Earlier this summer, Paste began its big, multi-month project: picking the greatest songs of all time. The plan is to go decade by decade and choose our favorite singles and deep cuts before producing ...

When you want to put an album on and just let it play, what do you select? When you’re on a road trip, or you’re painting your house, or maybe you’re making an elaborate dinner—what records do you ...

On this day in 1980, Madonna was dominating the Billboard Hot 100 with "Papa Don't Preach", her fourth No. 1 single after "Like a Virgin", "Crazy for You", and "Live ...

While the 1960s may have had the most one-hit wonders, the 1980s produced the most memorable one-hit tracks that burned their sound into the brains of the listener. According to Collider, the answer ...

This timeless tune once got in trouble for political content in its lyrics.

First doesn’t always equal best. Here are some 80s pop songs that were not only artists’ final No. 1 hits, but arguably some of the greatest No. 1 hits of the decade. This hit was both Tina Turner‘s ...

As the longest running radio broadcast in U.S. history, the Grand Ole Opry has launched the careers of countless country music legends...and now, over a century after it first began, the Opry is still ...

When a recent ranking of the greatest guitar solos ever was published, it was dominated by legendary performances by icons like Brian May, Jimi Hendrix, and Jimmy Page. One incredibly unusual piece of ...

The Cure’s Robert Smith famously called Cocteau Twins’ 1984 album Treasure “the most romantic sound I’ve ever heard,” supposedly even choosing to play the album while he got ready on his wedding day.