One of the great "we're all going down" songs is "Ship Of Fools" by World Party, written when Margaret Thatcher was in power in England.
Buddy Holly got the title for his hit song "That'll Be The Day" from a phrase John Wayne said in his movie "The Searchers.
The French part in Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" translates to: "I want your love and I want your revenge."
Mike Nesmith wrote Linda Ronstadt's first hit, "Different Drum," before he joined The Monkees. He played an intentionally bad version of it on the show.
When "When I Think of You" hit #1, Janet and Michael Jackson became the first siblings with chart topping solo hits in the United States.
The lead singer of Everclear, Art is also their primary songwriter.
Was a Beatles song a TV theme? And who came up with those Fresh Prince and Sopranos songs?
Taylor talks about "The Machine" - the hits, the videos and Clive Davis.
Michelob commercials generated hits for Eric Clapton, Genesis and Steve Winwood in the '80s, even as some of these rockers were fighting alcoholism.
The Creed lead singer reveals the "ego and self-fulfillment" he now sees in one of the band's biggest hits.
Established as a redoubtable singer-songwriter, the Men At Work frontman explains how religion, sobriety and Jack Nicholson play into his songwriting.