Jo Dee Messina's 1996 country classic "Heads Carolina, Tails California" was inspired by a book released the previous year called Border Music by Robert James Waller, where the main character flips a coin to decide his next destination.
The game Lana Del Rey sings about in "Video Games" is World of Warcraft - her ex used to play it all the time.
Drake's "One Dance" was the first ever song to rack up one billion streams on Spotify.
Taio Cruz throws his hands up "sometimes" in "Dynamite" because the song was originally written about surrender.
The first hit song that was used in a commercial before it was released as a single was "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing," which was written for a Coke ad.
Paula Abdul's "Forever Your Girl" was written by Oliver Leiber, who despite being the son of Jerry Leiber from Leiber & Stoller, was an unknown songwriter.
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Michael tells the story of "Send Me On My Way," and explains why some of the words in the song don't have a literal meaning.
How did The Edge get his name? Did they name a song after a Tolkien book? And who is "Angel of Harlem" about?
Richard explains how Joe Walsh kickstarted his career, and why he chose Hazard, Nebraska for a hit.
Revisit the awesome glory of Night Ranger and Damn Yankees: cheesily-acted videos, catchy guitar licks, long hair, and lyrics that are just plain relatable.
A founding member of the band War, Harold gives a first-person account of one of the most important periods in music history.