Before recording "Boom Clap" herself, Charli XCX offered the song to Hilary Duff. However, the singer's people turned down the tune declaring it wasn't "cool enough for Hilary."
Alicia Keys got a huge break when Oprah had her perform her debut single "Fallin'" on her show.
Ed Sheeran's "Bloodstream" was written after an experience taking MDMA during a wedding celebration in Ibiza, and it's basically about all the feelings that he got from that time.
Irving Berlin said "God Bless America" was "not a patriotic song, but rather an expression of gratitude."
Even though Johnnie Taylor's "Disco Lady" was the first US #1 with the word "disco" in its title, it wasn't a disco tune. He was just singing about disco.
"Personal Jesus," a song about "being a Jesus for somebody else," was inspired by Elvis and Priscilla Presley.
Petula talks about her hits "Downtown" and "Don't Sleep In The Subway," and explains her Michael Jackson connection.
Rick has a surprising dark side, a strong feminine side and, in a certain TV show, a naked backside. But he still hasn't found Jessie's Girl.
Elvis, Little Richard and Cheryl Cole have all sung about Teddy Bears, but there is also a terrifying Teddy song from 1932 and a touching trucker Teddy tune from 1976.
On the "schizoid element" of his lyrics, and a famous line from "Everything Zen."
Phone booths are nearly extinct, but they provided storylines for some of the most profound songs of the pre-cell phone era.
When a waitress wouldn't take him home, Jack wrote what would become one of the Eagles most enduring hits.
