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2 Minutes to Midnight
"2 Minutes to Midnight" is a song by heavy metal band Iron Maiden. The song is released as the band's tenth single and second track from their fifth album Powerslave. The single was released on August 6, 1984 and rose to number 11 in the UK Singles...
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3's & 7's
"3's & 7's" is the second single by Queens of the Stone Age from their 2007 album Era Vulgaris. It was released on June 4, 2007 and followed the digital download-only "Sick, Sick, Sick". The single has debuted at number one on the United Kingdom...
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...And Justice for All
…And Justice for All is the titular second track on Metallica's 1988 album …And Justice for All.
The lyrics refers to the act of social injustice, in which "Lady Justice" is "raped".
Justice Is Lost,
Justice Is Raped,
Justice Is Gone.
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A Favor House Atlantic
"A Favor House Atlantic" is a song by progressive rock band Coheed and Cambria from their 2003 album In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3.
The song was one of Coheed and Cambria's breakout singles. It features the characters Claudio and Al the...
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ABC
"ABC" is a 1970 number-one hit song by The Jackson 5. "ABC" was written with the same design as "I Want You Back", and was first heard on American Bandstand in February 1970. "ABC" knocked The Beatles song "Let It Be" out of the number one spot on...
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Ace of Spades
"Ace of Spades" is a song by the English band Motörhead, released in 1980 as a single and the title track to the album Ace of Spades. The song spent 12 weeks in the UK Singles Chart, peaking at #15.
Initially issued as a 7" vinyl single on 27...
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Aesthetics of Hate
"Aesthetics of Hate" is a song by Heavy metal band Machine Head from their sixth studio album The Blackening. Written by Machine Head vocalist and guitarist Robert Flynn, the song is a retaliation to an article written by William Grim. Grim wrote...
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Afterlife
"Afterlife" is a song by American rock band Avenged Sevenfold. The song is released as the third single from their self-titled album. It includes a unique musical style not featured in any other Avenged Sevenfold song, the song itself features a...
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Alive
"Alive" is a song by the American rock band Pearl Jam. "Alive" was Pearl Jam's first single, and appeared on the band's debut album, Ten (1991). Written by guitarist Stone Gossard, "Alive" originated as an instrumental titled "Dollar Short" and was...
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All I Want
"All I Want" is a punk rock song by the Offspring. It is the tenth track on their fourth studio album Ixnay on the Hombre (1997) and was released as the first single from the album in December of 1996. It reached #31 in the UK and #15 in Australia....
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All My Life
"All My Life" is a song by the American hard rock band Foo Fighters, released as the first single from their fourth album, One by One. The song won a Grammy Award for best hard rock performance, and spent ten straight weeks at #1 on the Hot Modern...
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All the Small Things
"All The Small Things" is a song by Blink-182, from their 1999 album Enema of the State. It was written by Tom DeLonge after his girlfriend Jen Jenkins, who eventually became his wife, complained that he wrote many songs about other girls he knew in...
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All the Young Dudes
"All the Young Dudes" is a song written by David Bowie, originally recorded and released as a single by Mott the Hoople in 1972. NME editors Roy Carr and Charles Shaar Murray have described the track as "one of that rare breed: rock songs which hymn...
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Almost Easy
"Almost Easy" is a song by American rock band Avenged Sevenfold. It is the second song as well as second single from their self-titled album.
The song first premiered at a concert in Indonesia during Avenged Sevenfold's 2007 Southeast Asian Tour....
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Amazing Journey
Amazing Journey is a song by The Who from the album Tommy. It was written by Pete Townshend. The song involves Tommy, the main character from the album Tommy going on a psychedelic "Amazing Journey" as his subconsciousness reveals itself to him as a...
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American Woman
"American Woman" is the title track of Canadian band The Guess Who's 1970 album, American Woman.
The song's origins took the form of a live jam in Kitchener, Ontario. The group was rushing into the second set and began improvising a rhythm to liven...
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Anarchy in the U.K.
