
"I Ran (So Far Away)" by A Flock Of Seagulls ends with an alien abduction.

Rob Reiner named his 1986 movie "Stand By Me" after the song, since he thought The Body, a Stephen King story on which it was based, sounded like a horror movie.

The Kenny G instrumental "Songbird" owes much of its success to VH1, which launched a year earlier and played the video to death.

"How To Save A Life" by The Fray was inspired by a teenager lead singer Isaac Slade mentored at a camp for troubled youth in Colorado.

Fall Out Boy's "The Kids Aren't Alright" song title is not a reference to The Offspring's 1998 single of the same name. It actually alludes to The Who's 1979 rockumentary film called The Kids Are Alright.

Chuck Berry's only #1 hit was "My Ding-a-Ling," a novelty song about a boy and his... you know.
The lead singer of Everclear, Art is also their primary songwriter.
The story of the legendary lupine DJ through the songs he inspired.
Holly Knight talks about some of the hit songs she wrote, including "The Warrior," "Never" and "The Best," and explains some songwriting philosophy, including how to think of a bridge.
Bowie's "activist" days of 1964 led to Ziggy Stardust.