendship with Groucho Marx to his pivotal role in saving the iconic Hollywood sign, join Janda and Christian as they uncover the layers of creativity and innovation that have kept Alice Cooper a staple in the music industry for decades. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Without a doubt, he?s one of the most fascinating artists on the rock timeline. In fact, Alice Cooper has done such an incredible job of making sure that rock has an enduring spectacle element to it, of being kind of the embodiment of the freaky side of rock, that it?s hard to imagine that there wasn?t ever an Alice Cooper on stage somewhere, snakes, guillotines, electric chairs and all. But of course there was, and it took a while for Alice Cooper?s brand of entertainment to catch hold. When the Billion Dollar Babies album was released in 1973, Alice Cooper topped the charts, the world finally catching up with the idea that glam rock could be the vehicle for a brutal caricature, a theatrical madman, an entertainer who has also come to be known as one of the nicest guys in rock. So it?s funny that one of the hits on that album is about not playing nice anymore in favor of letting one?s freak flag fly. Let?s dig into the story of ?No More Mister Nice Guy? in this episode of the Behind The Song podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It sounds like summer, but the lyrics address serious issues in a way that made it a timeless classic. ?Everybody Wants To Rule The World? by Tears For Fears became a worldwide smash hit when it was released in 1985, during the Cold War between the US and Russia, but over time it has proven itself to be evergreen on a range of concerns, from the environment to dictatorship. It has been covered by over 140 artists, including Don Henley, who inspired the shimmery sound of the song with his hit, "The Boys Of Summer." And, incredibly, it was written at the last minute, the very last song to make it to the band?s second album. Let?s get into why this song has had such a lasting impact in this episode of the Behind The Song podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It?s a song that finds a center in growing older, by an artist who wrote many of his best songs from a nostalgic viewpoint. In fact, the very title of ?Against The Wind? by Bob Seger came from his highschool days, running track and cross country, a runner?s phrase that stuck with Seger and perfectly described how he saw his own life as a road-worn musician, maturing out on the road. The title track of his eleventh studio album - his only album to go to #1 on the album chart - it is one of the best examples of how Seger used his own life?s journey to get to certain personal truths that everyone can sing along to. Let?s look back into ?Against The Wind? in this episode of the Behind The Song podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It?s the song that put the word ?pompatous? into our collective consciousness, a made-up word that was actually a mishearing of ANOTHER made up word. But it sounds great in ?The Joker,? proving once again that in rock and roll, if it sounds good no one will bat an eyelash to question it. In fact, ?The Joker? was the Steve Miller Band?s first number one hit on the Billboard singles chart, and we?ve been singing along to it since 1973. Let?s get into the story of this ever-popular song in this episode of the Behind The Song podcast.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It took original thinking to make one of the best-selling albums of an entire decade, and that?s just what ZZ Top did, although they had some help with coming up with the sound. Completely bypassing the notion that nothing new could be done with rock ?n roll, the trio released Eliminator in 1983, an album that blended their brand of Texas boogie woogie blues rock with synth sounds and drum machines, unleashing danceble rockers that topped the charts. But there is an unsung hero in the ZZ Top story. Dig into it - and how ?Sharp Dressed Man? perfectly sums up the 80?s mindset - in this episode of the Behind The Song podcast.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It?s been said ?Closer To The Heart? by Rush is Canada?s ?Stairway To Heaven,? in ways that go beyond the technical, and it struck a chord worldwide to audiences in a way that Rush?s songs hadn?t before. There?s a folk vibe to this song, a message about finding personal balance and how doing that puts the world at large in a better kind of order. It was the first Rush song to have lyrics penned by an outside co-writer, and it became a hit. Geddy Lee said it was ?as close as they ever got to a pop song.? But who was that outside writer? Let?s get into ?Closer To The Heart? in this episode of the Behind The Song podcast.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It was a song that Jon Bon Jovi had to admit that he was wrong about. It took serious convincing for him to agree to put what became Bon Jovi?s signature song on their third album, a make or break album for the band. And the song does what only a very big, monster hit song can do: get in your head and stay there, probably forever. It also tells a story about a couple of kids, Tommy and Gina?the first in a series of songs in which the couple would appear. Get into the story of ?Livin? On A Prayer? in this episode of the Behind The Song podcast with your host, Janda Lane. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It may be the most delicate song in the entire Rolling Stones catalog, with Mick Jagger delivering every single line of ?Wild Horses? with an impassioned weight. And there?s good reason for that. By the time this song was written and recorded for 1971?s Sticky Fingers album, the Stones had more than enough personal drama to sing about. Get into it in this episode of the Behind The Song podcast with Janda Lane.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Workplace romances can be challenging?especially when your job is being part of a rock band. That was certainly the case with the band Heart. In fact, their first Top 10 hit in the US was written about the beginnings of what became an intra-band relationship. Get into the story of ?Magic Man? in this episode of the Behind The Song podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

