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Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water
This song took inspiration from a fire in the Casino at Montreux, Switzerland on December 4, 1971. The band was going to start recording...


Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
This was the first single Ozzy Osbourne released after leaving Black Sabbath in 1978. Ozzy wrote the song with guitarist...


Journey - Open Arms
Written by band members Steve Perry and Jonathan Cain , this song is about a couple who drifted apart but found each other again and...


REO Speedwagon - Can't Fight This Feeling
REO Speedwagon - Can't Fight This Feeling - Meaning of the song Kevin Cronin's girlfriends have provided inspiration for several REO hits...


Guns N' Roses - November Rain
Written by Axl Rose, the original version of this song was 25-minutes long, and was edited down to 8:59. It is the longest ever Top 10...


KISS - Beth
This song dates back to a band called Chelsea, which future Kiss drummer Peter Criss was in with the guitarist Stan Penridge from...


Ram Jam - Black Betty
This is a traditional song that folk singer Leadbelly popularized before his death in 1949. He recorded a lot of songs that otherwise...


Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
This song is about rock star excess and the easy life it brings compared with real work. Mark Knopfler wrote it after overhearing...


Rush - Tom Sawyer
The lyrics are loosely based on a character Mark Twain created in his first novel, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer . The book was published...
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