Nature!
Fans have debated whether precipitation is a metaphor for sad feelings or a description of a real natural weather phenomenon in this 1992 hit. Either way, Blind Melon doesn’t want any.
This song makes it clear that your American Thighs didn’t vibrate the lead singer of ACDC for only part of the evening.
Though not originally written as a queer anthem, this 1939 Best Original Song winner, sung by Judy Garland, was adopted by gay communities decades later.
Just 'cause Adele said it, it don't mean that she meant it, in this 2011 hit.
Greggor may or may not be a horse person. But he does seem to enjoy some equine hijinx at this Chappel Roan joint.
Adele sang this greeting in 2015 “from the other side.” When Lionel Ritchie sang it in 1983, he asked, “Is it me you’re looking for?” In 2003, Evanescence sang it to give you “someone to talk to.”
Stevie Nicks compares both her love life and overall life course to this earthy type of natural disaster.
The nocturnal illness described in this Bee Gees song is highly contagious!
This 2018 Best Song winner was performed by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, who also starred in the film which featured it.
Bonnie Raitt proposes forbidden love as a topic of conversation.
Lauren doesn’t need a partner to go dancing. Or to write her name in the sand. In fact, she knows how to live out this Miley Cyrus song.
In 1959, The Isley Brothers wanted to throw their hands up and do this. In 1984, Tears for Fears wanted you to do the same to “let it all out.” Either way, we’re screaming.
As the degradation of the environment continues, things are even less “like they used to be” these days. This song tried to warn us!
In this 1976 jam, Bob Seeger nostalgically details the best time to work on losing the awkward teenage blues (or your Night Cheese).
The protagonists of this 1992 animated film traveled to the Pyramids in Egypt, the Parthenon in Greece, and the Forbidden City in China while singing this Oscar-winning song.
Reo Speedwagon know the neighborhood. Talk is cheaper when the story is good, they claim in this 1980 jam.
Kim sees through your capitalist bullshit. But she recognizes that we are “just one step on the boss man’s ladder,” as Dolly noted in this song.
TLC was singing about cheating. Radiohead was singing about being weird. Both settled on this word.
DAILY DOUBLE In this song, TLC claims that rivers and lakes are safer than these dynamic geological features.
Duet: One T-Boz, one Left-Eye
Juice Newton refuses to do an AM walk of shame in this 1981 ballad.
1984 was considered to be one of the most competitive years in the Best Original Song Category, with Footloose, Let’s Hear it for the Boy, and Ghostbusters all receiving nominations. In the end, this Stevie wonder jam, full of affection and telecommunication, came out on top.
In 1981 the Gogos used their pop platform to advise us that silence is a weapon we can use in our defense.
Both Maria and Lauren frankly don’t care if you are a rocket scientist or Brad Pitt. They embody Shania’s POV from this 1998 hit.
Both Robbie Nevil and B*Witched acknowledge that this is how you say “That’s Life” in French. But at least Robbie Nevil “got a job.”
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot just so this colorful vehicle could take away your old man.
DAILY DOUBLE: This chipper yet seductive number asks why wait until the middle of a cold, dark night when you could have some…
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This year's Best Song winner was the first K-Pop number to take the crown.
You should neither hush, hush, nor keep it down now when you belt out this 1985 song by Til Tuesday.
Dio is a hopeless romantic. (With an amazing partner like Sinaya, how could he not be?) So it made sense when he suggested this 1986 Peter Cetera ballad that was featured in Karate Kid II. Cause Dio and Daniel Larusso are “like a knight in shining armor, from a long time ago.”
This Three Dog Night classic, featuring a friendly bullfrog, is not as classic as this 1719 Christmas Carol in which heaven and nature sing.