Bono came up with the idea of focusing on a soldier's last thoughts as he dies from his wounds in the U2 song "White As Snow" after reading William Golding's 1956 novel Pincher Martin.
The Austin Powers theme is "Soul Bossa Nova," written by Quincy Jones in 1962 - the same year the first James Bond movie was released.
Dexys Midnight Runners' "Come on Eileen" is based on a real girl called Eileen that the band's Kevin Rowland had a relationship with in his early teenage years.
"Killing An Arab" by The Cure was inspired by Albert Camus' book The Stranger.
Foreigner got the title for "Double Vision" after watching a hockey game where goalie John Davidson got a concussion. It was announced over the PA system that he was suffering from "Double Vision."
When a waitress wouldn't take him home, Jack wrote what would become one of the Eagles most enduring hits.
Just how much did these monsters of rock dabble in the occult?
Writing with Phil Lynott, Scott saw their ill-fated frontman move to a darker place in his life and lyrics.
The renown rock singer talks about "The House of the Rising Sun" and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood."
The longtime BS&T frontman tells the "Spinning Wheel" story, including the line he got from Joni Mitchell.
She thinks of herself as a "song interpreter," but back in the '80s another country star convinced Emmylou to take a crack at songwriting.
