Part of what makes a songwriter brilliant is their ability to spin a tale through song that might seem to be about one thing, but is really about another thing. That’s the heart of media literacy.

There’s an array of colors, shapes and forms in the list below of the Top 40 Drug Songs, just as it is with the substances themselves. You’ll find celebrations, experimental insights and cautionary ...

Looking back, it seems like everyone involved in the entertainment industry between the 1960s and the 1980s was under the influence of one substance or another. As a result, it is easy to believe that ...

This shouldn’t come up as a surprise, since Ed Sheeran is on his course to become one of the most popular musicians today. The song is about crack cocaine also known as an A class drug, and about the ...

I was standing in the light pouring in from the open window of the first floor guest room of my aunt’s beach house in Grover Beach, Calif., while cleansing my Spotify “Beach” playlist of stale songs ...

Some songs mean exactly what they say, others are open for broader interpretation. And especially if you're an internationally famous musician, this means a whole lot of people interpreting your work ...

Although this song was written as a joke, it’s popularity wasn’t a joke at all. In this song, Afroman describes his experience while taking marijuana.