Kate Bush's classic Running up that Hill has made number one in the UK singles chart, 37 years after its release, aided by its inclusion in Netflix's Stranger Things. So why is this track still such a hit after all these years? We take a look ...
David Bowie's Absolute Beginners is many people's favourite song, but why should that be? What is it in the songwriting that creates such warm feelings? I check it out.
Baby Shark is the most viewed video ever on YouTube with more than 10 billion views. If you lreave aside the key change, it's about as simple as a song can get. As musicians, can we learn anything from it?
Listeners to Smooth Radio voted George Michael's Careless Whisper as the best song ever. So what's so special about this particular piece? Let's take a look.
A number of people have told me how they regard Wichita Lineman to be the greatest song ever. That sparked my attention - what is so special about this song? Why does it have such a strong effect on people?
If you search for songs with just two chords you'll be provided with lists of songs for beginners. But are two-chord songs necessarily simplistic? History proves otherwise.
One way to achieve a big emotional reaction from an audience is to repeat the same refrain over and over, building up and up until every frequency is filled and there's nowhere left to go. Here's to the anthemic chorus.
Exit Music is a classic track from Radiohead's 1997 album OK Computer. It's also a fabulous song. But why is it such a classic and why does it sound so much like Chopin's Prelude in E minor?