"Baby Got Back" isn't just a booty song. According to Sir Mix-A-Lot, it's about "lack of acceptance by Hollywood of the African-American body."
Gina in Bon Jovi's "Livin' On A Prayer" is based on a singer named Maria Vidal, who was working as a singing waitress using the name Gina Velvet.
"Spoonman" by Soundgarden is about a real street performer in Seattle: Artis the Spoonman.
Lionel Richie hosted the American Music Awards the night he recorded "We Are The World." He wrote the song with Michael Jackson.
Oasis didn't coin the term "Wonderwall." It's the title of a 1968 movie with a soundtrack by George Harrison. It was Harrison's soundtrack that got the band's attention.
"Instant Karma" is one of John Lennon's most hopeful songs, written and recorded in one day at a time when he felt people were pulling together in a positive direction.
An interview with Dr. John Covach, music professor at the University of Rochester whose free online courses have become wildly popular.
Doubt led to drive for Francis, who still isn't sure why one of Status Quo's biggest hits is so beloved.
Charlotte was established in the LA punk scene when a freaky girl named Belinda approached her wearing a garbage bag.
How did The Edge get his name? Did they name a song after a Tolkien book? And who is "Angel of Harlem" about?
Have you got the smarts to know which of these graduation song stories are real?
Since emerging from MySpace with her hit "Bubbly," Colbie has become a top songwriter, even crafting a hit with Taylor Swift.