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Behind The Song: Muse’s “Madness”
Although they’re a mere trio, the larger-than-life sounds produced by British prog-rockers Muse carry the weight of bands twice their size. An arena rock band to the core, Muse’s musical dexterity has...
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Behind The Song: Carrie Underwood “Blown Away”
After the uptempo pop fun of “Good Girl,” the first single from her 2012 album Blown Away, Carrie Underwood chose a song of a different color for her next one. And by different color we mean something...
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Behind The Song: Hunter Hayes’‘Wanted’ Gets Multiple ACM Award Nominations
Hunter Hayes‘ ACM Award-nominated song “Wanted” began simply as a way to tell a girl he was interested. “‘Wanted’ is very much a love letter. It was written basically just to tell a girl how I felt...
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Behind The Song: The Eli Young Band’s ACM-Nominated ‘Even If It Breaks Your...
The Eli Young Band was handed an awesome surprise at last year’s Academy of Country Music Awards, when their hit “Crazy Love” was awarded Song of the Year. And at this year’s ACM Awards, the four...
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Behind The Song: Miranda Lambert And Blake Shelton’s ACM-Nominated ‘Over You’
If it wasn’t for a telling comment from Blake Shelton’s father, the ACM Award-nominated song “Over You” might never have been recorded. Written by Blake and his wife Miranda Lambert, the touching song...
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Behind the Song: Robin Thicke’s ‘Blurred Lines’
One thing is clear: Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" was the most talked about song of the summer and now it's up for 4 GRAMMYs including Record of the Year. Thicks says it's all due to Pharrell and a...
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Behind the Song: Sara Bareilles’‘Brave’
If Sara Bareilles ends up winning the Best Pop Solo Performance GRAMMY for "Brave," she owes Sara Quin an Edible Arrangement or at least a thank you card.
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Behind the Song: Katy Perry’s ‘Roar’
"I am woman, hear me roar." It's the simple phrase that Helen Reddy sang in 1971 and 42 years later would inspire Katy Perry, along with her co-writer Bonnie McKee, to write "Roar."
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Behind The Song: Lorde’s ‘Royals’
"I think one of the first lines I wrote from that song," Lorde told Radio.com, "which was, 'We're driving Cadillacs in our dreams,' was in a diary that I had when I was like 11 or 12, so young."
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Behind the Song: Darius Rucker’s ‘Wagon Wheel’
“When I heard ‘Wagon Wheel’ at my daughter’s high school talent contest, I just thought, ‘Man some day I’m going to cut the song for a record.' It was one of those lightning bolt things that I can’t...
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Behind The Song: Vampire Weekend’s ‘Diane Young’
Frontman Ezra Koenig on about how their hit single from the GRAMMY-nominated 'Modern Vampires of the City' went through a rough ugly duckling stage until they figured out that vocal effect—you know the...
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Behind the Song: Hunter Hayes’‘I Want Crazy’
“‘Crazy’ was just my way of saying, ‘That’s real love. When you feel like you’ve gone crazy. That’s when you’ve actually gotten something right.’”
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Behind the Song: Kacey Musgraves’‘Merry Go ‘Round’
"When we were about to pick the first single I really lobbied for 'Merry Go 'Round' because I'm out there every night and I can tell you, hands down this is the one people are connecting with. I'm...
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Behind the Song: Tim McGraw’s ‘Highway Don’t Care’
It's a moody anthem that serves as the closing song on his 2013 album' Two Lanes of Freedom.' McGraw was drawn to it's "timeless" quality.
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Behind the Song: Miranda Lambert’s ACM-Nominated ‘Mama’s Broken Heart’
"I feel like women in my grandmother's generation were expected to put on a pretty face and not really show their crazy sides," Kacey Musgraves said, describing the ideas behind the three-time...
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Behind the Song: Blake Shelton’s ‘Boys ‘Round Here’
"'Boys Round Here' pretty much represents who I am as a human being," Shelton said of his ACM Award-nominated hit. Songwriter Dallas Davidson and producer Scott Hendricks offer details on the story...
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Behind the Song: Keith Urban’s ‘We Were Us’
Songwriter Jimmy Robbins and singer Keith Urban talk about the origins of "We Were Us," the No. 1 duet between Urban and Miranda Lambert that has been nominated for Vocal Event of the Year at the ACM...
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Behind the Song: The Band Perry’s ‘Better Dig Two’
"It was our first single for our sophomore release, which some say is the most scrutinized piece of music an artist ever puts out," Kimberly Perry told Radio.com. Now the video for the song has been...
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Behind the Song: Florida Georgia Line’s ‘Cruise’
Songwriter Chase Rice and both Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley of Florida Georgia Line go 'behind the song' and talk about the origins of FGL's first No. 1 hit "Cruise," which has been nominated for Two...
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Behind the Song: Lee Brice’s ‘I Drive Your Truck’
"She couldn't even say it -- she couldn't say 'I drive his truck.' She was like, 'no, I don't want to do it today.' And I was like, 'oh yeah we are!'"
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