Mick Jagger explained: "It's a good song, even if I say so myself. It's got a very sing-along chorus, and people can identify with it: No one gets what they always want. The lyrics are about how hard it is to find happiness. No matter what you have, you always want more.

It was during that time that the Cold War between the United States and Russia was at one of its peaks that this song was written. Thus many of the cryptic lyrics in it refer to that tense situation. However, what the track is about in general is the lust for power and control and the destructive consequences which manifest as a result. Thus it is also believed that “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” contains references to George Orwell’s classic book 1984. It is important to mention that 1984 is not only about war but also its fictional government’s all-encompassing desire to control the masses.

The lyrics describe the fictional Major Tom who blasts off into space, but then loses connection with the control center (ground control), and gets lost. Bowie was a known drug user at the time, so many have speculated that the song could be metaphor for a drug overdose.

Five decades after debuting on the U.K. charts in 1971 with “Your Song,” Elton John is once again at the top of the list. “You can imagine how I feel.” John says. “A lot of it is, of course, due to Dua Lipa’s, but I feel very very content and happy that I’m relevant.”

"Lovely Day" is a song by American soul and R&B singer Bill Withers. Written by Withers and Skip Scarborough, it was released on December 21, 1977. The song is notable for Withers's sustained note towards the end, which, at 18 seconds long, is one of the longest ever recorded on an American pop song.

Dua Lipa, her real name, was born in London, England, the eldest child of Kosovo Albanian parents. After working as a model, she signed with Warner Bros. Records in 2014 and released her eponymous debut album in 2017. The album peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart.

This classic is easily one of the greatest love songs ever made. This song is about how the singer loves and has fallen in love with an angel, because he knows she won’t hurt him as others would. That’s why she “brings flesh to his bones”. She is giving him a new lease of life he has never felt before

The Rolling Stones have produced some of the most controversial rock songs. The main lyrical inspiration for this song comes from a combination of sources. One is Charles Baudelaire and the other is Mikhail Bulgakov, the russian author of The Master And Margarita‘, a fantasy novel with social satire. 

Like many exceptional artists, José is a self-taught music man. Exposure to the elements of jazz and formal training in music came late in José’s career, when he frequently performed in theatrical plays and musicals as a young novice, that he discovered the undisputed eminence of his resonating voice.

U2, Irish postpunk band that by the end of the 1980s had established itself not only as one of the world’s most popular bands but also as one of its most innovative. U2 instantly created a distinctive identity with its grandiose sound, a merger of the Edge’s minimal, reverb-drenched guitar and Bono’s quasi-operatic vocals.

“Hey Jude” is a song McCartney wrote to comfort John Lennon’s son, Julian, after Lennon had left his wife for the Japanese artist Yoko Ono. The lyrics present a positive outlook on a sad situation, while also encouraging “Jude” to pursue his opportunities to find love.

The lyrics relate to a person flying in to meet a lonely missionary. As a child, David Paich, who wrote this song, attended a Catholic school; several of his teachers had done missionary work in Africa. Their missionary work became the inspiration behind the line: “I bless the rains down in Africa”.

"Fly Me to the Moon", originally titled "In Other Words", is a song written in 1954 by Bart Howard. Frank Sinatra's 1964 version, the more famous, was closely associated with the Apollo missions to the Moon. This great cover is from Gigi de Lana, a Youtuber star from the Philippines.

When Bono, the singer, wrote these words, it was 1991. Without inspiration, U2 was going to break up. But the miracle happened one afternoon, in the form of this melody, “One”, that arrived by chance. “Suddenly something very powerful was happening in the room” Edge, the guitarist said.

The 1980s saw the emergence of electronic dance music and new wave, also known as Modern Rock. As disco fell out of fashion in the decade's early years, genres such as post-disco and dance-pop became more popular. Rock music continued to enjoy a wide audience.