SAD SONGS
(1974-Harry Chapin) This song is about a father & son who can't schedule time to be together, and it's a warning about putting one's career before family.
CAT'S IN THE CRADLE
(2013-Pharrell Williams) Williams wrote and recorded this song for the soundtrack of the animated movie Despicable Me 2.
HAPPY
(1983-Cyndi Lauper) This song became an anthem for female attitude and set fashion trends for the 1980s.
GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN
(2015-Lauren Daigle) This powerful song is about forgiveness and grace.
HOW CAN IT BE
(1970-Elton John) This song was Elton's first single to make it on the charts.
YOUR SONG
(2013-A Great Big World/Christina Aguilera) This song was written during a time when the two members of the band (AGBW) were dealing with their individual heartbreaks.
SAY SOMETHING
(1988-Bobby McFerrin) McFerrin recorded this song a cappella (without instruments), and used only his body to make all the sounds.
DON'T WORRRY BE HAPPY
(1997-Shania Twain) Twain wrote this song as a celebration of her transformation from a tomboy into womanhood.
MAN! I FEEL LIKE A WOMAN
(1885-Carl Boberg) Boberg was inspired to write the lyrics to this hymn after taking shelter during a thunderstorm. After the skies cleared, a rainbow appeared.
HOW GREAT THOU ART
(1997-Shania Twain) Twain and her husband wrote this song which was inspired by their marriage, which many felt wouldn't last.
YOU'RE STILL THE ONE
(1980-George Jones) This song is about a man whose love for a woman that left him, never dies until the day that he himself dies.
HE STOPPED LOVING HER TODAY
(1964-Martha & The Vandellas) The lyrics of this song were inspired when the writer was driving through Detroit on a summer day. The city would open up fire hydrants and people would play in the water to cool off.
DANCING IN THE STREETS
(1978-Gloria Gaynor) This song is about moving on after a bad relationship.
I WILL SURVIVE
(1873-Horatio Spafford) Spafford wrote this hymn while the ship he was sailing on was passing over the spot where his four daughters perished just weeks before.
IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL
(1964-Marvin Gaye) The writer of this song said he was sitting at the piano, fantasizing about how good it would be if the woman had eyes for was madly in love with him.
HOW SWEET IT IS TO BE LOVED BY YOU
(1952-Hank Williams) Hank wrote this song about his first wife, shortly after they divorced.
YOUR CHEATIN' HEART
(1972-Stevie Wonder) This song is about a man remembering why he loves his wife.
YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE
(1967-Aretha Franklin) This song is about a woman telling her man that she does everything and gets nothing in return.
RESPECT
(2001-Mercy Me) This song is about a man imagining what it would be like meeting Jesus for the first time.
I COULD ONLY IMAGINE
(1978-The Commodores) Lionel Richie was inspired to write this song when he attended his parent's 37th wedding anniversary.
THREE TIMES A LADY
(1960-Mark Dinning) This song is about the tragic death of the singer's girlfriend whos car stalled on a railway track.
TEEN ANGEL
(1977-Bill Withers) Near the end of this song, Withers holds a note for 18 seconds, which might be the longest held vocal note of any hit song.
LOVELY DAY
(1978-Chaka Khan) This song is about a strong woman who supports her man and makes him a better person.
I'M EVERY WOMAN
(1779-John Newton) Newton, a captain of slave ships who later found God and became an abolitionist, wrote this hymn which is based on his religious conversion.
AMAZING GRACE
(1981-Diana Ross & Lionel Richie) This song was from a 1981 moving starring Brooke Shields.
ENDLESS LOVE