David Bowie's "Heroes" was about his producer Tony Visconti and his girlfriend, but Bowie didn't admit this until the '00s, since Visconti was married at the time.
"Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" was Michael Jaskson's attack on the tabloid press: "They eat off of you, you're a vegetable."
After OutKast sang "Shake it like a Polaroid picture," on "Hey Ya," Polaroid issued the statement, "Shaking or waving can actually damage the image."
The Genesis song "Invisible Touch" was inspired by the Prince-written Sheila E. track "The Glamorous Life."
"Stay" by Shakespears Sister is based on a 1953 B-movie called Cat-Women Of The Moon.
"Veronica" was inspired by Elvis Costello's grandmother, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease.
Find out how God and glam metal go together from the Stryper frontman.
Was "Pearl" Eddie Vedder's grandmother, and did she really make a hallucinogenic jam? Did Journey have a contest to name the group? And what does KISS stand for anyway?
The Yardbirds drummer explains how they created their sound and talks about working with their famous guitarists.
Steve Cropper on the making of "In the Midnight Hour," the chicken-wire scene in The Blues Brothers, and his 2021 album, Fire It Up.
When a song describes a wedding, it's rarely something to celebrate - with one big exception.
