"Don't Dream It's Over" is the biggest hit for Crowded House, whose lead singer, Neil Finn, sang it on tour when he joined Fleetwood Mac. He wrote the song when he was feeling a bit lost as a way of urging himself on.
Willa Ford came up with her hit "I Wanna Be Bad" when her record company told her to tone down her music in a effort to differentiate her from Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, who were in their "bad girl" eras.
"The House Of The Rising Sun" is a traditional folk song, either about a brothel or a prison.
"The Rubberband Man" is a "short, fat guy" with rhythm and grace. Spinners producer Thom Bell wrote it to boost the self-esteem of his rotund son.
The "Gunter Glieben Glauten Globen" intro in Def Leppard's "Rock Of Ages" is something their producer Mutt Lange came up with when he got tired of counting them "1, 2, 3, 4..."
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For songwriters, Johnny represents the American man. He has been angry, cool, magic, a rebel and, of course, marching home.
Was a Beatles song a TV theme? And who came up with those Fresh Prince and Sopranos songs?
Scaramouch, a hoople and a superhero soundtrack - see if you can spot the real Queen stories.
The man who created Yacht Rock with "Sailing" wrote one of his biggest hits while on acid.
