Lou Reed's 11-minute "Street Hassle" features a spoken part by Bruce Springsteen.
"Kashmir" is the only Led Zeppelin song to use outside musicians, as it needed strings and horns.
"Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?" was written by Boy George about his relationship with Culture Club's drummer Jon Moss.
The events described in Alanis Morissette's song "Ironic," like rain on your wedding day, are not examples of irony. Irony is the use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning.
Stephens Stills played timbales on the Bee Gees hit, "You Should Be Dancing." He was in the next door studio laying down a Crosby, Stills and Nash album and could hear Saturday Night Fever being recorded. Stills recognized its potential to be a monster hit and he wanted to contribute.
"Thinking About You" was the ninth track from Calvin Harris' 18 Months album to enter the UK singles Top 10. No other artist has obtained so many hits from one LP - Michael Jackson was the previous record holder with seven Top 10 tunes from both his Bad and Dangerous sets.
Director Mark Pellington on Pearl Jam's "Jeremy," and music videos he made for U2, Jon Bon Jovi and Imagine Dragons.
A founding member of the band War, Harold gives a first-person account of one of the most important periods in music history.
How well do you know your David Bowie lyrics? Take this quiz to find out.
Many actors have attempted music, but only a few have managed a hit. Do you know which of these thespians charted?
The Sevendust frontman talks about the group's songwriting process, and how trips to the Murder Bar helped forge their latest album.
The Reverend rants on psychobilly and the egghead academics he bashes in one of his more popular songs.