When Ed Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud" climbed to the top of the UK singles chart in its 19th week, the song broke the record for the slowest continual ascent to #1.
Madonna's hit "Don't Tell Me" was written by her brother-in-law, Joe Henry, who has produced albums by Hugh Laurie and Bonnie Raitt.
When the Velvet Underground song "Heroin" got screechy, Maureen Tucker stopped drumming, figuring it would bust the take, but her bandmates kept going. You can hear it at the 5:20 mark.
Dr. Luke and Max Martin originally wrote Kelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone" with Pink in mind but she turned it down.
Jack White titled "Seven Nation Army" after how he would mispronounce "Salvation Army" when he was little.
Ozzy Osbourne's "Shot In The Dark" is titled after a Pink Panther movie.
In the name of song explanation, Al talks about scoring heroin for William Burroughs, and that's not even the most shocking story in this one.
Where words like "email," "thirsty," "Twitter" and "gangsta" first showed up in songs, and which songs popularized them.
Kristian talks songwriting technique, like how the chorus should redefine the story, and how to write a song backwards.
The lead singer and pianist for Procol Harum, Gary talks about finding the musical ideas to match the words.
The original voice of Snap! this story is filled with angry drag queens, video impersonators and Chaka Khan.
The powerhouse producer behind Janet Jackson's hits talks about his Boyz II Men ballads and regrouping The Time.
