3 STORIES
1986 · 80S
The most famous song about self-respect in pop history was not written as an anthem at all. It began life as the love theme for a Muhammad A…
1987 · 80S
The most euphoric-sounding record of the 1980s is actually a song about being alone. Everything that matters sits in the part of the title p…
1992 · 90S
The biggest romantic ballad of the twentieth century was not written as a love song at all — Dolly Parton wrote it in 1973 as a polite resig…