Play it Again
2014
Davidson and Gorley's tailgate story carried Bryan to the top two Country Airplay spots at once, a chart first.
★ 1.9
The Songs canon
Sourced and sung.
Every song chosen by hand, with the recording to play it.
Browse all 2,393 songs or filter by genre, subject, artist, and year.
Browse all 2,393 songs or filter by genre, subject, artist, and year.
I Go Back
2004
Jack & Diane, Only the Good Die Young, Rock'n Me: the songs Chesney says drag him back.
★ 2.5
These Words
2004
Writer's block became the subject; Bedingfield turned her failure to finish a love song into a UK number one.
★ 2.7
Leader of the Band
1981
Fogelberg wrote it for his father Lawrence, a working bandleader who lived to hear it and talk about it.
★ 3.8
Bongo Bong
1998 · From Clandestino
A Mano Negra tune remade over a Black Uhuru groove, and the same melody resurfaces twice more on Clandestino.
★ 4.8
Don't Rock the Jukebox
1991
Jackson leaned against a wobbly jukebox in a Virginia lounge, left with the title, and George Jones got name-checked.
★ 5.0
Hip Hop HoorayNaughty by Nature
Hip Hop Hooray
1993
KayGee looped James Brown and Peter Gabriel, and Spike Lee filled the Brooklyn video with Tupac and Queen Latifah.
★ 5.1
Play That Funky Music
1975
A club patron asked the band's drummer for funky music; Parissi wrote the answer on an order pad.
★ 5.2
Emmylou
2012
Mike Mogis produced it; the Söderberg sisters name Gram and Emmylou, June and Johnny, and sing harmony like devotion.
★ 5.4
The Rubberband Man
1976
Started life as "The Fat Man", written by Bell for his teased son, and Philippe Wynne made it fly.
★ 5.5
The Next Movement
1999 · From Things Fall Apart
DJ Jazzy Jeff's scratches, the Jazzyfatnastees on the hook, and a live band swinging harder than any sampler.
★ 5.5
P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)Parliament
P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)
1975
Mothership Connection opens as a pirate broadcast from space, with Maceo Parker and Fred Wesley newly defected from James Brown.
★ 5.7
Trenchtown RockBob Marley and the Wailers
Trenchtown Rock
1977
Self-produced by the Wailers, and the track that opened the Lyceum nights Island taped in July 1975.
★ 5.7
Down on the Corner
1969 · From Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits
Washboard, kazoo and a gut bass in the lyrics, Fogerty's imaginary jug band playing for nickels.
★ 6.0
Motownphilly
1991
Michael Bivins raps their discovery story over Dallas Austin's new jack swing, with a doo-wop turn at the close.
★ 6.0
Rock and RollThe Velvet Underground
Rock and Roll
1970 · From Loaded
Tucker was pregnant, so Doug Yule played drums, bass and the solo; Reed's Jenny finds her life on the radio.
★ 6.0
The Seed 2.0
2002 · From Phrenology
Cody ChesnuTT's four-track bedroom original rebuilt by a live band, his guitar hook intact, Questlove pushing the tempo up.
★ 6.1
Do You Believe in Magic
1965
Sebastian's autoharp opens it, written after he watched a teenager dance at the Night Owl in Greenwich Village.
★ 6.1
Magic Carpet Ride
1968
Moreve's riff, Monarch's feedback spliced onto the front by the engineer, and words Kay wrote about his new stereo.
★ 6.1
25 or 6 to 4
1970
Lamm looked at his watch at 3:35 a.m. and had a title; Cetera sang it with his jaw wired together.
★ 6.2