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Category: Mental health in popular music

"Every Night"
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Subverting Depression in Popular Song

NoBullying.com, in their April, 2015 piece entitled “Songs About Depression,” reminds us Beatles fans that the song “Every Night” from Paul McCartney’s debut solo album — recorded while still legally a Beatle — was created while the bassist was battling depression. How nice to see Richie Havens take this song

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"Your Own Back Yard"
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“Your Own Back Yard”: 12-Step Rock

How brave of Dion (“Runaround Sue”) DiMucci to lay his life bare as he does on “Your Own Back Yard” about his own personal demons – and then issue the song as a single aimed at the radio market: Said The Rolling Stone Record Review around the time of its

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