Cyndi Lauper came up with the title "Time After Time" when she saw it in TV Guide magazine. It's the name of a 1979 movie about a man who invents a time machine.
The Isley Brother's song, "Contagious," peaked at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100. This meant that the band of brothers became the first group to score a Top 50 hit in six consecutive decades on the chart.
"London Calling" by The Clash was written amid widespread fears that the Thames River was going to flood the city.
The voice is that says "here we go" in the AJR song "Bang!" belongs to Charlie Pellett, the announcer on the New York City subway ("stand clear of the closing doors, please").
Chaka Khan's hit "I Feel For You" was written and originally recorded by Prince 4 years before she covered it.
"Sloop John B" is a traditional West Indian folk song, and it was a huge hit for The Beach Boys in 1966. They tweaked the lyric, "This is the worst trip since I've been born" to "...I've ever been on" as a wink to acid culture.
Rob Halford, Richie Faulkner and Glenn Tipton talk twin guitar harmonies and explain how they create songs in Judas Priest.
Outrageously gifted and just plain outrageous, Millie is an R&B and Rap innovator.
Here is the church, here is the steeple - see if you can identify these lyrics that reference church.
"Come On Eileen" was a colossal '80s hit, but the band - far more appreciated in their native UK than stateside - released just three albums before their split. Now, Dexys is back.
The king of Christian worship music explains talks about writing songs for troubled times.
These overtly religious songs crossed over to the pop charts, despite resistance from fans, and in many cases, churches.
