Songwriters are often labeled quirky for no good reason other than they dare to write songs about topics other than love. Harry Nilsson was often saddled with the “quirky” label for some of the ...

Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday series. The members of the Beatles were early champions of Harry Nilsson’s music ...

While many of the most enduring ballads of our time tell heartbreaking tales, one chart-topping, genre-crossing classic is tragic on a variety of levels that have nothing to do with the subject matter ...