Deep Purple
This is a cover of Joe South's garage-pop original, reworked by Deep Purple into a driving rock jam built around a simple…
obsessive infatuation powerlessness in love desire vs. self-control
Bruce Springsteen
A minimal, hushed rock song built around a single sustained image of desire as physical injury. Springsteen strips away the…
obsessive desire transgression/infidelity psychological torment
Lauryn Hill
This is Lauryn Hill's faithful cover of the 1967 Frankie Valli pop standard, tucked into The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill as a…
romantic infatuation gratitude vulnerability
Harry Nilsson
A short set of declarative lines about escape and entrapment dissolves into a chant that repeats itself into…
entrapment disguised as freedom codependency compulsion and addiction