Ronnie Spector nailed the vocal for The Ronettes song "(Walking) In the Rain" on the first take -- unheard of in the perfectionist producer Phil Spector's world.
"Rio" by Duran Duran is a metaphor for America, where the band was trying to break through.
Rihanna claims that "S&M" is about her love/hate relationship with the media. Apparently her paparazzi are using whips and chains.
Graham Nash wrote the domestic tranquility classic "Our House" about the house he shared with Joni Mitchell. It was a very very very fine house.
The Queen song "Killer Queen," according to lead singer Freddie Mercury, is about a high-class call girl.
Pitbull's line "I got it locked up like Lindsay Lohan" in his 2011 song "Give Me Everything (Tonight)" didn't go over well with Lohan, who sued him for defamation. Around this time, she was in a downward spiral and often getting arrested. Her case was thrown out, but she did get her life back together.
Songs where something goes horribly wrong (literally or metaphorically), and help is needed right away.
The man who brought us "Red Skies" and "Saved By Zero" is now an organic farmer in France.
Songs about drugs, revolution and greed that have been used in commercials for sneakers, jeans, fast food, cruises and cars.
Call us crazy, but we like it when an artist comes around who doesn't mesh with the status quo.
Some album art was at least "inspired" by others. A look at some very similar covers.
The rock revolutionist on songwriting, quitting smoking, and what she thinks of Rush Limbaugh using her song.