If what you get equals what you give away, you might as well give it all away. That's the concept behind "Give It Away" by Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Radiohead's "Paraonid Android" was written after a confrontation in a Los Angeles bar with an irate woman.
The first rap song to make the Hot 100 was "Rapper's Delight" by The Sugarhill Gang in 1979. At the time, many considered rap a fad that would soon pass.
Sam Smith's "Writing's On The Wall" was the first ever James Bond theme song to reach #1 in the UK.
"After Midnight" was written by the Oklahoma guitarist J.J. Cale, who was dirt poor until Eric Clapton recorded his song and turned it into a hit.
The Split Enz song "Six Months In A Leaky Boat" is about the journey explorers made from Europe to colonize Australia and New Zealand, where the band is from.
When you have a song called "Fire," it's tempting to set one - these guys did.
When televangelists like Jimmy Swaggart took on rockers like Ozzy Osbourne and Metallica, the rockers retaliated. Bono could even be seen mocking the preachers.
Yngwie Malmsteen and Steve Vai were two of Graham's co-writers for some '80s rock classics.
Dwarfs on stage with an oversize Stonehenge set? Dabbling in Satanism? Find out which Spinal Tap-moments were true for Black Sabbath.
On Glen's résumé: hit songwriter, Facebook dominator, and member of Styx.
Here's what happens when an opening act is really out of place with the headliner, like when Beastie Boys opened for Madonna.
