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Song Stories

“You're Still the One”

Shania Twain | 1998

When Mutt Lange saw Shania Twain's "What Made You Say That" video, the producer was smitten and immediately started making calls to arrange a meeting. Six months after they met, Lange and Twain were married. "It was definitely a force that brought us together," Twain told Rolling Stone. "Something drove him, and I'm not even sure he knew what it was." While friends and critics questioned the quick marriage — some said Lange was too old for Twain, others suggested Twain was using Lange — this crossover hit fired back, boasting that their love has remained strong. They divorced 10 years later.

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“Everyday People”

Sly and the Family Stone | 1968

"Everyday People" managed to trailblaze in two different ways -- it was one of the first pop hits to deal with the subject of racial harmony, and it utilized Larry Graham's "slap" technique on the bass guitar, which would soon be copied by countless other bassists. Graham once said about his pulsating style, "I'd never done that before … that's where the freedom of creativity came in for the band, that we'd be allowed to do that." In 1978, the song's line "Different strokes for different folks" would be borrowed for the title of the hit television show Diff'rent Strokes.

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