Chaka Khan's hit "I Feel For You" was written and originally recorded by Prince 4 years before she covered it.
The TV show One Tree Hill got it's name from a song of the same name on U2's Joshua Tree album.
When "When I Think of You" hit #1, Janet and Michael Jackson became the first siblings with chart topping solo hits in the United States.
The 1979 song "Life During Wartime" by Talking Heads deals with how technology could be exploited to take down the framework of society and enable government surveillance.
Props to Aretha Franklin: her song "Respect" introduced the term "propers" as a sign of proper respect.
It has long been speculated that the Soundgarden song "Black Hole Sun" came from the name of a sculpture in Seattle, but according to their frontman Chris Cornell the title came from a phrase he misheard on the news. The band's name did come from a sculpture.
Rickie Lee Jones on songwriting, social media, and how she's handling Trump.
A renowned guitarist and rock revivalist, Dave took "I Hear You Knocking" to the top of the UK charts and was the first to record Elvis Costello's "Girls Talk."
The Prince-penned "Manic Monday" was the first song The Bangles heard coming from a car radio, but "Eternal Flame" is closest to Susanna's heart, perhaps because she sang it in "various states of undress."
Michelob commercials generated hits for Eric Clapton, Genesis and Steve Winwood in the '80s, even as some of these rockers were fighting alcoholism.
Bowie's "activist" days of 1964 led to Ziggy Stardust.
How well do you know your protest songs (including the one that went to #1)?
