Song Stories Rewind

08/10/2025

30 Years Ago Today: Jagged Little Pill, the worldwide smash from Alanis Morissette, reached #1 in the U.S.

08/10/2025

October 8, 1988 - “Love Bites” by Def Leppard Became the #1 Song in America

08/10/2025

On October 8, 1991 Soundgarden released the album “Badmotorfinger”

07/10/2025

October 7, 1989 - “Miss You Much” by Janet Jackson Became the #1 Song in America
* #1 Song in America from October 7 - November 3

07/10/2025

On October 7, 1981 Loverboy released the album “Get Lucky”
The album reached number 7 on the Billboard 200 album chart, remaining on the chart for over two years. It featured the singles "Working for the Weekend", "When It's Over", "Lucky Ones", and "Take Me to the Top.”

06/10/2025

06/10/2025

October 6, 1982 - Madonna Released Her Debut Single "Everybody​“

05/10/2025

October 5, 1987 Belinda Carlisle's Released Her Heaven On Earth Album

05/10/2025

Happy Birthday Brian Johnson
(AC/DC) Born October 5, 1947

04/10/2025

October 4, 1980 - "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen Hit #1 on the US Billboard Charts.

04/10/2025

On October 4, 1982 Daryl Hall & John Oates released the album “H2O”
It features three US top-10 singles, including "Maneater", the most successful single of their career, spending four weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100

03/10/2025

On this day in 1981, the Billy Squier single “The Stroke” debuted on the UK Singles Chart at #74

Billy Squier was 14 when he started his first band, but had to wait until he was 31 for his first charting single - “The Stroke”.

Squier maintains that the song is about the music industry, despite many having a completely different opinion on what the song is about…

According to Billy, the distinctive drum sound was created by recording the snare drum backwards and playing it just ahead of the real drum