The song "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was released in 1991, "Smellls Like Teen Spirit" was the opening track and lead single for Nirvana's second studio album "Nevermind". The unexpected success of the song helped bring "Nevermind" to the top of many music charts at that time and made Nirvana's name. In 1992, the product was nominated in two categories "Best Hard Rock Performance" and "Best Rock Song" at the Grammy Awards. Rolling Stone's 2004 "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list placed "Smells Like Teen Spirit" at number nine. Most recently, the song became Nirvana's first song. reached 1 billion streams on Spotify platform.

Meaning: On the day the album “Nevermind” was released, Kurt Cobain (leader) once told an interview that the song “Smellls Like Teen Spirit” was about himself and his friends with a soul. of teenagers in adult bodies. In his biographical book Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana, the singer said he described how he felt about his surroundings, his generation, and people his age. At another time, he said: “The whole song is made up of conflicting ideas… The song is just a joke about the idea of a revolution.”After that, every time Kurt Cobain gave an interview, he changed his interpretation of the song and rarely gave specific meaning. Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl once said he doesn't believe "Smells Like Teen Spirit" has any message: "Just watch Kurt write the lyrics for five minutes before he sings them, you'll find it hard to tell. believe that the song is really about something. You need syllables to fill in the gaps, or something that rhymes.” Thus, it can be said that the message behind Nirvana's legendary song is… it doesn't make any sense!

The success of the album "Nevermind" and the single "Smells Like Teen Spirit" made the public pay more attention to the Alternative Rock genre. Since then, major labels have also paid more attention to bands with styles like Nirvana. Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Bush… got more mass audiences and became famous. The playlists of major radio stations also have a marked change when there are more Rock songs than the complete dominance of Pop music before. With just a four-minute song with no clear message, Nirvana changed the way the public listened to Alternative Rock forever and turned the powerful tunes that once only crept in at small shows into an important genre. important to this day.

Publishing year: 1991

"Imagine" is a song performed by British singer-songwriter John Lennon. The best-selling single of his solo career, the lyrics encourage listeners to imagine a peaceful, materialistic, borderless world that separates nations and has no religion. Not long before his death, Lennon stated that most of the lyrics and content of the song came from his wife, Yoko Ono, and in 2017 she was recognized as a co-writer of the song.

BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) lists "Imagine" as one of the 100 most performed songs of the 20th century. The song ranked 30th on the list of 365 Songs of the Century with the greatest historical influence. of the Recording Industry Association of America. The song won a Grammy Hall of Fame Award and was nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's "500 Songs that Defined the Rock and Roll Style". A survey conducted in the UK by the Guinness Book of Records for the UK hit singles ranked "Imagine" as the second-best single of all time, and Rolling Stone magazine also ranked it at number three on the list. book "500 Greatest Songs".

Meaning: John Lennon desperately wants people to see the world as it is. He asks people to live fully for the present, for today. He hopes that one-day people will do good because it is the right thing to do, not because they are worried about some distant afterlife. John Lennon dreams of a world where there are no rich and poor, no class divisions, everyone works and everyone has a happy life. The world is not the exclusive property of anyone. We are all equal and share the world. John Lennon himself once admitted Imagine was like a communist manifesto in music.

Publishing year: 1971

"One" is a song by the Irish rock band U2. It was the third track from the album Achtung Baby (1991), then became the album's third single in February 1992. When it was recorded at the Hansa studio in Berlin, controversy arose between the albums. member on sound effects and technical quality. Even the risk of disbanding was near until they played this song together. "One" was composed by Bono from the arpeggio that guitarist The Edge played in the studio, inspired by the relationship between the members and the German Reunification. Although the band themselves have always emphasized that the lyrics are about "unification" the song is often understood in many different ways.

The single "One" was released for charity to raise funds for HIV/AIDS research. The song peaked at number one on the Irish Singles Chart, as well as the Billboard Album Rock Tracks and Modern Rock Tracks, number seven on the UK Singles Chart, and number ten on the Billboard Hot 100.

The song has 3 versions:

• The first version is directed by Anton Corbijn in which a son confesses to his father that he is HIV positive. In the music clip, the audience is shocked because Bono wears female clothes to sing for his father. The footage, shot in Berlin, shows the band riding in several Trabant cars.
• The second version features flowers in bloom, and a herd of buffalo plunging into a cliff. Scattered in many frames are countless small black cards bearing a white One in many different languages. The buffalo scene was inspired by a photo of David Wojnarowicz, a gay artist who died of AIDS. This photo was used by U2 as the cover of the single "One".
• The third version of the track features Bono in a bar, sipping a cigar and drinking a beer. The lighting and camera angles are creatively arranged, making many people think of Heineken beer ads. However, this is the version closest to the audience because it is often broadcast on MTV.

Meaning: Is “One”, but carries “many” meanings: Based on the main lyrics, it can be surmised that this song is about two men and women. They love each other and have hurt each other, but continue to preserve the relationship. Others, based on the band's production of the album in Germany, see "One" as a healing of the past wounds between East and West Germany when the Berlin Wall fell. However, the most popular conjecture is that the song is about Bono's lifelong relationship with his father, building on the two's experiences when Bono's mother died when he was 14 years old.

