Duran Duran's "Wild Boys" is based on the book of the same name by William Burroughs.
Demi Lovato recorded a Spanish version of her song "Skyscraper," but she doesn't speak Spanish. She performed it on a Latin music awards show with help from a teleprompter.
Paul McCartney based the "Eleanor Rigby" story on old ladies he met at his housing estate. He saw how sometimes when they died, nobody really noticed.
The Split Enz song "Six Months In A Leaky Boat" is about the journey explorers made from Europe to colonize Australia and New Zealand, where the band is from.
"Paranoid" reflects a feeling Black Sabbath bass player Geezer Butler often felt after using drugs.
In 1939, a polka craze swept America thanks to "Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out The Barrel)."
If you can recall the days when MTV played videos, you know that there are lots of stories to tell. See if you can spot the real ones.
Writing with Phil Lynott, Scott saw their ill-fated frontman move to a darker place in his life and lyrics.
Many unusual folks appear in Grateful Dead songs. Can you identify them?
Wolfgang Van Halen breaks down the songs on his debut album, Mammoth WVH, and names the definitive Van Halen songs from the Sammy and Dave eras.
Wes Edwards takes us behind the scenes of videos he shot for Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley and Chase Bryant. The train was real - the airplane was not.
The "All I Want" singer went through a long depression, playing some shows when he didn't want to be alive.