“Padam Padam” Separates the Party People from the Homebodies
Lauren Michele Jackson on the song “Padam Padam,” by Kylie Minogue, which belongs to a category of danceable pop music…
Songs of Summer
admin How the Beach Vacation Became a Country-Music Trope
Kelefa Sanneh on the song “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere,” by Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett, which was a diversion from…
The Summer I Surrendered to Wilson Phillips
Naomi Fry on “Hold On,” by Wilson Phillips, MTV, teen-age angst, and the summer of 1990.
The Summer When Everyone Wanted a Good, Good Night
Jia Tolentino on “I Gotta Feeling,” by the Black Eyed Peas, and the summer of 2009, when every big hit…
Nobody’s a Stranger When You Play “No Letting Go”
Hua Hsu recalls his time as a young d.j. in 2003, when Wayne Wonder’s dancehall anthem seemed like a beacon…
A Lonely Adolescent Summer, Set to “Bad Moon Rising”
Richard Brody remembers the summer of 1969, when the song by Creedence Clearwater Revival was released to great success, and…