"Fight The Power" was written for the Spike Lee movie Do The Right Thing. It opens the film and serves as the motif.
An unknown Ke$ha sang on Flo-Rida's #1 hit "Right Round," but refused to appear in the video because she wanted to make a name for herself.
Country star Slim Whitman's version of the 1920s song "Rose Marie" spent 11 consecutive weeks at #1 in the UK in 1955, a record until 1991 when Bryan Adams’ "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" spent 16 weeks at the top.
"Ain't No Sunshine" by Bill Withers was inspired by the Jack Lemmon movie Days of Wine and Roses.
"A Hard Day's Night" was the title song to The Beatles' first movie, which was surprisingly good: it was nominated for two Oscars.
Rihanna was Pitbull's first choice to sing on "Timber," but she wasn't available at the time so he enlisted his RCA labelmate Kesha instead.
Pool balls, magpies and thorns without roses - how well do you know your Tom Waits lyrics?
The guitarist/songwriter explains how he came up with his signature sound, and deconstructs some classic Fear Factory songs.
Toto's keyboard player explains the true meaning of "Africa" and talks about working on the Thriller album.
Here is the church, here is the steeple - see if you can identify these lyrics that reference church.
Petula talks about her hits "Downtown" and "Don't Sleep In The Subway," and explains her Michael Jackson connection.
Did they really trade their guitarist to The Doobie Brothers? Are they named after something naughty? And what's up with the band name?