Song Meanings and Facts

Song Meanings and Facts

Author: Amanda London

Sunshine

Avicii / David Guetta

“Sunshine” by David Guetta and Avicii

“Sunshin”, which is featured on David Guetta’s 2011 album “Nothing but the Beat”, is an instrumental collaboration with Avicii. These two musicians – with Guetta being from France and Avicii, Sweden – actually worked on a...

Barbra Streisand

Duck Sauce

“Barbra Streisand” by Duck Sauce

Naming a house song after the long-standing and highly-respected Barbra Streisand sorta implies by default that said was partially intended to be comical in nature. And why? This is simply because her image really...

Sofia

Clairo

“Sofia” by Clairo

Clairo is a lesbian or more specifically a bisexual. And in this case, we have her singing to a fellow-female romantic interest. She named the song “Sofia” due to crushes she has on a couple of celebrities who...

Superstar

Carpenters

“Superstar” by The Carpenters

The story behind the Carpenters’ “Superstar” is that the vocalist is actually taking on the role of a groupie, i.e. a girl who is thoroughly sweatin’ a professional musician, who happens to be the...

Strawberry Moon

IU

“Strawberry Moon” by IU

There’s always a grain of salt, in a manner of speaking, that should be taken when digesting our analyses of songs that are actually rendered in another language and then translated into English. This is...

Raining Again

Moby

“Raining Again” by Moby

References to ‘rain’ is one of the most well-worn metaphors in the music industry. In more modern times and within the context of hip-hop, it alludes to the act of spreading dollar bills like there’s...

The Hindu Times

Oasis

“The Hindu Times” by Oasis

According to reports, Noel Gallagher decided to name this song so after coming across it on a T-shirt. Also some readers will recognize the title as being the shortened form of a popular newspaper known as...

We Fell in Love in October

Girl in Red

“We Fell in Love in October” by Girl in Red

“We Fell in Love in October” is a love song which, from a lyrical perspective, is noteworthy for two reasons. First is that it’s being relayed by a teenaged female. Secondly and most importantly would be...