Rascal Flatts
“Banjo”
Country

If you’re a real country fan, there may be no sound more appealing than twanging, finger-picked banjo notes inviting you …

Train
“Drive By”
Pop

The latest infectiously sunny-sounding single from Train gets decidedly cloudier the more you pay attention to its lyrics.

Jason Mraz
“I Won’t Give Up”
Pop

Acoustic crooner Jason Mraz’s “I Won’t Give Up” is long on heartfelt emotion and refreshingly devoid of irony, cynicism or …

Taylor Swift
“Safe & Sound”
Alternative, Country, Folk

It looks like Taylor Swift herself has volunteered to be a Hunger Games tribute, singing what may turn out to …

Flo Rida
“Wild Ones”
EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop

Flo Rida and Australian singer Sia are the “Wild Ones,” singing about what only a rapper might (without any guilt) …

Adele
“Set Fire to the Rain”
Jazz/Swing/Blues, Pop

Adele’s preternatural pipes smolder with passion and pain as she pines the loss of a beloved liar whose deceptive embrace …

Taylor Swift
“Ours”
Country, Pop

Perhaps no one on the music scene right now has a better intuitive knack for crafting upbeat, feel-good love songs …

Chevelle
“Face to the Floor”
Metal, Rock

Chevelle has a long history when it comes to songs with lyrically inscrutability. This time around, though, breadcrumbs have been …

Toby Keith
“Red Solo Cup”
Country

A Toby Keith tune about the glories of the ubiquitous red Solo cup. This couldn’t be a drinking song, could …

Katy Perry
“The One That Got Away”
Pop

Katy Perry’s sixth Top 10 single from her Teenage Dream album places her in some pretty rare company. Her reckless …

fun.
“We Are Young”
Pop

fun.’s first big single, a bacchanalian ode to friends carrying drunk friends home from the bar, owes its success in …

David Guetta
“Without You”
EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop

Gal just left ya? Guy won’t call? Think you’ve got it bad? Wait ’til you get an earful of the …

Dev
“In the Dark”
EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop

The first hit from 22-year-old singer Devin Star Tailes, better known as Dev, leaves precious little to the imagination when …

Rihanna
“We Found Love”
EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop

At first glance, Rihanna’s latest hit seems sunnier than some of her recent offerings. At second glance—and after watching the …

Carly Rae Jepsen
“Call Me Maybe”
Pop

The first big hit from this former Canadian Idol contestant splits the difference between innocent infatuation and something more suggestive, …