songs Bo Burnham welcomes us to the Internet in song (including lyrics so we can all join in!) David Pescovitz

songs Listen to Beastie Boys keyboardist Money Mark's stunning contribution to NPR's "Morning Edition Song Project" David Pescovitz

David Crosby David Crosby's "Laughing" turns 50 Ferdinando Buscema

songs Hear 99 metal musicians from Pantera, Slayer, etc. cover "99 Bottles of Beer" David Pescovitz

songs Here is the real (fake) story of Kiss's "Beth" David Pescovitz

there is an alternative A song about the Tories, for anyone confused about this Thursday's election Cory Doctorow

there's a shadow hanging over me On Paul McCartney's birthday today, listen to Tammy Wynette cover "Yesterday" David Pescovitz

blues Lead Belly sings about Mr. Hitler (1942) David Pescovitz

Furry Happy Monsters "Happy Furry Monsters" and other Sesame Street parody mashup songs Rusty Blazenhoff

Bunny Wailer Update: "The Electric Slide" is *not* about a vibrator, according to songwriter Rusty Blazenhoff

shingles Watch Shingle Jingle, the best way to experience shingles Andrea James

earworms Here's the catchiest ode to breakfast burritos in human history Andrea James

songs "I Caught a Snowflake," by Gina Borys Mark Frauenfelder

key changes More songs' emotional moods inverted with key changes Rob Beschizza

lyrics Are pop lyrics getting more repetitive? (hint: yes) Andrea James

millennials Wha Oh! Wha Oh! That thing you hear in every other pop song is the Millennial Whoop Rob Beschizza

cringe for the dark master Britain's fabulous Brexit song is even better than the Trump Girls Freedom song Rob Beschizza

dat azz Watch a musician play Bach's "Air on the G String" on actual g-string underwear Xeni Jardin

1975 Funky Friday: "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" Elvin Bishop, 1976 Xeni Jardin

song a day Lock it Down: A song for Creative Commons, by Jonathan "Song a Day" Mann Xeni Jardin