Latest VerseWrite blog articles in In Music.https://versewrite.app/en/blog/music/enhttps://versewrite.app/en/blog/music/u2-40/https://versewrite.app/en/blog/music/u2-40/U2 recorded Psalm 40 in the last forty minutes of the War sessions, then spent years walking off stage while the crowd kept singing it. Read the verse that was built to be carried.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTU2PsalmsWaitingOld-Testamenthttps://versewrite.app/en/blog/music/gangstas-paradise/https://versewrite.app/en/blog/music/gangstas-paradise/Coolio's 1995 hit opens with David's most famous valley. Read Psalm 23:4 — the verse the song quotes is the half about walking. The half about not fearing was left off.Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTCoolioGangstas-ParadisePsalm-23FearOld-Testamenthttps://versewrite.app/en/blog/music/gods-plan/https://versewrite.app/en/blog/music/gods-plan/Drake's 2018 hit borrowed a phrase that has been on every other graduation card for decades. Read Jeremiah 29:11 — and notice that the verse was first addressed to exiles.Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTDrakeGods-PlanJeremiahPlansOld-Testamenthttps://versewrite.app/en/blog/music/jesus-walks/https://versewrite.app/en/blog/music/jesus-walks/Kanye's 2004 song asked the radio for the same thing the verse asked listeners for. Read Matthew 11:28 — the invitation that does not check qualifications first.Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTKanye-WestJesus-WalksBurdenGraceMatthewNew-Testamenthttps://versewrite.app/en/blog/music/turn-turn-turn/https://versewrite.app/en/blog/music/turn-turn-turn/Pete Seeger took an Old Testament passage almost word-for-word and added six syllables. Read Ecclesiastes 3:1 — the verse already had the cadence the Byrds turned into a hit.Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTSeegerByrdsTurn-Turn-TurnEcclesiastesOld-Testamenthttps://versewrite.app/en/blog/music/hallelujah/https://versewrite.app/en/blog/music/hallelujah/Cohen's most-covered song is built on the verse David wrote after his greatest failure. Read Psalm 51:17 — the broken heart that becomes the only acceptable offering.Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTCohenHallelujahDavidBrokennessPsalmsOld-Testamenthttps://versewrite.app/en/blog/music/rivers-of-babylon/https://versewrite.app/en/blog/music/rivers-of-babylon/The Melodians and Boney M turned an exile psalm into a global hit. Read Psalm 137:1 — the verse the song almost copies, with one Hebrew word removed.Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTMelodiansBoney-MRivers-Of-BabylonExilePsalmsOld-Testamenthttps://versewrite.app/en/blog/music/like-a-prayer/https://versewrite.app/en/blog/music/like-a-prayer/Madonna's 1989 hit imitates the rhythm of prayer it cannot fully claim. Read Psalm 17:6 — the verse that names the simplest possible prayer: I have called upon thee.Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTMadonnaLike-A-PrayerPsalmsCallingOld-Testamenthttps://versewrite.app/en/blog/music/writings-on-the-wall/https://versewrite.app/en/blog/music/writings-on-the-wall/Sam Smith's 2015 Spectre theme borrows an English idiom older than the language. Read Daniel 5:5 — the original scene the phrase comes from.Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTSam-SmithWritings-On-The-WallDanielWarningOld-Testament