Image via Discogs Laura Branigan's hit single "Self Control" was one of the defining songs of the 1980s. The lyrics' theme...

Some songs seem so ingrained in the decade in which they were recorded that it may come as a surprise to discover they're actually a ...

Vader artwork by Terry Fan for Monde Mosaic No judgment, but every time the official trailer for a new Star Wars movie was released, I ...

It's hard for some people to admit that they like Barry Manilow's music, and I am no exception. In my high school, Barry Manilow ...

I recently contributed to REBEAT Magazine's staff picks for guilty pleasure tunes , and while I went with the giddy, upbeat "My ...

I was watching The Millers the other night when they used the instrumental "Popcorn" as background music for a funny sequence....

Ah, yes--The Carpenters' hit "(They Long to Be) Close to You" is the quintessential 70s love ballad, is it not? It was even ...

Through early morning fog I see visions of the things to be the pains that are withheld for me I realize and I can see... That suicide is...

Today I'm launching a new post theme for Go Retro: A Song's Story. We'll take a look at some songs from music history that ha...