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Bon Jovi - This Ain't A Love Song
This Ain’t A Love Song off the These Days album is a song about heartache, losing someone you love. Look at the chorus “If the love that...


Kiss - Thrills In The Night
"Thrills in the night" is about a woman who lives a double life. During the day, she buttons up and puts in her eight hours at work, all...


The Fray - How to Save a Life
Isaac Slade explained that he wrote this song about an experience he had working at a camp for troubled youths: "One of the kids I was...


Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
The band is named after a sculpture in Seattle called "Soundgarden," and longtime speculation was that this song got its name from...


The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
Lead singer Richard Ashcroft wrote the lyrics, which are a somber look at the ennui of everyday life: "You're a slave to money, then you...


The Offspring - Why Don't You Get A Job?
The sing-song melody is based on The Beatles song " Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da ," with some elements of Simon & Garfunkel's " Cecilia ." Despite...


Chumbawamba - Tubthumping
In England, a tubthumper is a politician. The US equivalent of tubthumping is "going on the stump" (campaigning). "To piss" has a...


Smash Mouth - All Star
When Smash Mouth released their debut album Fush Yu Mang in 1997, they built a fanbase thanks to the hit "Walkin' on the Sun." They...


Red Hot Chili Peppers - Snow (Hey Oh)
This song is about cocaine and China White heroin, two of lead singer Anthony Kiedis' drugs of choice. Both are a white powdery...
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