Paula Abdul's "Forever Your Girl" was written by Oliver Leiber, who despite being the son of Jerry Leiber from Leiber & Stoller, was an unknown songwriter.
Corinne Bailey Rae's 2006 hit "Put Your Records On" borrows the opening line ("Three little birds sat on my window") from the Bob Marley song "Three Little Birds." Both songs have the same message: Don't worry, because every little thing's going to be alright.
Snap! were two German producers. When they needed a rapper, they found one on the American army base there and had him rap on "The Power."
You wouldn't know it from the upbeat melody, but "Walkin' On The Sun" by Smash Mouth is about the 1992 Los Angeles Riots.
One of the most enduring songs from the '90s is "Iris" by The Goo Goo Dolls, which got huge on social media and streaming in the 2020s. The song was written for a movie called City Of Angels, about an angel (Nicolas Cage) who falls in love with a human (Meg Ryan).
Gwen Stefani wrote the early No Doubt song "Just a Girl" as a message to her overprotective father.
How the American gangsta rappers made history by getting banned in the UK.
Country songs with titles so bizarre they can't possibly be real... or can they?
Some album art was at least "inspired" by others. A look at some very similar covers.
The revered singer-songwriter talks inspiration and explains why she put a mahout in "Drop the Pilot."
A top session musician, Carol played on hundreds of hits by The Beach Boys, The Monkees, Frank Sinatra and many others.
When he joined Guns N' Roses in 1990, Matt helped them craft an orchestral sound; his mezzo fortes and pianissimos are all over "November Rain."