"Your Time Is Gonna Come" became the first Led Zeppelin song to be covered when Sandie Shaw recorded it in 1969.
Icona Pop considers "I Love It" a kiss-off to their boyfriends: "we just wanted to get the song out and get the pigs to hear it," Jawo said.
Barry Manilow didn't write his #1 hit "I Write The Songs." Bruce Johnston of The Beach Boys wrote it.
The woman "singing" in the video for Technotronic's "Pump Up The Jam" didn't speak English. She was used just for her look, and also appeared on the album cover.
Radiohead's "Paraonid Android" was written after a confrontation in a Los Angeles bar with an irate woman.
Johnny Cash's wife, June Carter, wrote "Ring Of Fire" about their relationship.
Have you got the smarts to know which of these graduation song stories are real?
Fagen talks about how the Steely Dan songwriting strategy has changed over the years, and explains why you don't hear many covers of their songs.
Holly Knight talks about some of the hit songs she wrote, including "The Warrior," "Never" and "The Best," and explains some songwriting philosophy, including how to think of a bridge.
When you free your mind, your ass may follow, but you have to make sure someone else doesn't program it while it's wide open.
The man who brought us "Red Skies" and "Saved By Zero" is now an organic farmer in France.
Charlie discusses the songs that made him a Southern Rock icon, and settles the Devil vs. Johnny argument once and for all.