The song "Knock On Wood" was confusing to UK listeners because the saying there is "Touch Wood."
The Split Enz song "Six Months In A Leaky Boat" is about the journey explorers made from Europe to colonize Australia and New Zealand, where the band is from.
"Killing An Arab" by The Cure was inspired by Albert Camus' book The Stranger.
The "Mum-mum-mum-ma" hook on lady Gaga's "Poker Face" was sampled from Boney M's 1977 hit "Ma Baker."
Bob Seger's "Beautiful Loser" was inspired by a book written by Leonard Cohen called Beautiful Losers.
The lead singer of Everclear, Art is also their primary songwriter.
These overtly religious songs crossed over to the pop charts, despite resistance from fans, and in many cases, churches.
Before he was the champ, Ali released an album called I Am The Greatest!, but his musical influence is best heard in the songs he inspired.
The stories behind "Shine," "December," "The World I Know" and other Collective Soul hits.
Who writes a song about a name they found in a phone book? That's just one of the everyday things these guys find to sing about. Anything in their field of vision or general scope of knowledge is fair game. If you cross paths with them, so are you.
Mike Rutherford talks about the "Silent Running" storyline and "Land Of Confusion" in the age of Trump.