By 1983, John Mellencamp had finally gotten the upper hand on his career. After the success of his breakthrough album, 1982?s American Fool, he had all the cards in his deck to change the game when it came to his relationship with the music business executives who had tried to control him from the start, over six years earlier.  For his seventh studio album, Uh Huh, he did just that. Released in the fall of '83, t is the first album that bears his last name, an important step toward freeing himself of artistic shackles. Uh Huh was another success for Mellencamp on the charts, and one of its charting singles could be viewed as his mission statement: a song that encapsulates not only his battle with the folks in the corner offices who tried to dictate his career but the very spirit of the man himself. Let?s get into the story of ?Authority Song? in this episode of the Behind The Song podcast.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd stands alone in many ways. By dealing with the uncomfortable concepts of life, death, greed, and mental illness, this body of work chimes with the human experience on a real level, which is remarkable considering that Roger Waters wrote the lyrics when he was just in his late 20?s. The content resonates so completely that The Dark Side Of The Moon holds the record on the Billboard 200 chart for being the longest-charting album in the chart?s history - over a thousand weeks and counting. It is one of the best-selling albums in the world, one of the most important in the entire rock genre. And when it comes to ?Time,? track four on side one, we have a song that confronts us with our very path of existence. It traces the whole pattern of life, from youth to death and the great beyond, in six minutes and 53 seconds of pure poetry and amazingly creative audio imagery - ticking clocks and all. Get into it in this episode of the Behind The Song podcast.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ELO?s ?Mr. Blue Sky? is one of the best examples of Jeff Lynne?s particularly bouncy brand of symphonic rock, a song that holds several surprises and reveals itself more and more with each repeated listen...including the very last line of the song, which is actually an often-misheard request! It has been proven to fit a ?Feel Good Song Formula? by a scientist who tested it to find the world?s happiest tune. And for such a bright, happy song, would you be surprised to know that it all came about after Lynne had been suffering from a weather-induced writer?s block, a mental funk, while holed up in Switzerland? A funk that literally ended when the sun came out. Let?s dig in to the awesome story of ?Mr. Blue Sky? in this episode of the Behind The Song podcast.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The song is the biggest hit of Pete Townshend?s solo career, an infectious tune that the songwriter behind The Who has called ?just a little ditty.? It?s a Hollywood favorite, used in charming romantic scenes in movies and TV shows. But like most things about this artist?s work, ?Let My Love Open The Door? has a more complex and deeper meaning than what it sounds like at first. Let?s get into it in this episode of the Behind The Song podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When Pat Benatar?s Tropico album was released in 1984, she was on top of the world: an established superstar talent with a string of chart-toppers, and she and her husband and musical partner Neil Giraldo were about to become first-time parents. The biggest hit from the album, ?We Belong,? would become a worldwide smash, extending her golden streak on the charts. It?s a love song that was actually written by two Los Angeles musicians who were struggling to make it at the time, and its success became a windfall for them that they didn?t see coming. Get into the story in this episode of the Behind The Song podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

