The song Through the Wire took inspiration from a life changing moment in Kanye West’s life.

#935 of the 1001 Songs Challenge is Televators by The Mars Volta

Mr. Brightside is semi-autobiographical and references a previous relationship that Brandon Flowers had where his girlfriend cheated on him.

Mylo provides the music and the lyrics are a sample taken from 1984 address, “Invocation for Judgement Against and Destruction of Rock Music”

Britney Spears' Toxic is a love song that uses an extended metaphor of the song’s title to describe a guy the narrator is drawn to.

Maps was written about the intense relationship between Karen O and Angus Andrew, lead singer of the band, Liars.

Run was primarily written by Snow Patrol's lead singer and came to him after a night of heavy drinking and falling down some stairs.

We join Belle & Sebastian in 2003 with their sixth album, Dear Catastrophe Waitress and the opening track, Step into My Office, Baby. 

Goldfrapp's Strict Machine was inspired by a newspaper article that chronicled scientific experiments on rats.

Written primarily by Salaam Remi with additional tweaks by Amy Winehouse, Fuck Me Pumps is a humorous and satirical observation.

In Heartbeats, The Knife appear to be tackling the subject of either first love or the experience of love at the start of a relationship.

Like I Love You mixes things up by giving a verse to hip hop duo, Clipse, and was partly out of a desire to promote them.

Aqualung's Strange and Beautiful (I’ll Put a Spell on You) is another tragic tale of unrequited love.

Slob was first demoed and performed live back in 2000 by Weezer and fans remembered it fondly by the time of Maladroit’s gestation.

Untitled became a signature piece of music that Interpol worked on in live sets and was considered the apt introduction to them.

t.A.T.u.'s All the Things She Said is from the perspective of a girl who has clearly fallen for another girl.

Recorded in January 1994, You Know You’re Right was the last song that Nirvana worked on in the studio. For that reason alone it is a priceless gem.

Quelqu’un m’a dit translates as “someone told me” and in the song Carla Bruni reflects on the sadness to be found in life.

In Wilco's Ashes of American Flags, the narrator offers a series of images which come together to recreate a very bleak reality.

As the title suggests, I Believe in a Thing Called Love sees the narrator describing that truly amazing feeling that comes with being in love.