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• “Fallin'”

  Alicia Keys | 2001

• “Fantasy”

  Mariah Carey | 1995

• “Fearless Love”

  Melissa Etheridge | 2010

• “Fire”

  The Crazy World of Arthur Brown | 1968

• “Flagpole Sitta”

  Harvey Danger | 1998

• “Float On”

  Modest Mouse | 2004

• “Foolish Games”

  Jewel | 1997

• “Footloose”

  Kenny Loggins | 1984

• “For Free”

  Meat Puppets | 1995

• “Four Winds”

  Bright Eyes | 2007

• “Freak Out”

  Liars | 2007

• “Free Radicals”

  The Flaming Lips | 2006

• “Freedom”

  Richie Havens | 1972

• “Friends of P”

  The Rentals | 1995

• “Fu-Gee-La”

  Fugees | 1995

Most Popular Song Stories

• “Drifter's Escape”

  Jimi Hendrix | 1974

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  The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 1968

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• “Purple Haze”

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• “All Along the Watchtower”

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• “Kiss From a Rose”

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Song Stories

“1999”

Prince | 1982

“I don’t consider myself a great poet,” Prince told Rolling Stone. “I just know I’m here to say what’s on my mind.” In the case of the apocalyptic party anthem “1999,” he was worried about then-president Ronald Reagan’s foreign policies. The song’s melody is based on a riff borrowed from the Mamas and Papas’ “Monday, Monday,” and Prince originally envisioned the first verse with three-part harmony but later split the vocals between himself and members of the Revolution. Because Warner Bros., with whom Prince was locked in a contractual battle, owned the original’s masters, Prince rerecorded the song and appropriately released that version in 1999.

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