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Song Stories

“Climax”

Usher | 2012

Usher made this the debut single from his CD, "Looking for Myself." In spite of the attention-grabbing title, he insisted the song is more about relationships than a sexual experience. "When you're in a relationship and it's kinda reached the climax of where it could go, you gotta let it go if you're not gonna commit and that's what the song's about," he explained. "It's not about sex. It's about an out-of-control experience, when a person has reached the peak of that experience." Usher released the song on the internet on Valentine's Day.

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“I Can See for Miles”

The Who | 1967

A foreboding accusation of lies and deception, "I Can See for Miles" was given a psychedelic hard-rock veneer by Pete Townshend's whiplash guitar riffs and Keith Moon's thundering drums. The song helped break the Who as stars in the United States, giving them a Top Ten hit in late 1967. "I swoon when I hear the sound," boasted Townshend in Rolling Stone. "The words, which aging senators have called 'drug oriented,' are about a jealous man with exceptionally good eyesight. Honest."

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