When singing "Cradle Of Love," Billy Idol typically changes a line to, "This song is so cheesy."
Mark Ronson's "Uptown Funk" was the first US chart-topper to include the word "funk" in the title.
The song "Don't Worry Be Happy" doesn't use any instruments - it's all Bobby McFerrin using various parts of his body to make the sounds.
Elton John didn't win a Grammy until 1986, when he got one for singing on "That's What Friends Are For."
Eminem sampled Dido's "Thank You" for his song "Stan," and Dido appeared in his video as Stan's unfortunate wife.
After OutKast sang "Shake it like a Polaroid picture," on "Hey Ya," Polaroid issued the statement, "Shaking or waving can actually damage the image."
Iron Maiden, Adele, Toto, Eminem and Earth, Wind & Fire are just some of the artists with songs directly inspired by movies - and not always good ones.
When a song describes a wedding, it's rarely something to celebrate - with one big exception.
It started with a bouncy MTV classic. Nirvana and MCR made them scary, then Gwen, Avril and Madonna put on the pom poms.
Faith No More's bassist, Billy Gould, chats to us about his two new experimental projects, The Talking Book and House of Hayduk, and also shares some stories from the FNM days.
Harry is Derek Smalls in Spinal Tap, Mark Shubb in The Folksmen, and Mr. Burns on The Simpsons.
A talk with Martin Popoff about his latest book on Rush and how he assessed the thousands of albums he reviewed.