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Watching The Wheels by John Lennon - Daily Song Facts

14 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments ChasingAfterTheWind

John Lennon wrote this ode to inactivity to explain what he had been up to in the last six years. Until Double Fantasy, his last album was Walls And Bridges, which was released in 1974. He was no longer interested in fame, and dedicated himself to...

Crystalline by Björk - Daily Song Facts

13 Apr 2020 2 minute read 0 comments ChasingAfterTheWind

Biophilia is a collaboration with Apple and is billed as the world's first "app album." It features music videos and unique apps for all ten tracks created to add multiple dimensions to each song. In the app for this song, players can navigate thr...

The Reason Why Greenland is Larger than Australia.

13 Apr 2020 1 minute read 4 comments orbithunter

The photo below is a photo of a world map. If you look closer, you will notice that I have marked both Greenland and Australia. In particular, I would like you to take note of which landmass is larger. "Mercator projection (82°S and 82°N.)" by Strebe...

Falling Down by Lil Peep & XXXTentacion - Daily Song Facts

13 Apr 2020 1 minute read 1 comment ChasingAfterTheWind

"Falling Down" was originally recorded as "Sunlight on Your Skin" during a London studio session between Atlanta singer-songwriter iLoveMakonnen and New York emo hip-hop artist Lil Peep as part of a collaboration project. Lil Peep died in November...

Can't Help Falling In Love by Elvis Presley - Daily Song Facts

13 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments ChasingAfterTheWind

This was featured in the 1961 Elvis movie Blue Hawaii. It was written by the songwriter George Weiss, who claimed that neither the movie producers nor Elvis' associates liked the song demo, but Elvis insisted on recording this song for the movie....

You Know You're Right by Nirvana - Daily Song Facts

12 Apr 2020 1 minute read 1 comment ChasingAfterTheWind

"You Know You're Right" was recorded January 30, 1994 at Robert Lang studios in Seattle just before Nirvana embarked on a European tour, which turned out to be their last. It was the last song the band recorded, as Kurt Cobain passed away on April...

Easter by Rapids Network

12 Apr 2020 1 minute read 2 comments Chriss

Hello everyone! All Rapids Network teams wish you a Happy Easter! No matter our age, our culture or the place where we live on this beautiful planet, Easter is and will always be a friendly time with the family. The Joy of sharing this moment with ou...

Simple Man by Lynyrd Skynyrd - Daily Song Facts

11 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments ChasingAfterTheWind

Shortly after vocalist Ronnie Van Zant's grandmother and lead guitarist Gary Rossington's mother died, they got together in Van Zant's apartment and started telling stories about them. Rossington came up with a chord progression, and Van Zant wrot...

Gangnam Style by PSY - Daily Song Facts

11 Apr 2020 3 minute read 0 comments ChasingAfterTheWind

Park Jae-sang is a South Korean singer/rapper, who is better known by his stage name, PSY, which stems from the first three letters of the word psycho. PSY is popular in his home country for the satirical slant of his songs and humorous videos and...

Comedown by Bush - Daily Song Facts

11 Apr 2020 1 minute read 1 comment ChasingAfterTheWind

Rossdale had written songs with other people, but this was the first one he wrote on his own. It gave him a lot of confidence and inspired him to keep writing. Lead singer Gavin Rossdale wrote this about his ex-girlfriend, Suze DiMarchi. She was l...