
"(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay," released a month after Otis Redding died, was the first song to hit #1 in America after the artist died.

Billy Joel's "My Life" was used as the theme song to the 1980 TV show Bosom Buddies, which starred a young Tom Hanks as a guy who lives in a hotel for women by dressing up as a girl.

"Hunger Strike" by Temple of the Dog features Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder, and was Vedder's first music video.

"How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You" by Marvin Gaye was inspired by Jackie Gleason's saying, "How Sweet It Is!"

"The Best" by Tina Turner was originally recorded by Bonnie Tyler; Turner's hit version added a bridge and a saxophone solo by Edgar Winter.

The Mission: Impossible theme is in 5/4 time. Composer Lalo Schifrin joked that he did it so 5-legged aliens could dance to it.
"London Bridge," "Ring Around the Rosie" and "It's Raining, It's Pouring" are just a few examples of shockingly morbid children's songs.
A big list of musical marriages and family relations ranging from the simple to the truly dysfunctional.
Songs where something goes horribly wrong (literally or metaphorically), and help is needed right away.
We ring the Hell's Bells to see what songs and rockers are sincere in their Satanism, and how much of it is an act.
Switchfoot's frontman and main songwriter on what inspires the songs and how he got the freedom to say exactly what he means.
'80s music ambassadors Wang Chung pick their top tracks of the decade, explaining what makes each one so special.