"Anarchy in the U.K." is a song by the British punk rock band the Sex Pistols, released as the group's debut recording on 26 November 1976.
Originally issued in a plain black sleeve, the single was the only Sex Pistols recording released by EMI, and...
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Any Way You Want It
"Any Way You Want It" is a popular song performed by Journey released on the album Departure as the opening track, and as a single in 1980. The song was written by frontman Steve Perry and guitarist Neal Schon. It peaked at #23 on the Billboard Hot...
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Aqualung
"Aqualung" is a song by English progressive rock band Jethro Tull, the title track from their first U.S. Top 10 album, Aqualung, which reached #7 in June 1971. The song was written by the band's frontman, Ian Anderson, and his then-wife Jennie...
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Are You Gonna Go My Way
"Are You Gonna Go My Way" is the first single to be released by Lenny Kravitz from the album of the same name. It was released in March 1993. It was written by Lenny Kravitz and Craig Ross. The single has been covered by numerous artists, such as...
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B.Y.O.B.
"B.Y.O.B." is a Grammy Award-winning song as well as the first single released from System of a Down's fourth album Mezmerize. Like their earlier song "Boom!" it was written to protest the Iraq War.
"B.Y.O.B." is available as downloadable content...
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Back in Black
"Back in Black" is a song by AC/DC, appearing as the first track on side two of their 1980 album, Back in Black. Known for its opening guitar riff, the song was AC/DC's tribute to their former singer Bon Scott. His replacement Brian Johnson recalled...
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Bad Luck
"Bad Luck" is a punk rock song and the second track from Social Distortion's fourth studio album Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell which was released in 1992.
It was the album's first single, and it peaked at number 2 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart...
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Bad Reputation
"Bad Reputation" is a rock song performed by Joan Jett.
It was the theme song for the short-lived yet critically acclaimed TV show Freaks and Geeks, as well as hit show American Chopper. It was also featured in the music video games Rock Band 2,...
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Bad to the Bone
"Bad to the Bone" is a song by George Thorogood and the Destroyers released in 1982 on the album of the same name. While it was not a major hit on initial release, its memorable video made recurrent appearances on the nascent MTV, which was created...
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Bathwater
"Bathwater" is a ska punk song written by Tom Dumont, Tony Kanal, and Gwen Stefani for No Doubt's fourth studio album Return of Saturn (2000). It was released as the album's fourth and final single on November 14, 2000.
The song was written in only...
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Battery
"Battery" is the opening track of Metallica's 1986 album Master of Puppets. As with the opening track from Ride the Lightning (titled "Fight Fire With Fire"), Battery begins with a slow, clean guitar part. In this case, three acoustic guitars are...
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Beer for My Horses
"Beer for My Horses" is a number-one single, recorded by American country music artists Toby Keith and Willie Nelson. The song spent six weeks at Number One on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in 2003 and peaked at number 22 on the...
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Beetlebum
"Beetlebum" is a song by English alternative rock band Blur. It was released as the lead single for the band's eponymous fifth album, Blur. The single became Blur's second to reach the number one spot in the UK Singles Chart (after "Country House")....
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Behind Blue Eyes
"Behind Blue Eyes" is a song written by Pete Townshend of The Who for his Lifehouse project. It first appeared on The Who's 1971 Who's Next album, along with a number of other remnants from the project. The song is one of The Who's most well known...
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Believe
"Believe" is a Grammy Award-winning global number one, multi-platinum dance song which served as the worldwide lead single for American singer Cher's twenty-third studio album Believe. It is noted for its up-front use of Auto-Tune on the singer's...
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Black
"Black" is a song by the American rock band Pearl Jam. The song is the fifth track on the band's debut album, Ten (1991). Featuring lyrics written by vocalist Eddie Vedder and music written by guitarist Stone Gossard, "Black" is a soliloquy by a...
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Black Sunshine
"Black Sunshine" is a song initially featured on the album La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1 by White Zombie which was used as a promo single in 1992 and 1993. The song can also be found on Rob Zombie's Past, Present & Future and the greatest hits...
