In The Band song "The Weight," Nazareth ("Went down to Nazareth") refers to a town in Pennsylvania where the Martin Guitar company was located.
The You Me at Six song "The Dilemma" got its title from the Vince Vaughn movie of the same name.
Tim McGraw recorded "Live Like You Were Dying" just two weeks after his own father passed away.
Justin Timberlake originally wrote "Gone" for Michael Jackson, but his team turned it down, so 'N Sync cut it instead.
"You Get What You Give" by The New Radicals was the first hit song to use the word "frenemies" in the lyrics.
"Killing An Arab" by The Cure was inspired by Albert Camus' book The Stranger.
The Scorpions and UFO guitarist is also a very prolific songwriter - he explains how he writes with his various groups, and why he was so keen to get out of Germany and into England.
She thinks of herself as a "song interpreter," but back in the '80s another country star convinced Emmylou to take a crack at songwriting.
The renown rock singer talks about "The House of the Rising Sun" and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood."
Can you be married in one country but not another? Only if you're part of a gay couple. One of the first famous singers to come out as a lesbian, Janis wrote a song about it.
The trail runs from flying saucer songs in the '50s, through Bowie, blink-182 and Katy Perry.
A top country songwriter, Barry talks about writing hits for Little Big Town, Tim McGraw and Jason Aldean.
