
If I Could Change Your Mind
James Ford produced it, all three sisters wrote it, and the harmonies turn a plea into a groove.

James Ford produced it, all three sisters wrote it, and the harmonies turn a plea into a groove.

Kravitz stumbled on the riff testing an amplifier, nearly buried it as a B-side, and won a Grammy instead.

Frusciante back in the band and playing deliberately spare, while Flea's bass run opens Californication at a sprint.

DiFiore's trumpet lick, chords borrowed from Sweet Jane, and McCrea deadpanning a want ad for the ideal woman.

A club patron asked the band's drummer for funky music; Parissi wrote the answer on an order pad.

One character, tracked across three albums to her death, and a Frusciante outro built on Purple Haze.

A cassette demo made while a taxi idled outside, finished in Hong Kong, and INXS's only American number one.

The Temptations sang backup, and the bass line James dismissed as silly later won him a Grammy through Hammer's sample.

Nina Hagen handed Kiedis a jacket from her closet, and Frusciante ran his solo backwards over Flea's jam-session riff.

Gabriel wanted real brass, hired the Memphis Horns' Wayne Jackson, then knocked his old band Genesis off number one.

Deacon's bassline owes Chic, Michael Jackson talked them into releasing it, and Queen landed their biggest-selling single.