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• “I and Love and You”

  The Avett Brothers | 2009

• “I Can See for Miles”

  The Who | 1967

• “I Desire”

  Devo | 1982

• “I Don't Care”

  Fall Out Boy | 2008

• “I Don't Need Society”

  D.R.I. | 1983

• “I Don't Want to Wait”

  Paula Cole | 1998

• “I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives”

  The Television Personalities | 1981

• “I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)”

  Hi-Five | 1991

• “I Say a Little Prayer”

  Dionne Warwick | 1967

• “I Wanna Be Your Dog”

  The Stooges | 1969

• “I Wanna Dance With Somebody”

  Whitney Houston | 1987

• “I Wanna Sex You Up”

  Color Me Badd | 1991

• “I Want to Know What Love Is”

  Foreigner | 1984

• “I Was Made to Love Her”

  Stevie Wonder | 1967

• “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free”

  Nina Simone | 1967

• “I'll Be There”

  The Jackson 5 | 1970

• “I'm Amazed”

  My Morning Jacket | 2008

• “I'm Excited”

  DJ Shadow feat. Afrikan Boy | 2011

• “I'm in Trouble”

  The Replacements | 1981

• “I'm Your Puppet”

  James & Bobby Purify | 1966

• “I'm Yours”

  Jason Mraz | 2008

• “I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag”

  Country Joe & the Fish | 1967

• “Icky Thump”

  The White Stripes | 2007

• “If I Die Young”

  The Band Perry | 2010

• “In Da Club”

  50 Cent | 2003

• “In Every Direction”

  Junip | 2010

• “In the Air Tonight”

  Phil Collins | 1981

• “In the Still of the Night”

  The Five Satins | 1956

• “Informer”

  Snow | 1993

• “International Love”

  Pitbull feat. Chris Brown | 2011

• “IRM”

  Charlotte Gainsbourg | 2009

• “Iron Man”

  Black Sabbath | 1971

• “Irresistible Force”

  Jane's Addiction | 2011

• “Is It True”

  Brenda Lee | 1964

• “It's a Man's Man's Man's World”

  James Brown | 1966

• “It's Too Late”

  Carole King | 1970

• “Izzo (H.O.V.A.)”

  Jay-Z | 2001

Most Popular Song Stories

• “Drifter's Escape”

  Jimi Hendrix | 1974

• “Crosstown Traffic”

  The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 1968

• “Voodoo Chile”

  The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 1968

• “Purple Haze”

  The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 1967

• “All Along the Watchtower”

  The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 1968

• “Kiss From a Rose”

  Seal | 1995

Song Stories

“Time to Pretend”

MGMT | 2008

Listening to MGMT’s breakthrough song, one might interpret it as being about the excesses of rock stardom, but it’s actually about the duo’s pet praying mantis. Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden told Rolling Stone they got the idea from the insect's jerky movements. The mantis died, but the two bandmates kept the egg sack and allowed the hundreds of eggs to hatch. “We tried to name them all, but they died after a day,” said Goldwasser, with VanWyngarden chiming in, “But the praying mantis dance inspired us.”

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