“In my mind I had to write that song. But oh, it was terrible! It was laughed at”: The crazy song that Neil Diamond wishes he hadn’t written

Neil Diamond knows a thing or two about songwriting. In his vast discography are some of the greatest pop songs of all time: ...
American Songwriter

3 Songs That Are So Iconic You’d Never Think the Artist Didn’t Originally Write Them

Did you know "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" was written by a man? Here are three songs that weren't originally written by their ...
American Songwriter

3 Country Songs That Accidentally Became Cultural Moments

Some songs are so powerful that they shift culture, at least for a little while. These three country songs had that effect.

6 Songs That Started as Jokes, From a Beatles Classic to a Guns N' Roses Hit

This article was originally published on www.mentalfloss.com as 6 Songs That Started as Jokes, From a Beatles Classic to a ...
NPR

The 2026 Oscars' best original song nominees, cruelly ranked

At last year's Academy Awards, the race for best original song was sleepy enough that the nominees — led by winner "El Mal," from Emilia Pérez — weren't even performed on the telecast. This year, the ...