Analysis

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.

Ed Sheeran writes some of the most popular songs in the world. Shivers is the latest example - but why is it so good?

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?

Cold Heart, the hit single from Elton John and Dua Lipa, takes classic songs and places them in a very different context. What's going on and how does it work?

Takes a look at Lou Reed's 1970 song with the Velvet Underground. Sounds so simple yet somehow it charms us. Why is that?