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• “Race With the Devil”

  Gene Vincent | 1956

• “Rainy Night in Georgia”

  Brook Benton | 1970

• “Raw”

  Big Daddy Kane | 1987

• “Ready to Start”

  Arcade Fire | 2010

• “Real Love”

  Lucinda Williams | 2008

• “Reckless Serenade”

  Arctic Monkeys | 2011

• “Red Solo Cup”

  Toby Keith | 2011

• “Respect”

  Aretha Franklin | 1967

• “Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win)”

  Fleetwood Mac | 1975

• “Ridin'”

  Chamillionaire | 2005

• “Road to Nowhere”

  Talking Heads | 1985

• “Rock & Roll”

  The Velvet Underground | 1970

• “Rock & Roll Woman”

  Buffalo Springfield | 1967

• “Rockstar”

  Nickelback | 2005

• “Romance”

  Wild Flag | 2011

• “Rooster”

  Alice in Chains | 1992

• “Rule Breaker”

  Ashlee Simpson | 2008

• “Rumble”

  Link Wray | 1958

• “Rumour Has It”

  Adele | 2011

• “Rump Shaker”

  Wreckx-N-Effect | 1992

• “Runaway”

  Del Shannon | 1961

• “Running on Empty”

  Jackson Browne | 1977

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• “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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