The Script - Breakeven

Frontman Danny O'Donoghue admitted to The Daily Star July 30, 2008: "Our songs are from therapy sessions. One track called 'Break Even' is about how someone is always left with the lesser piece in life. The worst day for him would be his girlfriend's best day."

The Rasmus - In The Shadows

The best song of the Finnish band The Rasmus. It is featured on the group's fifth studio album Dead Letters. The song currently holds the record for performance royalties received abroad on a Finnish composition (overtaking the works of Jean Sibelius). It was nominated for the Kerrang! Award for Best Single in 2004.

Lady Antebellum - Need You Now

This is the first single from Country trio Lady Antebellum's sophomore album. Group members Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott, along with co-writer Josh Kear wrote this song about yearning for companionship in the middle of the night. Scott explained in publicity materials that the song, and many others on their sophomore album, "are about what we are learning as we go through the ups and downs of different relationships." She added: "All three of us know what it's like to get to that point where you feel lonely enough that you make a late night phone call that you very well could regret the next day. But you do it anyway because it's the only thing that's going to give you any relief in that moment."

Linkin Park - Waiting For The End

Linkin Park's Chester Bennington told MTV News that this is one of his favorite tracks on A Thousand Suns. He said: "I think that 'Waiting for the End' and 'Iridescent' are probably tied at #1 [for my] favorite song on the record. I just think they're really beautiful." He added: "I like the summertime vibe of 'Waiting,' and I like the lyrical content of it all, and the dynamic, too."

Tom Jones - She's A Lady

"She's a Lady" is a million-selling gold-certified hit song written by Paul Anka, released at the beginning of 1971. In the United States, it is Jones' highest-charting single to date. It hit #1 in Cash Box magazine and #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The original version of the song was re-written for commercial release in 1971 by Jones and Anka due to the explicit lyrics.

Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual

This song was written by the classical music arranger and conductor Les Reed along with Tom Jones' manager Gordon Mills. They wrote it for the British singer Sandie Shaw, but she turned it down. Tom Jones saw the song's potential, recorded it, and it became his first hit single. Jones recalled to The Mail On Sunday February 6, 2011: "I did the demo on this song when it was being offered to Sandie Shaw. I was just starting out and, God bless her, she said: 'Whoever's singing this, it's his song.' Finding great new songs is never easy, and back in those days, finding one that would fit me – the way I felt and sang anyway – was difficult. I'm indebted to Sandie for being so generous."

The Blue Hearts - Train Train

The Blue Hearts were a Japanese punk rock band active from 1985 to 1995. In 2003, HMV Japan ranked them at number 19 on their list of 100 most important Japanese pop acts. They have been compared to such bands as the Sex Pistols, The Clash and the Ramones. Two of their most well-known are "Train-Train" and "Linda Linda", which can be found on many karaoke machines.
This fan made video contains English translation of the Japanese lyrics.

Sugarcult - Killing Me

Sugarcult's second album, Wrap Me Up in Plastic, was released in 2000. In May 2002, the band re-released Wrap Me Up in Plastic with a new tracklisting that included songs from both Eleven and the original Wrap Me Up in Plastic, as well as new artwork.

The Airborne Toxic Event - Gasoline

Songwriter Mikel Jollet introduces this rocker onstage as "a hymn to teenage sex."

Switchfoot - Meant To Live

This is a song about finding fulfillment through God. The lyrics talk about imperfection of the world we live in, and why people were "Meant to live for so much more." This song is a highlight of an ongoing theme of Switchfoot, which is that the nihilism and entropy people feel in everyday life is due to a loss of identity and faith. The lyrics were written by their frontman Jon Foreman, who said in an interview to Songfacts: "I'm thinking of life maybe a little bit more lyrically than a computer programmer or someone like that. But the good songs I always feel like they have very little to do with me."

Sugarcult - Crashing Down

Sugarcult released their debut album, Eleven, in 1999, featuring also this song. Not amongst their best songs but already shows promising signs of the talent these guys have, which later led them to success with songs like Memory.

 

Santana - The Game Of Love (feat. Michelle Branch)

The song was launched as single in 2002, and won a Grammy Award for "Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals", as well as peaking at #5 in on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The vocal performance on the song is by Michelle Branch.
Tina Turner originally recorded the track for Santana, though this version remained unreleased until October 16, 2007, where it featured on Ultimate Santana, with the Branch version also appearing on the effort.

Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Breakdown Into The Resolve

The Cardinals were an American rock band that were formed in 2004 by alternative country singer-songwriter Ryan Adams and fronted by him until 2009. Regarding the band's name, Adams states that he "suggested the Cardinals because it was my high school football team."