By 1981, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were barely talking, having differing opinions on the direction of The Rolling Stones. Making new music together seemed out of the question, but they were booked on a world tour, and needed an album to tour behind. That?s when engineer Chris Kimsey stepped in to save the day, poring over forgotten outtakes from the band?s previous sessions to cobble together what would become the Tattoo You album. The lead track, ?Start Me Up,? was the biggest surprise to Keith Richards, who had written it as a reggae song but never liked what he heard when it was recorded. But, Kimsey found a diamond in the rough: when Richards and Charlie Watts briefly went into the rockin? version we fans have come to know in one of those forgotten sessions. That outtake, after a little polishing, became one of the biggest hits of the Stones? career, and it?s a miracle it was ever found to begin with. Get into the story in this episode of the Behind The Song podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

He was the first former Beatle to release a Christmas single after the band broke up, and he found a way to make a Christmas song carry a message of peace and unity without being overly saccharine. But then again, he was John Lennon. Get into the story of how his and Yoko Ono?s 1971 single ?Happy XMas (War Is Over)? arrived just in time for Christmas in this episode of the Behind The Song podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Neil Young?s second solo album, 1969?s Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, marked the first time he made an album with Crazy Horse as his backing band. Created in a rush of musical output from Young, concurrent with his work with Crosby, Stills, and Nash, it set the stage for the type of sound Young wanted to make as a solo artist: stripped back, without any fancy studio-created bells and whistles. Three of the songs on that album were written while Young had a fever from the flu, and one of them, ?Cinnamon Girl,? led to Young earning the nickname ?The Godfather of Grunge? decades later when bands like Nirvana embraced the the innovative way he downtuned his guitar. But who is the subject of this gritty, hypnotic tune? Find out in this episode of Behind The Song. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

By the time INXS released their sixth album, 1987?s Kick, the band were perched on the edge of international superstardom, a gig that the late Michael Hutchence seemed born for. Kick turned out to be their biggest success, but it was rejected at first by their US label. It may not have come out at all if it weren?t for a devilishly clever plan put into place by their wily manager. Dig in to the story of how this album overcame a major hurdle and made this band of brothers and friends into one of the biggest acts of the late 1980?s, in this episode of Behind The Song. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

By the time Bachman Turner Overdrive were ready to record their third album, Not Fragile, Randy Bachman had sent demo tapes to almost two dozen record labels, all met with rejection letters. Finally, a twist of fate led to inking a contract with Mercury Records?but they were told they were one song short of ?that magic element? the label thought they needed for the album. In this episode of the Behind The Song podcast, find out how ?You Ain?t Seen Nothing Yet? was begrudgingly added to the track listing and became a number one smash for B.T.O. even though Randy Bachman had intended for the song to be nothing more than a brotherly inside joke! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Temple Of The Dog?s short-lived status as a Seattle rock supergroup got its start as a tribute project for the late Andrew Wood of Mother Love Bone, and ended up yielding one self-titled album that became a platinum seller. The idea to record songs for Wood, who died of an overdose at age 24, was the late Chris Cornell of Soundgarden?s way of coping with the grief of losing his friend, and the band he recruited as the songs became a full album included not only fellow Seattle musicians who would go on to form Pearl Jam, but a then-unknown singer who had flown up from San Diego, Eddie Vedder. Unpack the touching history of this classic tune in this episode of the Behind The Song podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

?One Way Or Another? by Blondie is based on an experience frontwoman Debbie Harry had with a stalker ex-boyfriend. In an incredible turnabout of power, the song ended up being one of the major hits on the band?s commercial breakthrough album, Parallel Lines. It?s an inspirational tale about making something positive out of a very negative experience. Find out more in this episode of the Behind The Song podcast.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

?Live And Let Die? marked some important firsts for the James Bond film franchise. It was the first 007 film to star Roger Moore as James Bond, and when it came to the music, it had a little help from some key players with Beatles pedigrees. Paul McCartney?s title theme was the first rock song ever for a Bond film, and the entire score was created by producer Sir George Martin, the fifth Beatle. Find out how it all came together in this episode of the Behind The Song podcast.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Eddie Money seemed to burst onto the national music scene fully formed when his self-titled debut album was released in 1977 and ?Two Tickets To Paradise? climbed up the charts, but he had already traveled a long and unlikely road to get there. His journey begins in a New York City police family, quitting the force himself to travel to California, where he realized his dream to become a rock star with the help of legendary promoter Bill Graham. Let?s unpack the incredible journey of this cop-turned-rock?n?roller in this episode of Behind The Song. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A favorite among Dead fans and casual listeners alike, ?Casey Jones? has a super catchy melody and an origin story that goes back to early 1900?s Americana. It all started with a real-life train engineer whose heroic act inspired a ballad that eventually became the album closer on the Workingman?s Dead album, released in 1970. As with all things Grateful Dead, there?s a story here, and so let?s get into it in this episode of Behind The Song.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

