Originally a chart-topper for Steve Lawrence in 1962 chart-topper, "Go Away Little Girl," became the first song of the rock era to be taken to #1 by two different artists when Donny Osmond's cover version also reached the summit in 1971.
The James Blunt song "You're Beautiful" is not romantic: it's a about a creepy subway encounter with an ex.
Kiss sing about "movin' fast on 95" in "Detroit Rock City," but I-95 doesn't go through Detroit (I-75 does) so they published the lyric as "Movin' fast, doin' 95."
Young MC shows up in the George Clooney movie Up In The Air performing his hit "Bust A Move."
The lyric to "Hold On" by Wilson Phillips was inspired by Chynna Phillips' struggles with addiction. "Hold on for one more day" is something she heard in AA meetings.
The Jesus Jones song "Right Here, Right Now" was conceived as an optimistic version of Prince's "Sign O' The Times."
Genesis' key-man re-examines his solo career and the early days of music video.
Rickie Lee Jones on songwriting, social media, and how she's handling Trump.
The lead singer/lyricist of The Beach Boys talks about coming up with the words for "Good Vibrations," "Fun, Fun, Fun," "Kokomo" and other classic songs.
Hitmaker Carl Sturken on writing and producing for Rihanna, 'N Sync, Christina Aguilera, Kelly Clarkson, Donny Osmond, Shakira and Karyn White.
MTV, a popular TV theme song and Madonna all show up in this '80s music quiz.
Fishbone has always enjoyed much more acclaim than popularity - Angelo might know why.