Fall Out Boy's "The Kids Aren't Alright" song title is not a reference to The Offspring's 1998 single of the same name. It actually alludes to The Who's 1979 rockumentary film called The Kids Are Alright.
David Bowie was in a mystical state when he wrote "The Man Who Sold The World," which he said happened during his "15 minutes of Buddhism."
"Light My Fire" was the first song Doors guitarist Robby Krieger wrote. Looking for a universal theme, he decided to write about one of the four elements (air, earth, water, fire).
Willa Ford came up with her hit "I Wanna Be Bad" when her record company told her to tone down her music in a effort to differentiate her from Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, who were in their "bad girl" eras.
Rihanna was Pitbull's first choice to sing on "Timber," but she wasn't available at the time so he enlisted his RCA labelmate Kesha instead.
The Annie Lennox hit "No More I Love You's" is a cover, originally sung by a man.
The longtime Eagle talks about soaring back to his solo career, and what he learned about songwriting in the group.
Doubt led to drive for Francis, who still isn't sure why one of Status Quo's biggest hits is so beloved.
Collaborating with T Bone Burnett, Leslie Phillips changed her name and left her Christian label behind - Robert Plant, who recorded one of her songs on Raising Sand, is a fan.
How well do you know this shock-rock harbinger who's been publicly executed hundreds of times?
Chris Stein of Blondie shares photos and stories from his book about the New York City punk scene.
A selection of songs made to be terrible - some clearly achieved that goal.