"Regulate" by Warren G. & Nate Dogg broke new ground by sampling a mellow, melodic hit from the '80s: "I Keep Forgettin'" by Michael McDonald.
"Paranoid" reflects a feeling Black Sabbath bass player Geezer Butler often felt after using drugs.
Eminem sampled a song by Labi Siffre on "My Name Is." Siffre, a gay activist, made Em take out some gay humor in the lyric before allowing it.
The first single from the Thriller album was "The Girl Is Mine," chosen over "Billie Jean" and "Beat It" because it was a duet with Paul McCartney and thus guaranteed airplay.
The Hollies hit "The Air That I Breathe" was written in part as a reaction to the smog in Los Angeles.
MTV wanted Weezer to record a version of their song "Hash Pipe" as "Half Pipe" to appeal to the skateboarding crowd. The band refused, and MTV listed the song as "H*** Pipe."
A top country songwriter, Barry talks about writing hits for Little Big Town, Tim McGraw and Jason Aldean.
A band so baffling, even their names were contrived. Check your score in the Ramones version of Fact or Fiction.
On "Life Is A Highway," his burgeoning solo career, and the Rascal Flatts song he most connects with.
Are classic songs like "Over The Rainbow" and "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" in the public domain?
Nick made some of the biggest videos on MTV, including "The Final Countdown," "Heaven" and "Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)."
Go beyond The Beatles to see what you know about the British Invasion.