Train's guitarist had to Google an instructional video to learn how to play the ukulele for "Hey Soul Sister."
Justin Timberlake originally wrote "Gone" for Michael Jackson, but his team turned it down, so 'N Sync cut it instead.
In Meat Loaf's "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)" what he won't do is a list of six items in the lyrics, including "Forget the way you feel right now" and "Be screwing around."
Tina Turner hated "What's Love Got To Do With It" but when her manager convinced her to record it anyway, it became her big comeback hit.
Miley Cyrus didn't write "Wrecking Ball" but could very much relate to it. She was having problems in her relationship with Liam Hemsworth, so the theme of giving your love only to have it wrecked really resonated with her.
Ella Langley's country crossover hit "Choosin' Texas" was co-written by Texas native Miranda Lambert, who told Ella a story about getting pulled over with a kangaroo in her car (yes, a real kangaroo - a baby). "She's from Texas, I can tell," Langley said, which sparked the song.
His song "Into The Night" is one of the most-played of all time. For Benny, it took him to hell and back.
The stories behind the biggest hit songs about trucking.
A band so baffling, even their names were contrived. Check your score in the Ramones version of Fact or Fiction.
The writer of "Rainy Night in Georgia" and "Polk Salad Annie" explains how he cooks up his Louisiana swamp rock.
Soul music legend Bill Withers on how life experience and the company you keep leads to classic songs like "Lean On Me."
Call us crazy, but we like it when an artist comes around who doesn't mesh with the status quo.