The guys from Chic wrote "Le Freak" as a message to a doorman who wouldn't let them into a club. Originally, it was "F--- Off."
Australian singer-songwriter Sia Furler wrote "Diamonds" for Rihanna in just 14 minutes.
The EMF song "Unbelievable" samples the raunchy comic Andrew Dice Clay saying, "What the f--k was that!"
Tim McGraw recorded "Live Like You Were Dying" just two weeks after his own father passed away.
When "When I Think of You" hit #1, Janet and Michael Jackson became the first siblings with chart topping solo hits in the United States.
Writing great prog metal isn't easy, especially when it's for 60 musicians.
Lyrics don't always follow the rules of grammar. Can you spot the ones that don't?
The Celtic music maker Loreena McKennitt on finding musical inspiration, the "New Age" label, and working on the movie Tinker Bell.
Can you name Def Leppard's only #1 hit in America? Get rocked with this adrenalized quiz.
Have you got the smarts to know which of these graduation song stories are real?
Here is the church, here is the steeple - see if you can identify these lyrics that reference church.