Bob Dylan’s song acts as a tribute. He uses five verses to address the American landscape with reference made to slavery at one point.

You Got the Love is a well-known track and not just because of Candi Staton’s version which would hit the UK Top 10 on multiple occasions.

Crowded House enjoyed one of their biggest hits with Weather with You and climbed into the UK Top 10.

Here Metallica were simplifying things a little with Enter Sandman being built around one riff but what a riff it is.

Justified & Ancient dates back to the group’s debut work (1987) but this is a new version with Tammy Wynette providing some of the vocals.

Unfinished Sympathy is a collaboration between Massive Attack and vocalist Shara Nelson who also co-wrote this track.

Treaty recalls how the promise made by the government to reach a form of peace between white and black Australians was broken.

The premise of Always on the Run is Kravitz remembering the many lessons that his mother taught him to get through life as best he can.

In Life Is a Highway Tom Cochrane uses the metaphor of a highway to put in place the trials and tribulations that come with living one’s life.

Losing My Religion is one of R.E.M.’s most famous songs but it is only in the last year that I have learned what the song is actually about.

One came together in the studio when the members of U2 were fractured and in the midst of disagreements about their musical direction.

Give It Away was inspired by singer Anthony Kiedis’ relationship with a former girlfriend by the name of Nina Hagen.

Summertime (1991) was a big success for DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, hitting the Top 10 in the US and UK.

Smells Like Teen Spirit was the song that broke the band into the mainstream and saw Nevermind top the US charts.

This epic track from Osbourne is high on heavy metal and is often a raucous piece, the lyrics attesting to different images and stories.

Jesus Built My Hotrod crams a lot into its run time with whispered vocals at the outset before the licks of the heavy guitars come in.

Written by Mike Reid and Allen Shamblin, I Can’t Make You Love Me is another one of those stories of unrequited love that we enjoy so much.

Calling All Angels seems to concern a series of individuals who are struggling in life for different reasons and have challenges to overcome.

Balada conducatorolui is more notable for me by its melody than the vocals but both work in excellent tandem.

1952 Vincent Black Lightning refers to a rare motorbike (less than 100 were made). In the song, the bike brings a young couple together.