When Marc Cohn played "True Companion" to his girlfriend, she thought he was proposing. He wasn't, but he did eventually marry her.
"Frankenstein" by Edgar Winter got its name because it was a monster to edit; they pieced it together like Frankenstein's monster.
Dexys Midnight Runners' "Come on Eileen" is based on a real girl called Eileen that the band's Kevin Rowland had a relationship with in his early teenage years.
In 2010, the biggest-selling song in the UK was "Love the Way You Lie" by Eminem.
The Frankie Goes To Hollywood hit "Relax" is, as the band says, about "shagging." It was banned by the BBC, which sent it to #1 in the UK as listeners flocked to record stores to buy it.
At 9:57, David Bowie's "Blackstar" was the longest song to reach the Hot 100 until 2019, when Tool bested the record with the 10:21 "Fear Inoculum."
Test your metal - Priest, Maiden, and Beavis and Butt-head show up in this one.
The stories behind the biggest hit songs about trucking.
A talk with Martin Popoff about his latest book on Rush and how he assessed the thousands of albums he reviewed.
Just how much did these monsters of rock dabble in the occult?
With his X-wife Exene, John fronts the band X and writes their songs.
These overtly religious songs crossed over to the pop charts, despite resistance from fans, and in many cases, churches.