The kid in Madonna's "Open Your Heart" video became a successful songwriter. His songs include Amy Winehouse's "You Sent Me Flying" and James Blunt's "1973."
The hit duet "Somewhere Out There" was written for an animated film about a family of immigrant mice who lose one of their young.
The first US Top 10 hit with the word "hell" in the title was "Gives You Hell" by The All-American Rejects in 2008.
Lou Reed's 11-minute "Street Hassle" features a spoken part by Bruce Springsteen.
Drake's "One Dance" was the first ever song to rack up one billion streams on Spotify.
"Everybody Have Fun Tonight" is a rare hit with the band's name used as a verb: "Everybody Wang Chung tonight." The band says it can mean whatever you'd like it to.
The "Lowdown" and "Lido Shuffle" singer makes a habit of playing with the best in the business.
The Bush frontman on where he finds inspiration for lyrics, if his "machine head" is a guitar tuner, and the stories behind songs from the album The Kingdom.
The Third Day frontman talks about some of the classic songs he wrote with the band, and what changed for his solo country album.
Ron Nevison explains in very clear terms the Quadrophenia concept and how Heart staged their resurgence after being dropped by their record company.
Scaramouch, a hoople and a superhero soundtrack - see if you can spot the real Queen stories.
Go beyond The Beatles to see what you know about the British Invasion.