Sting wrote "Fields of Gold" after buying a house near a barley field and enjoying the majestic sunsets.
Jack & Diane started off as an interracial couple; Mellencamp took race references out of the song at the request of his record company.
Adele isn't a ghost when she sings, "Hello from the other side" - it means the "other side of becoming an adult."
"One Way Or Another" is based on a stalker who creeped out Blondie lead singer Debbie Harry.
The video for Michael and Janet Jackson's "Scream" was the most expensive ever made, costing $7 million.
"Kokomo" gave The Beach Boys their first #1 hit in 22 years. They picked the title because it sounded tropical.
Just how much did these monsters of rock dabble in the occult?
The renown rock singer talks about "The House of the Rising Sun" and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood."
Rickie Lee Jones on songwriting, social media, and how she's handling Trump.
Gramm co-wrote this gorgeous ballad and delivered an inspired vocal, but the song was the beginning of the end of his time with Foreigner.
Can you name Def Leppard's only #1 hit in America? Get rocked with this adrenalized quiz.
Country songs with titles so bizarre they can't possibly be real... or can they?
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