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"I’ve written this tune": John Lennon wrote and recorded Instant Karma in one day. Here's how
"It was like all hell breaking loose. Tape machines, tape loops, tape delays, echo chambers, you name it!"
“If I’d said no to $80m, somebody would have committed me to a hospital!”: The rock superstar who made a fortune in tequila
And he gave most of it away!
“I used it to show people that the way they were portraying me wasn’t breaking me”: How Taylor Swift created a self-empowering pop classic
"I had more fun writing it than any song I’d written before”
“When I'm 90, I'll still be the Material Girl!”: Madonna’s signature song was released 40 years ago today
“God forbid irony should be understood,” she said
“It’s hard for me to relate to people enjoying that kind of pain”: What Bob Dylan said about his classic album released 50 years ago
Was Blood On The Tracks really his ‘divorce album’?
“Ironic, self-aware, intimate, DIY”: The making of Bad Guy, Billie Eilish’s biggest hit
The first single by an artist born in the 21st century to top the US Billboard Hot 100
“Even a baby can sing, ‘Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene’”: How Dolly Parton created a country classic
“I was playing guitar pretty seriously back then,” Dolly said
![Orianthi [left] wears a wide-brimmed hat and sunglasses as she takes a solo on her signature PRS electric guitar; Michael Jackson wears mirrored shades and a gold bullet-belt as he performs at the half-time Super Bowl show in 1993.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tza9Zx5GwG6h38uSoxjLda-840-80.jpg.webp)
Orianthi on what she learned from Michael Jackson and the King of Pop's ear for guitar tone
The pop icon died before Orianthi got the chance to play live with him but the intensity of the rehearsals left a lasting impression on the Aussie guitar phenom
