Anatomy of a Song: The Inside Stories Behind 45 Iconic Hits

Songs that sell the most copies naturally become hits, but some of those hits transcend mere commercial value, profoundly touching a generation of listeners and altering the very direction of music itself. In Anatomy of a Song, writer and music historian Marc Myers meticulously tells the stories behind fifty iconic rock, pop, R&B, country, and reggae hits through intimate interviews with the artists who both wrote and recorded them.

Mick Jagger, Jimmy Page, The Clash, Smokey Robinson, Grace Slick, Roger Waters, Joni Mitchell, Steven Tyler, Rod Stewart, Elvis Costello, and many other leading artists reveal the inspirations, the struggles, and the precise techniques that lay behind their truly influential works.