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Bryan Adams - Run To You
Bryan Adams wrote this song in 1983 with his songwriting partner Jim Vallance. They wrote the song for Blue Oyster Cult, whose producer...


Def Leppard - Love Bites
"Love Bites" is a power ballad recorded by the English glam metal band Def Leppard in 1987 on the album Hysteria . It is Def Leppard's...


Heart - Alone
"Alone" is a song composed by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly, who recorded it under the name i-Ten on their 1983 album Taking a Cold Look...


Rod Stewart - Maggie May
This was the first big hit of the rock era to feature a mandolin, which was mostly heard in folk music. Stewart first used the instrument...


Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Guns N' Roses covered this on their 1991 album, Use Your Illusion II. They played it in 1992 at a tribute concert for Freddie Mercury,...


Metallica - The Unforgiven
For "The Unforgiven" James Hetfield put his personal feelings stemmed from his childhood turmoil into lyrics. As he said in an interview,...


AC/DC - Jailbreak
This is about Mark Brandon Reid, also known as "Chopper." He was sent to jail for murdering a gang leader and he got sentenced to 16...


Evanescence - Bring Me To Life
This was the first single from Evanescence; it became a huge hit and launched their career. The song first appeared (along with "My...


Blondie - Call Me
"Call Me" was the most successful of all Blondie singles in their native USA, where it was the best-selling single of 1980. European...
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