single stories

35 years ago this month, New Order broke the silence between their second and third studio albums for the second time to release a single which borrowed its title from a Robert Altman film. Written by New Order (Bernard Sumner...

50 years ago today, Led Zeppelin’s first single hit its chart high on the Billboard 100, and let’s just say that as highs go, it was pretty darned low. But, hey, let’s keep our expectations in check, shall we? It...

It’s Tax Day, of course, which provides us with the opportunity to spotlight a Ry Cooder song which – while not formally released as a single – scored enough airplay through placement on promo compilations that we’re calling it a...

49 years ago today, Van Morrison just barely crawled into the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 with the first single from his MOONDANCE album. Written by Morrison, “Come Running,” which he produced with Lewis Merenstein at A&R Recording...

Since it’s April Fool’s Day, we thought long and hard about what we could write about today, and since we didn’t want to get murdered in our sleep, we decided to shelve our initial plans to trumpet the release of...

30 years ago today, Madonna released one of the most controversial albums of her career, which is really saying something when you think about it, but when it comes right down to it, the majority of the controversy came less...

33 years ago this month, Prince – accompanied, of course, by his backing band, The Revolution – released the first single from the PARADE album, and what better day to reminisce about a song called “Kiss” than February 14? Written...

35 years ago today, Foreigner was in the midst of their two-week run at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 with the song that – at least as of this writing – remains the lone #1 hit of their...

34 years ago today, Prince and the Revolution released the final single from the soundtrack to Purple Rain, a track which ultimately turned into the LP’s fifth top-40 hit. Recorded almost exactly a year before its release (the session took...