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Swedish pop group ABBA has always been popular in Vietnam, with one song in particular holding particular poignancy (Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Sergio Mendoza Hochmann / Gus Stewart)

The ABBA song that's huge in Vietnam

Hanh Nguyen
Linda Perry of 4 Non Blondes performs on July 1, 1994 in Memmingen, Germany (Fryderyk Gabowicz/picture alliance via Getty Images)

What's Up?: An anthem to our frustration

Annie Zaleski
Michael Jackson performs in concert circa 1986. (Kevin Mazur/WireImage/Getty Images)

Jackson estate fights sale of tapes

Nardos Haile
Alanis Morissette performs at The Omni Coliseum in Atlanta Georgia, September 14, 1996 (Rick Diamond/Getty Images)

"Ironic" debate settled once and for all

Megan Volpert
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Macklemore performs on stage at Sentrum Scene on May 9, 2023 in Oslo, Norway. (Per Ole Hagen/Redferns/Getty Images)

Yes! A decent Macklemore protest anthem

Melanie McFarland
Rapper Macklemore performs onstage during the BEN tour at Climate Pledge Arena on December 21, 2023 in Seattle, Washington. (Mat Hayward/Getty Images)

Macklemore drops pro-Palestine song

Nardos Haile
Kesha and Reneé Rapp perform onstage at the 2024 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at Empire Polo Club on April 14, 2024 in Indio, California. (Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Coachella)

Kesha slams Diddy at Coachella

Gabriella Ferrigine
The Beatles during a photo session, St Pancras Old Church gardens, London, 28 July 1968. (Apple Corps Ltd.)

More Beatles music is "conceivable"

Joy Saha
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The Beatles performing on “Top of The Pops,” June 16, 1966 (Apple Corps Ltd.)

Why "Now and Then" isn't a Beatles song

Russell Root
The Beatles during a recording session for the “Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” album, Abbey Road Studios, 1967 (Apple Corps Ltd)

A new Beatles song – 46 years later

Kenneth Womack
American pop star Cher performs 17 November 1999 in Stockholm's Globe Arena. (TOBIAS ROSTLUND/SCANPIX SWEDEN/AFP via Getty Images)

The power of "Believe": 25 years later

Melanie McFarland
Taylor Swift performs onstage during "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour" at SoFi Stadium on August 09, 2023 in Inglewood, California. (Kevin Winter/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management)

Taylor Swift’s invisible merchandise

Shaan Sachdev
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Dolly Parton performs at the 2021 Kiss Breast Cancer Goodbye Concert at CMA Theater at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum on October 24, 2021 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

Listen: Dolly & Beatles cover Let It Be

Nardos Haile
Jason Aldean performs onstage at Country Thunder Wisconsin - Day 3 on July 22, 2023 in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin. (Joshua Applegate/Getty Images)

Jason Aldean's "Small Town" hits No. 1

Joy Saha
Portrait of the band The Outfield, left to right, Tony Lewis, Alan Jackman and John Spinks at the Poplar Creek Music Theater in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, August 1, 1986. (Paul Natkin/Getty Images)

“Your Love” is the perfect summer song

Annie Zaleski
Fall Out Boy | Billy Joel (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

That "We Didn't Start the Fire" revamp

Joy Saha
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Brett Goldstein and Phil Dunster in "Ted Lasso" (Apple TV+)

The "Red Right Hand" of "Ted Lasso"

Alison Stine
Nas performs at the Hennessy V.S presents "Nas: Time Is Illmatic" Los Angeles tour at the Orpheum Theatre on October 18, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. (Noel Vasquez/Getty Images for Hennessy)

Nas spoke loudest in 50 years of hip-hop

D. Watkins
Brendan Hunt, Jason Sudeikis and Gus Turner in "Ted Lasso" (Apple TV+)

Ted Lasso: "Hey Jude" as a soccer chant

Alison Stine
(L-R): Nuha Jes Izman as Teen Crystal, Samantha Hanratty as Teen Misty, Alexa Barajas as Teen Mari, Sophie Nélisse as Teen Shauna, Courtney Eaton as Teen Lottie, Nia Sondaya as Teen Akilah, Sophie Thatcher as Teen Natalie, Jasmin Savoy Brown as Teen Taissa, Steven Krueger as Ben Scott and Liv Hewson as Teen Van in "Yellowjackets" Season 2. (Kailey Schwerman/SHOWTIME)

To be "Just a Girl" in "Yellowjackets"

Alison Stine
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A man watches a video of Iranian singer Shervin Hajipour, who was released in Tehran today after being arrested for his song in support of protests over the death of Mahsa Amini, in the Cypriot capital Nicosia on October 4, 2022 (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)

The Iranian protest song at the Grammys

Rebecca Morrison
Stevie Wonder debuted what would become one of his most enduring hits, "Superstition", in Soul Train Episode 46 on January 20, 1973. (Soul Train via Getty Images)

Stevie Wonder’s "Superstition" at 50

Leigh Carriage - The Conversation
Elvis Costello (Dave J Hogan/Getty Images)

Elvis Costello: Don't play Oliver's Army

Joy Saha
Madonna performs on the Virgin Tour at the St. Paul Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota on May 21, 1985 (Jim Steinfeldt/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

25 songs with misunderstood meanings

Erik Van Rheenen, Scott Beggs - Mental Floss
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