Publishing year: Album: 1991; Singles: 1992

"Billie Jean" is a song by American recording artist Michael Jackson, released as the second single from his sixth studio album, Thriller (1982). It was written by Jackson and produced by Jackson and Quincy Jones.

"Billie Jean" has achieved many successes both professionally and commercially. It was one of the best-selling singles of 1983 and one of the best-selling singles of all time. The song topped multiple charts, including the UK and the US. In addition, it also reached the top 10 in Austria, Italy, New Zealand, Norway and Sweden. "Billie Jean" was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 1989. Rolling Stone magazine listed the song at number 58 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. age. Honored with numerous accolades - including two Grammy Awards, an American Music Award, and inclusion in the Music Video Producers Museum - its song and music video made Thriller a best-selling album best run of all time.

Meaning: Regarding the meaning of the lyrics, there are different opinions surrounding this issue. One theory is that it comes from a real-life experience of Jackson, in which a female fan claimed that he (or one of the singer's brothers) was the father of one of the two children, her twin. However, Jackson revealed that "Billie Jean" was based on experiences from his friends.

Publishing year: Album: 1982; Singles: 1983

"Bohemian Rhapsody" is a song by British rock band Queen from their fourth studio album, A Night at the Opera (1975). It was released on October 31, 1975, as the lead single from the album by EMI Records and Elektra Records. The song was written by Queen's lead vocalist Freddie Mercury, while production was handled by all members of the group (Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon) with Roy Thomas Baker. "Bohemian Rhapsody" is a fusion of various passages without a chorus, including the intro, ballad, operatic glide, hard rock, and a reflective coda. The song is a progressive rock track that combines elements from hard rock and progressive pop.

The song also garnered numerous awards and nominations at major awards ceremonies, including a 1977 Brit win for British Single of the Year and two Grammy Award nominations for Pop Vocal Performance by the duo... , group or chorus and Best Arrangement for two or more voices at the 19th Annual Awards. "Bohemian Rhapsody" also received overwhelming commercial success, topping the charts. charted in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, and broke into the top 10 in most of the countries it appeared in. In the United States, it peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1976, before reaching number two in 1992 after appearing in the film Wayne's World.

Meaning: Although there have been theories surrounding the lyrics, Mercury has never acknowledged its true meaning.

Publishing year: 1975

"Hey Jude" is a song written by Paul McCartney and credited with co-written Lennon-McCartney, released as a single by The Beatles in 1968. Originally titled "Hey Jules", McCartney wrote this ballad is meant to comfort John Lennon's son Julian when his parents divorced.

"Hey Jude" was the first single released by The Beatles record label, Apple Records. At over 7 minutes long, it was at the time the longest single to have reached number one in the UK charts. It also stayed at number one in the US for nine weeks - the longest time for a Beatles single to reach number one in the US. The single has sold approximately 8 million copies and is regularly listed by experts as one of the greatest songs of all time.

Meaning: It's a sad song, but Hey Jude is not somber but has a positive and inspiring melody. The story begins with Manchester City Club, the team has been in decline since 1981 and received much ridicule for not being able to participate in the Champion League. They worked hard to get back to the Champion League and just a year later they won the Premier Champion with a goal in the 93:20′ minute from Sergei “Kun” Aguero. Both the radio exploded and Hey Jude's familiar "na na na na na nanaannana" melody resounded proudly. Since then, this song has become a familiar football cheer song of professional clubs with the meaning of cheering the boys up. In the middle of the hour, the clubs from England, Germany, the Netherlands, etc. can easily recognize the "Hey Jude" tune. It can be said that the biggest hit in the Beatles' career is also one of the 10 most influential songs of the century.

Publishing year: 1968

"Like a Rolling Stone" is a song written in 1965 by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. The song's provocative lyrics stem from a handwritten note that Dylan wrote in June 1965, when he returned from an exhausting tour of his Bob Dylan UK Tour 1965. After the lyrics Edited in great detail, condensed into four short pieces and a chorus, "Like a Rolling Stone" was recorded a few weeks later and included on Dylan's fourth album Highway 61 Revisited.

The song has been described as revolutionary in synthesizing different musical genres, the youthfulness, a bit of irony in Dylan's voice, and the frankness of questioning in the chorus: How does it feel?" (roughly translated How does it feel?). "Like a Rolling Stone" transformed Dylan's career and is today considered one of the most influential works of the postwar era and has since been released not only commercially, but also commercially. broadcast during important cultural events to enhance Dylan's image.

Meaning: “Like a Rolling Stone” explores the story of an individual who went from a stable, wealthy lifestyle to one marked by poverty and homelessness. Indeed, the title of this track is a metaphor, applied to someone who lives a transient lifestyle. And to their disgrace, Dylan is throwing in this person's face that when she's at the top, she doesn't care about the proper things in life, nor does she treat the less fortunate. So the ultimate implication is that she deserves her fate. But all that considered, it doesn't seem like the lyrics are based on a true story. Instead, the conclusion of this study reads more than the lines of Bob Dylan warning himself to change his ways before he experiences an unfortunate life event.

