Billy Joel's "My Life" was used as the theme song to the 1980 TV show Bosom Buddies, which starred a young Tom Hanks as a guy who lives in a hotel for women by dressing up as a girl.
Dexys Midnight Runners' "Come on Eileen" is based on a real girl called Eileen that the band's Kevin Rowland had a relationship with in his early teenage years.
One of Tom Petty's most personal songs is "Room At The Top," which he stopped performing because it brought back painful memories.
The horn flourish at the beginning of "Jump Around" comes from Bob and Earl's "Harlem Shuffle"; the squeal throughout the song might be a Prince sample.
Michael Jackson's "Human Nature" was written by the keyboard player from Toto, who was working on the Thriller album.
The song "Sadeness" by Enigma (the one with the chanting monks), got its name from the French novelist Marquis de Sade, who believed sex had to be painful in order to be pleasurable - thus the word "sadism."
It wasn't her biggest hit as a songwriter (that would be "Bette Davis Eyes"), but "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" had a family connection for Jackie.
When a waitress wouldn't take him home, Jack wrote what would become one of the Eagles most enduring hits.
Justin wrote the classic "Nights In White Satin," but his fondest musical memories are from a different decade.
Country songs with titles so bizarre they can't possibly be real... or can they?
Even before Soundgarden wrote a song about him, Artis was the most famous spoon player of all time. So why has he always been broke?
