I struggled to find a translation for Diaraby Nene but did read that Wassoulou music deals with such areas as polygamy, fertility and child bearing.

Mustt Mustt was both a popular track and album for Khan. It was even the result of a remix by Massive Attack and became a club hit.

Crazy was inspired by Seal observing key moments in history - the fall of the Berlin Wall in East and West Germany and the Tiananmen Square Massacre in China.

Only Love Can Break Your Heart raises the idea that we can go through our lives without pain so long as love doesn’t come into play

Sonic Youth's Kool Thing was inspired by an interview that Kim Gordon carried out with LL Cool J for the magazine, Spin.

When we join Beats International in 1990, it is with the release of a new single by the name of Dub Be Good to Me. 

At 10 minutes long, Three Days is an epic track, inspired by Xiola Blue, former girlfriend of the Jane's Addiction singer, Perry Farrell.

Little Fluffy Clouds from The Orb is a mixture of samples and electronic beats.

Bonita Applebum refers to a young lady that the narrator is very much into. The name “applebum” is in reference to her impressive posterior.

Joey Beltram's techno piece Energy Flash is all about the sound with a handful of singing in there though the words are not easy to decipher.

Birdhouse in Your Soul is written from the perspective of a nightlight and what it observes and does for those around it.

Iceblink Luck is a hard track to unravel and indeed The Cocteau Twins are notorious for songs such as this one.

Primal Scream's Loaded is actually a remix of an earlier track by the group entitled - I’m Losing More Than I’ll Ever Have.

Judas Priest's Painkiller opens with a frenetic piece of drumming before heavy guitars and high-pitched vocals take charge.

In Rhythm Nation, Jackson juxtaposed beats and rhythms to be found on music channels with unpleasant current affairs headlines.

Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns is said to be about Andrew Wood’s relationship with his then girlfriend, Xana La Fuente.

The Blue Nile's Headlights on the Parade is heavily driven by a piano/keyboard that opens proceedings and continues for much of the track.

Nothing Has Been Proved recreates aspects of the Profumo scandal with each verse describing a particular eyebrow raising moment.

Back to Life… opens with the express wish to leave behind a fantasy realm two lovers inhabit and to return to the reality that is life.

The Humpty Dance is a silly but fun bit of hip hop, detracting from social commentary in favour of a humorous tale of a so-called ugly man’s sexual antics.