Publishing year: 1965

"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" could be a song by British band The Rolling Stones, discharged in 1965. The song was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, and created by Andrew Loog Oldham.

Like most of the Stones' pre-1966 recordings, "Satisatis" was originally discharged as a mono. Within the mid-1980s, a real stereo version of the song was discharged on the German and Japanese editions of the Hot Rocks 1964-1971 reissue CD. It's one among the foremost common songs within the world and ranks thirty-first on Rolling Stone's list of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2021. It absolutely was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998 and could be a song stratified tenth on the critic's all-time list by Acclaimed Music. The song was superimposed to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress in 2006.

Meaning:

• Chorus: The disreputable hook of the song narrates however the singer cannot get any satisfaction out of the ways that of this world. As Mick explained, he was annoyed with the American system and the way it bond minds at the time. The constant reminders of consumerism and therefore the constant reminders to be excellent at everything were sporting him down. However, these lines conjointly encapsulate the sexual undertone of the song.
• Verse 1: Within the initial verse of the song, The Rolling Stones area unit talks concerning the consumerist culture of the media. Mick Jagger recollects a time once he was peacefully driving his automobile and an ad comes on the radio. the person on the radio keeps on yapping concerning some useless info concerning one thing. it's alleged to fireplace off the listener’s imagination to shop for the merchandise. However, Mick finds it annoying and a nuisance.
• Verse 2: Mick Jagger drops another example of mindless banter on the TV now. This industry is meant to steer folks to shop for the “best detergent” out there therefore their shirts can become the whitest ever. However, Mick Jagger quickly shrugs off this man and his ideas as a result of he won't smoke constant cigarettes as Mick does. Yes, the kind of cigarettes was a giant deal earlier. Or it may suggest the concept that Mick Jagger was truly talking about concerning marijuana cigarettes, as some speculate.
• Verse 3: The third and last verse of the song has earned itself a ‘dirty’ name. Within the lyrics, Mick Jagger sings concerning obtaining at the side of a lady throughout his tours. However, during this specific scenario, the woman tells Mick Jagger to come back every week later. Mick Jagger himself admitted that this line had to try and do with feminine discharge. “It’s just life. That’s what really happens to girls. Why shouldn’t write about it?” replied Mick Jagger once asked about it. And since of this oscillation, Mick Jagger is all over again disregarded with no satisfaction!

Publishing year: 1965

"Sweet Child o' Mine" is a song by American rock band Guns N' Roses from their debut album Appetite for Destruction. It was the third single from that album and was released in August 1988, and later reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the band's only number one hit in the US. Billboard listed the song as the fifth-best song of 1988. When re-released in 1989, "Sweet Child o' Mine" peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart.

Moreover, "Sweet Child o' Mine" ranked 37th on Guitar World magazine's best guitar solos list. The song is ranked 3rd on Blender magazine's 500 Greatest Songs Since You've Been Born list and 198th on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs list. In March 2005, Q magazine ranked "Sweet Child o' Mine" on its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Songs. In a poll conducted by Total Guitar magazine in 2004, the song's famous intro riff was voted number one among the best riffs of all time by the publication's readers. In addition, the song also featured in Rolling Stone's 40 Greatest Songs That Changed the World, and also ranked 7th in VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 80s and ranked 210th on the RIAA's Songs of the Century list.

Meaning: "Sweet Child O' Mine" acts as the band's manifesto. This song is not only the beginning of their fame, their pioneering with a whole new kind of rock music.

Publishing year: 1988

"I Will Always Love You" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton in 1973. Parton's version of "I Will Always Love You" was a commercial success, reaching number one. number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart at two different times. It first peaked at number one in June 1974, and then again in October 1982, with her re-recording of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas soundtrack, helping Parton become the first artist in history to reach number one on two separate occasions for the same song.

In 1992, Whitney Houston covered the song for the 1992 film The Bodyguard. This version peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 14 consecutive weeks, becoming one of the best-selling singles of all time and the best-selling single in music history by a female artist. The single spent 14 weeks at number one in the United States, a record on the Billboard Hot 100 at the time. It is also the longest-lasting single of Whitney's career, breaking the previous record of three weeks with Greatest Love of All. Internationally, the song reached number one in almost all the countries it charted, including the European Hot 100 Singles (at number one for 13 weeks), as well as number one in Australia for 10 weeks. weeks, 5 weeks in Austria, 7 weeks in Belgium, 8 weeks in France, 6 weeks in Germany, 8 weeks in Ireland, 2 weeks in Italy, 6 weeks in the Netherlands, 11 weeks in New Zealand, 9 weeks in Norway, 6 weeks in Sweden, 8 weeks in Sweden, and 10 weeks in the UK.

Meaning: I Will Always Love You is often mistaken for singing about happy love and is played on occasions such as weddings, year-end parties... But when composing a song for Porter, Dolly wanted to express it as a lyric broke up, ending their seven-year musical journey.

Publishing year: Dolly Parton: 1973; Whitney Houston: 1992