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 ...

In the 1997 book Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now, Paul said “Fixing a Hole” from The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper had nothing to do with heroin. “‘Fixing’ later became associated with fixing heroin but at ...

Foraes hems and howls like a blues singer caught between epiphany and defeat. In a string-laden folk-rock song, love and addiction are draped in... Songs We Love: Kwesi Foraes, 'Heroin' Love, lust and ...

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 ...

The song first appeared on Young’s 1972 Harvest album, which included the hit singles “Heart of Gold” and “Old Man.” He chose a live acoustic performance from 1971 of “The Needle and the Damage Done” ...