By the time Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers set out to record their third album, Damn The Torpedoes, they were in a legal mess with MCA Records over a contract sale which resulted in Petty losing all of his publishing rights, among other issues. In a drastic strategy to get the label off his back, he filed for bankruptcy and hid the master tapes of the material he, the band, and co-producer Jimmy Iovine were working on every day. That strategy worked, which resulted in a rare triumph for artists in the music business. When Damn The Torpedoes was released, it became their breakthrough, led by ?Refugee,? a song Petty crafted the lyrics for in about 10 minutes. Dig in to the incredible story in this episode of the Behind The Song podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Without the music, the 1983 cult classic film Eddie & The Cruisers just wouldn?t be the same. And without the film, the real-life bar band band who wrote many of the songs for its multi-platinum soundtrack wouldn?t have recorded the Top Ten single from it, ?On The Dark Side.? Get into the story of how John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown band got the gig of a lifetime in this episode of the Behind The Song podcast.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

By the time David Bowie wrote the songs for his Aladdin Sane album, which was released in April of 1973, it was his first time writing as an actual rock star. Inspired by the people and places he saw in America while touring as his Ziggy Stardust concept, he called Aladdin Sane his ?Ziggy Goes To America? album. Two people in particular that he met in New York City became the muse for its first single, the glam rock bop ?The Jean Genie.? Get into the story in this episode of the Behind The Song podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

By the time U2 recorded their seventh album, 1991?s Achtung Baby, they were exhausted from nonstop touring, going through personal struggles at home in Ireland, and were at odds with each other about which direction to take musically. So, they headed to Berlin for a fresh start, landing on the day of the German Unification after the fall of the Berlin Wall. It was there that they wrote the song that put them all on the same page as a band again, the timeless ?One,? a song about division that actually helped the band transition into a new decade. Get into the whole story in this episode of the Behind The Song podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The late Peter Green was one of the early guitar heroes in England, alongside names like Eric Clapton. He formed Fleetwood Mac in 1967, and their early records during his time leading the band yielded songs that were transcendent, psychedelic, and rooted in the blues music that he loved. Before quitting the band and spending many years afterward battling schizophrenia, he wrote ?Black Magic Woman,? a song popularized by Santana when he covered it for his Abraxas album. Get into the whole incredible story in this episode of the Behind The Song podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

?Lady? was the first of several hit Styx songs that Dennis DeYoung wrote for his longtime wife, Suzanne. It became the first hit song for the band, and it is largely held to be the very first power ballad in rock. Get into the inspiring story in this episode of the Behind The Song podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

?In The City? is best known as an album cut on 1979?s The Long Run, an album the Eagles cobbled together after many months and on the heels of their epic Hotel California album and tour. But it was first co-written by Joe Walsh for the soundtrack to the cult classic film The Warriors, and it?s his version you hear in the unforgettable end scene. Find out how this song came to be recorded by both Joe Walsh and the Eagles after the film was released in this episode of Behind The Song!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"Right Now? by Van Halen is an inspirational song about living in the moment, but it took a long time to come together. Released on 1991?s For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge, their third after Sammy Hagar joined as frontman, it was purposefully written without a trace of reference to fast cars, girls, or partying. The video for the song was so ahead of its time - dealing with world issues and cultural hot button topics - that Hagar was afraid that the lyrics he had so painstakingly penned would get lost in the concept, at first. And of course, there?s the incomparable Eddie Van Halen playing piano on ?Right Now,? a musical note that has its own backstory. Unpack it all in this episode of Behind The Song!  Watch the video episode and subscribe to the Behind The Song Youtube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@behindthesongpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1981, the launch of MTV coincided with the rise of Billy Squier, and the two were a match made in pop culture heaven. The year ended with a singalong performance of his holiday single, ?Christmas Is The Time to Say I Love You,? filmed at the MTV studios in New York City and aired as MTV?s first Christmas special. All five original MTV VeeJays were a part of the choir: Mark Goodman, Martha Quinn, Nina Blackwood, Alan Hunter, and the late J.J. Jackson, and the moment captured both the energy of those early MTV true believers and the spirit of the season. In a twist of irony, it was another video released a few years later that got Squier into hot water with his fans! Unwrap the history in this episode of the Behind The Song podcast. Watch the video episode and subscribe to the Behind The Song Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@behindthesongpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

