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Learning to Fly by Tom Petty - Daily Song Facts

20 May 2020 1 minute read 1 comment ChasingAfterTheWind

Many people assume that this song is about drugs, but it isn't. Petty got the idea for it when he saw a pilot being interviewed on TV. The pilot said how it wasn't hard learning to fly... the hardest part was coming down. The song was written in 1...

Drops of Jupiter by Train - Daily Song Facts

14 May 2020 2 minute read 1 comment ChasingAfterTheWind

In an interview with VH1, lead singer Pat Monahan revealed that he wrote this song about the death of his mother. Train released their first album in 1998, and were touring that year when Monahan's mother was dying of lung cancer - she was a heavy...

Yellow by Coldplay - Daily Song Facts

14 May 2020 1 minute read 4 comments ChasingAfterTheWind

Lead singer Chris Martin has said that the lyrics are about being devoted to someone, wanting to do anything for them: writing a song for them, swimming across the sea for them and so on. He said that it's not necessarily a romantic devotion, but...

The Only Exception by Paramore - Daily Song Facts

11 May 2020 2 minute read 0 comments ChasingAfterTheWind

Frontwoman and lyricist Hayley Williams told Kerrang!, that it's "the first time I've been able to write a song about that [love]." She added: "Josh [Farro] (guitar) brought me the music and I thought it was so beautiful. I don't know where my hea...

I Love Rock And Roll by Joan Jett - Daily Song Facts

11 May 2020 3 minute read 0 comments ChasingAfterTheWind

This was originally recorded by a British group called The Arrows in 1975, and it was written by their lead singer Alan Merrill and guitarist Jake Hooker. The song was released as a B-side with "Broken Down Heart." The song didn't chart and was ba...

Prayer Of The Refugee by Rise Against - Daily Song Facts

11 May 2020 1 minute read 0 comments ChasingAfterTheWind

The lyrics to the song were written by lead vocalist Tim McIlrath, and deal with the political issue of forced displacement and the societal issues surrounding refugees, while the music was collectively written by the band. The song uses a contras...

Welcome To The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance - Daily Song Facts

8 May 2020 2 minute read 1 comment ChasingAfterTheWind

This is the first single from the album The Black Parade. In an interview with MTV, lead singer Gerard Way explained that the concept of the album is "The Patient," who dies of cancer at an early age. According to Way, death comes in the form of y...

Highway to Hell by AC/DC - Daily Song Facts

8 May 2020 2 minute read 0 comments ChasingAfterTheWind

The title is often attributed as a phrase AC/DC guitarist Angus Young used to describe touring in America. There is a much more literal explanation, however. "Highway to Hell" was the nickname for the Canning Highway in Australia. It runs from whe...

I Want You To Want Me by Cheap Trick - Daily Song Facts

3 May 2020 1 minute read 1 comment ChasingAfterTheWind

This song has a intriguing history. It was written by Cheap Trick's guitarist Rick Nielsen and recorded for their 1977 self-titled debut album, but it didn't make the cut. The song was included on their second album, In Color, which was released l...

Black by Pearl Jam - Daily Song Facts

2 May 2020 1 minute read 2 comments ChasingAfterTheWind

Eddie Vedder explained in the Pearl Jam 20 documentary that this song is about first relationships. "The song is about letting go," said Vedder. "It's very rare for a relationship to withstand the Earth's gravitational pull and where it's going to...