Review Fix’s Top 12 Behind the Song Segments of 2012

December 27, 2012 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

In January of 2012, Review Fix Editor-In-Chief Patrick Hickey Jr. launched a new segment, “Behind the Song,” a place where artists could discuss the inspirations both creatively and emotionally, behind their music. It’s quickly garnered a cult following and is one of the most read parts of the site.

Here’s our list of the 12 best additions to the segment in 2012.

Wang Chung’s “Everybody Have Fun Tonight”: It’s a song that everyone has sung along to at some point in their lives, but did you know it was originally a slower ballad in the vein of a Beatles track?

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The Eagles “Hotel California”: Eagles guitarist Don Felder discusses how the music for one of Rock and Roll’s most iconic tracks came to be.

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Hayley Reardon’s “Music”: A groovy ballad with hints of reggae, up and upcoming folk star Hayley Reardon breaks it down.

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Icarus Witch “Rise”: A heavy metal anthem in the mold of Iron Maiden, it’s the type of track that should be played after your favorite hockey team scores a big goal.

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Frank Unzueta “The Me You Created”: A comforting jazz track, virtuoso Frank Unzueta tells us about the moment that led to its creation.

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Evans Blue “This Time is Different”: Another up and coming outfit, Evans Blue will have your ears bumming and bouncing. This is a fun, yet tough track.

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Dark New Day “Fist From the Sky”: This song was written after one of the members of the band saw the satellite video of the impending doom that was Hurricane Katrina. It definitely adds another layer of depth to the already hard-hitting track.

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Royal Bliss “Bleed My Soul”: Band frontman Neal Middleton loves music and that’s what this song is all about. Listen to him discuss how the song came to be.

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Pat Travers “Nobody’s Fault But Mine”: A legendary guitarist discusses how he played with an old blues favorite.

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Dirty Heads “Cabin by the Sea”: originally a type of nursery rhyme for a member of the band’s children, it turned out a bit differently than expected, but still has the flavor that inspired it.

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Everclear “Promenade”: A groovy track from a ‘90s powerhouse, Everclear frontman Art Alexakis discusses the song that he feels captures the band’s newer sound.

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Gabriel Kelley “When is Enough Enough”: Kelley bleeds in his work and it especially shows in this emotional ballad. In this interview, it’s obvious that the song was a cathartic endeavor.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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