?Bad Reputation? is a song Joan Jett wrote while being rejected over and over by people in the music business, after realizing that she herself had gotten a bad reputation simply by being in her scandalously young former band, The Runaways. She and her producer, Kenny Laguna, were turned down so many times by record labels in the US, in fact, that they finally decided to take matters into their own hands to release her debut solo album. Dig into the very rock ?n roll story of Joan Jett?s rise from LA teen rocker to a platinum-selling member of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in this episode of the Behind The Song podcast. Watch the video episode and subscribe to the Behind The Song Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@behindthesongpodcast Host: Janda Lane Music Producer: Christian Lane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

?Give A Little Bit,? the opening track on Supertramp?s 1977 album, Even In The Quietest Moments?.is a song that appeals to our better angels, with an idealistic message of unity and generosity. Written by Roger Hodgson when he was still a teenager, the song went on to become one of many worldwide hits for the band, has been used to represent charities ranging from UNICEF to The Red Cross, and even ended up being a princess?s favorite song. Take a closer look at this singalong song and its unifying beauty in this episode of the Behind The Song podcast. Watch the video episode and subscribe to the Behind The Song Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@behindthesongpodcast Host: Janda Lane Music Producer: Christian Lane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When you think about Def Leppard, country music is probably the last thing that comes to mind. This band helped usher in the second wave of British heavy metal and made it appealing to the masses with a polished, pop element to their songs that are all a far cry from the country genre. But on their fourth album, 1987?s Hysteria, an album created after the horrifying car accident that took drummer Rick Allen?s arm, the band said yes to recording a little song that their producer Mutt Lange brought to them, an acoustic number he had originally written as a country tune that became ?Love Bites,? their first chart topper in the US. Unpack the lyrics and history of this song and the incredible triumph of the Hysteria album in the new episode of the Behind The Song podcast. Watch the video episode and subscribe to the Behind The Song Youtube channel: https://bit.ly/2DBF4wJ Host: Janda Lane Music Producer: Christian Lane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When The Police recorded their final album, 1983?s Synchronicity, they were the biggest band in the world, but they were on the brink of disintegrating Personal conflicts with each other and drama in their personal lives would play a part in their breakup, and at least one of the songs, ?King Of Pain,? was written by Sting about the misery of divorce. The fact that the album went on to top the charts is a testament to the musical magic that this three-piece rock band from London were capable of, even in the throes of their own demise. Unpack the lyrics and history of this incredible song in the new episode of the Behind The Song podcast. Watch the video episode and subscribe to the Behind The Song Youtube channel: https://bit.ly/2DBF4wJ Host: Janda Lane Music Producer: Christian Lane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pink Floyd?s 1979 double album, The Wall, stands tall as a body of work. A true rock opera, it tells a tale of a war orphan who grew up to become a jaded rock star, growing increasingly isolated behind a mental wall?which closely mirrors Roger Waters? own life experiences. This epic undertaking may very well never have happened without producer Bob Ezrin, who was brought in to help the band flesh out the concept, and he?s responsible for pushing for the release of ?Another Brick In The Wall Part II? as a single, one of the few songs released outside of album form by Pink Floyd. Find out more about Ezrin?s part in building The Wall in this episode of Behind The Song. Watch the video episode and subscribe to the Behind The Song Youtube channel: https://bit.ly/2DBF4wJ Host: Janda Lane Music Producer: Christian Lane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When David Bowie wrote ?Moonage Daydream,? he didn?t actually write it for himself. Yet, the song became the pivotal hinge on which the rest of his ingenious album, 'The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars' swung. A deep cut on the album, it is the title that director Brett Morgen took for the documentary film about Bowie?s kaleidoscopic career, and for good reason: when Bowie freaked out in a moonage daydream, we all did after his fashion. Find out why this song is an important star in Bowie?s constellation of music in the 100th episode of the Behind The Song podcast. Watch the video episode and subscribe to the Behind The Song Youtube channel: https://bit.ly/2DBF4wJ Host: Janda Lane Music Producer: Christian Lane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

