29 Hit Songs’ Secret Backstories
Here are some brainworms to go along with those earworms

Songs have a way of worming themselves into our brains and lives in subtle ways, without us giving a single thought as to how they arrived in our ears. And as it turns out, most songs have really interesting histories. So we asked our readers to come up with fascinating facts about well-known songs, that you can worm into your brain alongside that catchy melody. Here’s what they came up with…
David Bowie


The Powerpuff Girls



Dolly Parton


Michael Jackson

Keith Richards





Mr. Blue Sky



The Macarena

Grand Funk Railroad

Disco Inferno

Andre 3000

Stevie Nicks

Eddie Murphy

Shake It Off

Cake by the Ocean


Kryptonite



Journey
