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1001 Songs Challenge #961: Ain’t No Other Man (2006)
Having married in 2005, Christina Aguilera was inspired by this union into writing Ain’t No Other Man.
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1001 Songs Challenge #960: Love is a Losing Game (2006)
Love is a Losing Game is said to have been written in response to a difficult relationship with Amy Winehouse’s future husband.
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1001 Songs Challenge #959: Crazy (2006)
Gnarls Barkley's Crazy seems to be about a form of mental instability, focusing on a feeling of maladjustment with one’s self and the world.
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1001 Songs Challenge #958: Not Ready to Make Nice (2006)
#958 of the 1001 Songs Challenge is Not Ready to Make Nice by Dixie Chicks
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1001 Songs Challenge #957: We Are Your Friends (2006)
Justice’s remix of Never Be Alone retains only the chorus from the original, throwing in a dominant amount of drums and synth to flesh it out.
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1001 Songs Challenge #956: Consolation Prizes (2006)
Consolation Prizes from Phoenix appears to concern the end of or, at the very least, the breaking down of a relationship.
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1001 Songs Challenge #955: Hoppipolla (2005)
Sigur Ros's Hoppípolla translates as hopping into puddles and is sung mostly in Icelandic with some Hopelandic, a made up language.
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1001 Songs Challenge #954: Best of You (2005)
Foo Fighters' Best of You was written by Dave Grohl and was inspired by his support for 2004 US Presidential candidate, John Kerry.
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1001 Songs Challenge #953: Let’s Make Love and Listen to Death from Above (2005)
CSS's Let’s Make Love and Listen to Death from Above manages to cover the song’s contents in the title alone.
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1001 Songs Challenge #952: Fix You (2005)
Fix You was written by singer, Chris Martin, and concerns the difficult task of helping a loved one through a dark period of grief.
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1001 Songs Challenge #951: Welcome to Jamrock (2005)
Welcome to Jamrock is Damian Marley's commentary on the hardest hit parts of Jamaican society.
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1001 Songs Challenge #950: I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor (2005)
Arctic Monkeys' I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor is a testament to young love and what sounds like our teenage years.
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1001 Songs Challenge #949: Todo cambia (2005)
Todo Cambia sees Mercedes Sosa take us through a myriad of beautiful imagery as she reflects on her life and experiences.
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1001 Songs Challenge #948: Chicago (2005)
In Chicago Sufjan Stevens takes on the role of a narrator who is travelling through the US, seemingly in search of something
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1001 Songs Challenge #947: Dry Your Eyes (2004)
Dry Your Eyes focuses on a painful breakup, each verse offering a heart-rending testament to the pain that comes with such a parting.
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1001 Songs Challenge #946: The Art Teacher (2004)
The Art Teacher was inspired by a conversation Rufus Wainwright had with a teacher at a gym.
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1001 Songs Challenge #945: Mein Teil (2004)
Rammstein's Mein Teil recounts the disturbing tale of Armin Meiwes and Bernd Jurgen Armando Brandes.
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1001 Songs Challenge #944: Jesus of Suburbia (2004)
Green Day's American Idiot is a concept album that explored disillusioned American youths in the aftermath of 9/11.
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1001 Songs Challenge #943: Portland, Oregon (2004)
Heavily driven by guitar, Portland, Oregon boasts a lovely duet between Loretta Lynn and Jack White.
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1001 Songs Challenge #941: Take Me Out (2004)
Franz Ferdinand's Take Me Out has multiple interpretations but they generally centre around the same idea.