?All Apologies? by Nirvana is the last song on the band that rocked a generation?s third and last album, In Utero. If the last song on an album is an indication of what might come next in musical terms from a band, fans may have had many more textured, beautiful, dynamic songs like it to look forward to, had Kurt Cobain not died at age 27 just months after it was released. Like many of his songs, the lyrics are often misheard, and even those misheard lyrics seem to make sense when he sang them. Unravel the lyrics and story of this haunting and timeless song, forever a reminder of a once-in-a-lifetime talent gone too soon, in this episode of the Behind The Song podcast. Host: Janda Lane Music Producer: Christian Lane Watch the video episode and subscribe to the Behind The Song Youtube channel: https://bit.ly/2DBF4wJ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The song "Angie," released on The Rolling Stones' Goats Head Soup album in 1973, has been the subject of much debate over the years. Is there an actual "Angie" and if so, who is she? Unravel the many rumors about the namesake of this classic tune in the new episode of the Behind The Song podcast. Watch the video episode and subscribe to the Behind The Song Youtube channel: https://bit.ly/2DBF4wJ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When the band Queen set out to make Sheer Heart Attack, their third album, much was at stake. They were embroiled in a battle over royalties with their management, and guitarist Brian May had become extremely ill while on tour as the supporting act for Mott The Hoople. Broke and finding themselves working under pressures that could have dashed their rock star dreams, Freddy Mercury somehow wrote ?Killer Queen.? The whimsical song about a high-class call girl ended up being their first smash hit in the US, and its success finally helped propel the band to headliner status. Take a closer look at this killer song in the new episode of the Behind The Song podcast. Watch the video episode and subscribe to the Behind The Song Youtube channel: https://bit.ly/2DBF4wJ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When Men At Work wrote their 1982 hit, "Down Under," little did they know that it would become a worldwide smash. They were the first Australian band to have a simultaneous number one song on both the Billboard album and singles charts in the US, and the enormous success of this song introduced the world to very Australian things...vegemite spread, what it is to "chunder," and more. Unpack the meaning of this Aussie hit in the new episode of the Behind The Song podcast. Watch the video episode and subscribe to the Behind The Song Youtube channel: https://bit.ly/2DBF4wJ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When Bruce Springsteen decided to double up on songs for his 1980 album, The River, he also decided to keep its biggest hit for himself instead of giving it to the punk rock band he originally wrote it for. With a title inspired by a poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, this song about the wanderlust of a traveling man resonated with fans so much that it became his first chart-topping hit, going all the way to number five on the Billboard Hot 100. Unpack the history of ?Hungry Heart? in the new episode of the Behind The Song podcast. Watch the video episode and subscribe to the Behind The Song Youtube channel: https://bit.ly/2DBF4wJ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

They?re not exactly as wholesome as apple pie, but they have been anointed ?America?s Greatest Rock Band? for good reason. Aerosmith have sold more hard rock albums than any other American band, and they went from being an opening act to stadium headliners with the release of their third album, Toys In The Attic, released in 1975. The lead single from that album, ?Sweet Emotion? marked important firsts: it was their first song to hit the Top 40 chart, and it was the first co-write credit that bassist Tom Hamilton got on the scoreboard. Steven Tyler?s lyrics are full of daggers aimed at Joe Perry?s then-girlfriend, and there is even a hidden message buried in the song. Dig in to the history of this classic tune in the new episode of the Behind The Song podcast. Watch the video episode and subscribe to the Behind The Song Youtube channel: https://bit.ly/2DBF4wJ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices