<![CDATA[ Latest from Louder in Tracks-singles ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “I’ve often wondered if other people knew what I was talking about!” This is why Roger Chapman sings about his shoe in Family classic Burlesque ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/family-burlesque KYr4mat7ZyZAjPxKEgVQjG Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ The 11 best songs from 1973 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/the-11-best-songs-from-1973 6tfewG3tb99yAGNQFBx7n9 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:45:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: April 6, 2026 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/classic-rocks-tracks-of-the-week-april-6-2026 au8NgphzmVjbnYmkXegQaT Mon, 06 Apr 2026 14:45:00 +0000 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:27:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It takes me back to my schooldays." Peter Gabriel shares his latest single Till Your Mind Is Shining ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/it-takes-me-back-to-my-schooldays-peter-gabriel-shares-his-latest-single-till-your-mind-is-shining TPS847uTxNCEy3yXLjHmWo Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:55:45 +0000 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:01:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I'll definitely take being number one in fourteen countries!" The story of the song that heralded Blondie's comeback – but tanked in the US ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/blondie-maria PWWaJzaSV7raokJ86taveg Wed, 01 Apr 2026 07:45:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "You can borrow the luggage of the past, you can amalgamate it with things that you've conceived could be in the future, and you can set it in the now." How David Bowie conquered time to write the song that gave him an audience ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/david-bowie-changes 8KuxMvAjTwjmkMhfTXTHuJ Tue, 31 Mar 2026 06:45:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: March 30, 2026 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/classic-rocks-tracks-of-the-week-march-30-2026 rcsKXwYmetpp6UwmTUodUZ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:45:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I became carried away with my playing and when I turned around this hard-as-nails guy had a tear streaming down his cheek”: How a million-selling hair metal band made one of the most epic ballads of the 80s – with help from the Rolling Stones’ producer ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/cinderella-dont-know-what-youve-got-til-its-gone-story-behind-the-song gexLMKa7zM9CNmbY2X25LY Sun, 29 Mar 2026 05:00:00 +0000 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:25:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear this week ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/best-new-metal-songs-dimmu-borgir-frozen-soul-president cUNX89hjszhEJinghKnySD Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:43:06 +0000 Sat, 28 Mar 2026 01:49:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Am I guilty by association, or the innocent receiver of stolen goods?" The surprisingly contentious origins of one of the greatest singles of the 60s ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/gimme-some-lovin-spencer-davis-group Mg9KFtKrMzPUHi9mR3yBR Fri, 27 Mar 2026 03:21:15 +0000 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:40:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ "If it were made today, it would sound like Green Day or a metal band." How a neurotic 19-year-old and a guitarist with a razor created the blueprint for metal and punk ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/the-kinks-all-day-and-all-of-the-night Lr5ZMGTVQCcpsgYzxUcAJY Mon, 23 Mar 2026 23:31:54 +0000 Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:42:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: March 23, 2026 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/classic-rocks-tracks-of-the-week-march-23-2026 2r2P4LtH5RqamJmWmhWtCX Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:45:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "He said: 'Hold it! Keep playing that, don't stop!' He comes down in his undershorts and grabs his guitar, then completes the riff." How London’s famous clock tower and a flirtatious groupie inspired Jimi Hendrix's last great song ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/jimi-hendrix-dolly-dagger XDiHCQBFdFko4Cd7R74r6L Mon, 23 Mar 2026 07:35:04 +0000 Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:20:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Bringing the bass and drums down so you can't hear them makes the lead guitar sound fantastic. Jack White made a career out of it." The story of the ferocious classic that was inspired by Vietnam and set a template for punk ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/iggy-the-stooges-search-and-destroy 7EwLbm4BSUDuyGXBuRRtqh Fri, 20 Mar 2026 07:45:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “If he knew karate, he would have broken the table with how hard he hit it. He said, ‘That has to be on the album!’”: Can you imagine Pink Floyd’s The Wall without Comfortably Numb? Roger Waters once did ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/pink-floyd-comfortably-numb-dtopped-from-the-wall 4RQgCahsoP3q2gxphCwzcL Thu, 19 Mar 2026 09:03:25 +0000 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 10:50:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It was like pulling teeth. Which is among the reasons why we stopped writing together." The story of the Status Quo song that ended a partnership and became a roller-coaster live classic ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/forty-five-hundred-times-status-quo zUcKvzHiaVtYoWkWgr52QX Wed, 18 Mar 2026 06:45:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "So there I was slinging names about and accusing them of all sorts of things – dastardly deeds and vile occurrences!" Feuding and in crisis, Deep Purple combined two high-profile figures to create an anti-censorship classic ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/mary-long-deep-purple f2bnaDngg7PRciHSu6irbB Tue, 17 Mar 2026 08:45:00 +0000 Wed, 18 Mar 2026 05:12:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: March 16, 2026 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/classic-rocks-tracks-of-the-week-march-16-2026 ityUK4UVPoPq8Jw8XcrsTh Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:45:00 +0000 Mon, 16 Mar 2026 22:33:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We never took advantage of a death. Other bands did it. People tried to make us do the same, but we just wouldn’t”: The southern rock classic covered by Waylon Jennings and Poison that deserves to be up there with Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Sweet Home Alabama ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/marshall-tucker-band-cant-you-see-story-behind-the-song mzkgJJQzhnC6U6CCLPmjdM Sun, 15 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Fri, 20 Mar 2026 04:25:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He listened to the first two tunes, picked up the album and smashed it against the wall. It was the only one we had!” This 1968 hit made a prog pioneer into a global star – but even he didn’t like it at first ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/crazy-world-of-arthur-brown-fire 8Yp6Tn6XUEz7XpHZ5cJEAG Sat, 14 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There was something romantic about splitting up when we did. But we couldn’t have gone on anyway. We were killing each other”: How rock’s most volatile band wrote the song that invented the 1990s – and then imploded ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/janes-addiction-been-caught-stealing-story-behind-the-song GhMPyfq3irq9bhxX3E6epb Sat, 14 Mar 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Sat, 14 Mar 2026 06:04:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/best-new-metal-sabaton-corrosion-of-conformity-devin-townsend 9wQv4kvYrtqpa4DZvVpNcQ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0000 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 15:26:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I love the sleazy, lustful side of Motorhead." Severed heads, strip clubs and baptism by whisky: Why the metal world loved Lemmy Kilmister, the ultimate rock'n'roll rebel ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/why-the-metal-world-loved-motorhead YZL3994woMDXfHdXtfAwxG Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:33:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: March 9, 2026 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/classic-rocks-tracks-of-the-week-march-9-2026 Yoy7f7dsVWs5fi5Lb4m2B9 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 14:45:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I always took a flagon of cider on stage with me. When I'd finished drinking it I played the jug." The extraordinary story of the debut single that sold 73,000 copies before lunch and became a hit all over the world ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/mungo-jerry-in-the-summertime Mii5pGQ8giYVGp6tb6VxUf Mon, 09 Mar 2026 07:36:42 +0000 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 08:02:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ "We saw the end coming." How the 90s' last big rock band reinvented after their frontman went off the rails - courtesy of one of the best singers in the game ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/alter-bridge-story-behind-open-your-eyes xf2sLiwWgE8vWhKjm2PCe6 Tue, 03 Mar 2026 16:08:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It’s a song about inventors and invention." New Peter Gabriel single What Lies Ahead was a work-in-progress performed during 2014's Back To Front tour ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/its-a-song-about-inventors-and-invention-new-peter-gabriel-single-what-lies-ahead-was-a-work-in-progress-performed-during-2014s-back-to-front-tour KnyNGcXb8uadt6iYh5KR5N Tue, 03 Mar 2026 08:58:45 +0000 Tue, 03 Mar 2026 09:05:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: March 2, 2026 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/classic-rocks-tracks-of-the-week-march-2-2026 K3jGAosUv5EBuykKMk4ASe Mon, 02 Mar 2026 14:45:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now! ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/best-new-metal-songs-sepultura-lamb-of-god-arch-enemy bS8YhcTBoJrFBYYaHMKBvV Fri, 27 Feb 2026 17:03:20 +0000 Fri, 27 Feb 2026 17:57:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: February 23, 2026 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/classic-rocks-tracks-of-the-week-february-23-2026 fPn72UeXUDHRnUbKkVcGjW Mon, 23 Feb 2026 14:45:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When we got back from the pub they presented us with this six-part piece of music. We were like, ‘We can’t record this! Oh, wait a minute…’”: The Stranglers’ Golden Brown started as a prog suite ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/stranglers-golden-brown-prog-song KwxRVwMYvUDrrJhXkPE9oR Sat, 21 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I am so inspired by Amy Lee’s vocals and we all wanted to channel Scream." Watch Scream star Mckenna Grace go metal in the video for killer new Ice Nine Kills single Twisting The Knife - with a cool bonus cameo ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/ice-nine-kills-release-new-single-from-the-soundtrack-of-horror-blockbuster-scream-7-and-thats-not-the-only-big-film-project-theyve-got-planned-for-the-year EWTotwhT5ak2oogvpQrMQ7 Thu, 19 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0000 Thu, 19 Feb 2026 17:11:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A search for spiritual redemption”: Hear new President single Angel Wings – the masked band’s first song after signing with major label Atlantic Records ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/president-release-new-single-angel-wings-2026 rrfxeHjXJyJo9y6zyoszp7 Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:21:26 +0000 Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:22:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’m not exaggerating – everybody had it. We felt it would be cheating to make them buy it again”: It’s one of the biggest-selling singles of all time, but this proto-prog band left it off their debut album ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/procol-harum-whiter-shade-of-pale sdbPyBkG4XmjyqzbV2jdc5 Thu, 19 Feb 2026 09:48:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ "The brutality was still shocking, especially the violence towards families." The story of the social justice anthem inspired by a police raid on a Stonehenge beanfield ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/the-levellers-battle-of-the-beanfield K466vZEAjWkeXeUBVescSR Thu, 19 Feb 2026 06:45:00 +0000 Thu, 19 Feb 2026 21:50:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I have confidence the righteous will rise up against this aberration": U2 slam ICE, Putin, Netanyahu and more on surprise-released EP Days Of Ash ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/u2-day-of-ash-ep FhzDvxi4pUmvXZmPaD2rL Wed, 18 Feb 2026 21:11:40 +0000 Thu, 19 Feb 2026 21:50:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “With his despair and her hope, the fact that its roots are in tragedy only adds to its poignancy”: The story of Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush’s duet Don’t Give Up ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/with-his-despair-and-her-hope-the-fact-that-its-roots-are-in-tragedy-only-adds-to-its-poignancy-the-story-of-peter-gabriel-and-kate-bushs-duet-dont-give-up 9gWYRsfw2zbqb4eoyDgAaW Tue, 17 Feb 2026 06:27:31 +0000 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 09:07:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: February 16, 2026 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/classic-rocks-tracks-of-the-week-february-16-2026 BcG5er6rvjjMPZwx7QayP3 Mon, 16 Feb 2026 14:45:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/best-new-metal-songs-knocked-loose-corrosion-of-conformity-napalm-death-melvins vU3MBYKGQuStHtfUEEWf7D Fri, 13 Feb 2026 19:19:15 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 23:58:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was just weird. It wasn’t working, whatever we tried. I think it created a negative association”: Tom Sawyer started out as Rush’s least favourite track on Moving Pictures. It later made them big in Brazil ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/rush-tom-sawyer PkgjaNQ9xq4wKkUkb6pnfj Thu, 12 Feb 2026 06:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "After all those days in the cotton fields, the dreams came true on a gold record." The story of the mongrel mix of blues, country and pop that sold a million and became the original rock’n’roll anthem ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/carl-perkins-blue-suede-shoes QJeEVMJ4h3Coa5V472Je3f Thu, 12 Feb 2026 01:16:36 +0000 Thu, 12 Feb 2026 01:50:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: February 9, 2026 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/classic-rocks-tracks-of-the-week-february-9-2026 6BJhgmjE8ALbH3ABrVgDRR Mon, 09 Feb 2026 14:45:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/best-new-metal-songs-mayhem-aa-williams-sleep-theory cEdLuD3sYwxjpQWp973JAH Fri, 06 Feb 2026 16:38:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “They all chimed in, ‘We want some crazy Spanish guitar. Improvise!’ I thought, ‘I’ve bitten off more than I can chew’”: When Queen pressganged Steve Howe into appearing on Innuendo ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/queen-innuendo-steve-howe Qtd7dnYgMhxhGU4XMv6F6h Wed, 04 Feb 2026 12:45:00 +0000 Thu, 05 Feb 2026 08:48:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The email said, ‘John Cale is looking for you.’ It absolutely terrified me. I thought I was in trouble!” How the Velvet Underground icon voiced a powerful song on Cate Le Bon’s new album ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/cate-le-bon-john-cale-ride Q6xjNrBeGgzthTjn9thpXJ Wed, 04 Feb 2026 09:45:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "When Robert Plant introduced me I achieved closure. I had my song back for the first time since 1961." How Bonnie Dobson's post-apocalyptic first song finally found its way home via the Grateful Dead, Nazareth, Jeff Beck, the Allman Brothers and more ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/bonnie-dobson-morning-dew eWnVbp5P7kjBpW4oSd39vG Wed, 04 Feb 2026 03:22:51 +0000 Wed, 04 Feb 2026 04:20:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: February 2, 2026 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/classic-rocks-tracks-of-the-week-february-2-2026 Wkt7VkjQxeTb6U3roH3ALg Mon, 02 Feb 2026 14:45:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "He came down with this battered old Telecaster and played the best solo I’ve ever heard in my life": The debauched story of the Britrock classic made perfect by the last guitar solo from a legend ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/my-baby-is-a-headfuck-the-wildhearts sV4k9ydpmhyJRfyk4ghrjg Fri, 30 Jan 2026 08:45:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I felt a little bit grubby. I knew it hadn’t come from a place of complete integrity”: Steven Wilson tried to forget his shamelessly commercial Porcupine Tree song, but met it again in a strip club ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/porcupine-tree-shallow hpTEME32ujrRCAgaf9Yy8Y Wed, 28 Jan 2026 10:12:16 +0000 Fri, 30 Jan 2026 11:09:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I preferred the Chili Peppers' cover to what Guns N' Roses did, but I was really happy about the royalty cheques": Stooges guitarist James Williamson looks back at the proto-punk ass-kicker David Bowie didn't understand ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/raw-power-iggy-and-the-stooges yfiYbSoTN7Uao4E7nMcfMA Wed, 28 Jan 2026 01:32:56 +0000