Ed Sheeran thought he wrote the x track "Photograph" on 6th Street in Denver, so he got a tattoo saying 6 ST. But when he returned it turned out the street was actually 6th Avenue.
The thunderclap sound heard in the Bee Gees song "Tragedy" was made by Barry Gibb with his mouth.
"Sunday Girl" was written by Blondie guitarist Chris Stein to cheer up Debbie Harry after her cat had run away whilst they were away on tour. The gray cat was called Sunday Man.
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.
"Losing My Religion" by R.E.M. isn't about religion, but unrequited love. The title is based on a Southern expression meaning "at my wit's end."
One of the most enduring songs from the '90s is "Iris" by The Goo Goo Dolls, which got huge on social media and streaming in the 2020s. The song was written for a movie called City Of Angels, about an angel (Nicolas Cage) who falls in love with a human (Meg Ryan).
He wrote "She Blinded Me With Science" so he could direct a video about a home for deranged scientists.
We ring the Hell's Bells to see what songs and rockers are sincere in their Satanism, and how much of it is an act.
On the "schizoid element" of his lyrics, and a famous line from "Everything Zen."
How well do you know your protest songs (including the one that went to #1)?
Known in America for the hit "If You Leave," OMD is a huge influence on modern electronic music.
After studying in Paris with a famous composition teacher, Charles became the most successful writer of TV theme songs.