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Blackened
"Blackened" is the first track on Metallica's 1988 album ''...And Justice for All''. It was written by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich and Jason Newsted, and was the first Metallica song co-written by Newsted.
In common with the opening tracks of the...
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Blinded by Fear
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Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Blood Sugar Sex Magik is the title track from the Red Hot Chili Peppers' 1991 album of the same name. It is the tenth track on the playlist and is one of the heaviest songs on the album with a very dark guitar riff, bass chords, and low vocals from...
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Blue Monday
"Blue Monday" is a dance song recorded in 1982 and originally released as a single in 1983 by British band New Order, and later remixed for further releases in 1988 and 1995. The song has been widely remixed and covered since its original release,...
Brass In Pocket
"Brass in Pocket" (also known as "Brass in Pocket (I'm Special)") is a single by The Pretenders. It was written by Chrissie Hynde and James Honeyman-Scott, and produced by Chris Thomas.
The band's third single, it was their first success, scoring...
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Breed
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Buddy Holly
"Buddy Holly" is a song by the rock group Weezer, written by Rivers Cuomo. It was released as the second single from the band's debut album Weezer (The Blue Album) in 1994. The single was released on what would have been Buddy Holly's 58th birthday....
Bulls on Parade
"Bulls on Parade" is a song released by Rage Against the Machine in 1996, and can be found on their second album Evil Empire.
"Bulls on Parade" addresses the issue of the American military-industrial complex, a situation in which industry (the arms...
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California Über Alles
"California Über Alles" was the first single by the Dead Kennedys. The record was released in June 1979 on Optional Music with "The Man with the Dogs" as the b-side. The title track was re-recorded for the band's first album, Fresh Fruit for Rotting...
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Call Me
"Call Me" is a song by the American new wave band Blondie. Released in 1980, "Call Me" topped the singles charts in both the US (where it became the band's biggest selling single) and the UK (where it became their fourth no.1 hit).
The song was the...
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Call Me When You're Sober
"Call Me When You're Sober" is an alternative metal song written by Amy Lee and Terry Balsamo recorded by the American band Evanescence. It was released on September 25, 2006 on the radio as the first single from the band's second studio album, The...
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Calling Dr. Love
"Calling Dr. Love" is a song by the American hard rock band Kiss, originally released on their 1976 album Rock and Roll Over. The song was written by Kiss bassist/backing vocalist Gene Simmons. It was the second single released from the album, and...
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Can't Buy Me Love
"Can't Buy Me Love" is a song composed by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon/McCartney) and released by The Beatles on the A side of their sixth British single, "Can't Buy Me Love/You Can't Do That."
When pressed by American journalists in 1966 to...
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Can't Stand Losing You
"Can't Stand Losing You" is a song by rock band The Police, first released in 1978 as a single and on their album Outlandos d'Amour. The original single was banned by the BBC because of the controversial cover (an alternate cover was released in...
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Can I Play with Madness
"Can I Play with Madness" was the sixteenth single released by Iron Maiden. Released in 1988, it is the first single from the Seventh Son of a Seventh Son album and hit number 3 in the UK charts. The song is about a young man who wants to learn the...
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Carry On Wayward Son
"Carry On Wayward Son" is a hit progressive rock single recorded by Kansas and written by Kerry Livgren for their 1976 album Leftoverture. In 1977, the song peaked at #11 on the Billboard pop singles chart, becoming their first Top 40 hit. Because...
Casey Jones
"Casey Jones" is a song by the American rock band the Grateful Dead. The music was written by Jerry Garcia, and the lyrics are by Robert Hunter. The song first appeared on the Dead's 1970 album Workingman's Dead. Subsequently it was included on a...
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Cat Scratch Fever
"Cat Scratch Fever" is a rock song by Ted Nugent that appears on the album of the same name. The song is well known for its signature riff, which is a 3-tone "blues scale" melody harmonized in parallel fourths. In 2009 it was named the 32nd best...
