
Lou Reed's 11-minute "Street Hassle" features a spoken part by Bruce Springsteen.

"London Calling" by The Clash was written amid widespread fears that the Thames River was going to flood the city.

"Party Rock Anthem" by LMFAO was only the second #1 hit on the Hot 100 with "Party" in the title. The first was Lesley Gore's "It's My Party."

The events described in Alanis Morissette's song "Ironic," like rain on your wedding day, are not examples of irony. Irony is the use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning.

David Bowie was in a mystical state when he wrote "The Man Who Sold The World," which he said happened during his "15 minutes of Buddhism."

"Forever" by Chris Brown was written for a Wrigley's Doublemint Gum commercial. The full song contains the gum's tagline: "Double your pleasure, double your fun."
An original member of Depeche Mode, Vince went on to form Erasure and Yaz.
Chris and his wife Tina were the rhythm section for Talking Heads when they formed The Tom Tom Club. "Genius of Love" was their blockbuster, but David Byrne only mentioned it once.
Known in America for the hit "If You Leave," OMD is a huge influence on modern electronic music.
The leader of the Modern A Cappella movement talks about the genre.
MTV, a popular TV theme song and Madonna all show up in this '80s music quiz.
Bob was the bass player and lyricist for the first two Ozzy Osbourne albums. Here's how he wrote songs like "Crazy Train" and "Mr. Crowley" with Ozzy and Randy Rhoads.