“Free Bird” is a song by the American southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, from the band’s first debut (Pronounced ‘Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) (1973). Released as a single the following year, it managed to break the Top 40 in 1975, following the success of “Sweet Home Alabama.” The lyrics take inspiration from Allen Collins’s girlfriend, Kathy, and would later be dedicated to Duane Allman. It contains a famous 5-minute guitar solo closing the song.

Also, following the crowd chant in the live album One More from the Road, yelling “Free Bird!” in concerts of whatever artist or genre became a widespread habit.

The single version omits much of the solo.

“Kokomo” is a song written by John Phillips, Scott McKenzie, Mike Love and Terry Melcher and recorded by The Beach Boys in spring 1988. Its lyrics describe two lovers taking a trip to a relaxing Caribbean island called Kokomo.

It was released as a single on July 18, 1988 by Elektra Records and became a No. 1 Hit in the United States, Japan and Australia (where it topped for about two months).

“Should I Stay or Should I Go” is a song by the English punk rock band The Clash, from their album Combat Rock. It was written in 1981 and featured Mick Jones on lead vocals.

It became the band’s only number-one single on the UK Singles Chart, a decade after it was originally released. In November 2004, it was ranked at 228 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

The song contains backing vocals in Spanish due to Joe Strummer’s fondness for Spain and its language.

On the spur of the moment I said “I’m going to do the backing vocals in Spanish” We needed a translator so Eddie Garcia, the tape operator, called his mother in Brooklyn Heights and read her the lyrics over the phone and she translated them. But Eddie and his mum are Ecuadorian, so it’s Ecuadorian Spanish that me and Joe Ely are singing on the backing vocals.

—Joe Strummer, 1991

“Back In Black” is the title track off AC/DC’s first album with Brian Johnson, and became its third single. The song is a tribute to deceased frontman Bon Scott. When Brian Johnson was told to write a song, the members said, “It can’t be morbid – it has to be for Bon and it has to be a celebration.” And so they wrote it from Bon’s perpective. The song has since become a mainstay of their concerts, and the riff is one of the most iconic in rock music – for instance, it was the first song Kurt Cobain learned to play, at the age of 14.