"Veronica" was inspired by Elvis Costello's grandmother, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease.
Tone-Loc's "Wild Thing" samples Eddie Van Halen's guitar riff from "Jaime's Cryin'."
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.
"One Week" by Barenaked Ladies was a #1 hit in America - for exactly one week in 1998.
"I Ran (So Far Away)" by A Flock Of Seagulls ends with an alien abduction.
Jethro Tull lead singer Ian Anderson wrote "Aqualung" after looking at pictures of homeless men that his wife took. She got a co-writing credit on the song.
Some songs get a second life when they find a new audience through a movie, commercial, TV show, or even the Internet.
Roger reveals the songwriting formula Clive Davis told him, and if "Eight Miles High" is really about drugs.
In 1986, a Stephen King novella was made into a movie, with a classic song serving as title, soundtrack and tone.
The drummer for Anthrax is also a key songwriter. He explains how the group puts their songs together and tells the stories behind some of their classics.
Charlie discusses the songs that made him a Southern Rock icon, and settles the Devil vs. Johnny argument once and for all.
Keyboard great David Sancious talks about his work with Sting, Seal, Springsteen, Clapton and Aretha, and explains what quantum physics has to do with making music.