"Mother" by Danzig is about censorship, specifically the Parents Music Resource Center, which pushed record labels to put warning stickers on albums with explicit lyrics.
A pre-famous Rupaul is in the video for "Love Shack" by The B-52s. He had a solo hit with "Supermodel" a few years later.
Eminem sampled a song by Labi Siffre on "My Name Is." Siffre, a gay activist, made Em take out some gay humor in the lyric before allowing it.
One of Tom Petty's most personal songs is "Room At The Top," which he stopped performing because it brought back painful memories.
The fadeout on Drake's "Hotline Bling" lasts 55 seconds - one of the longest outros of any hip-hop hit.
Damon Albarn found inspiration for Blur's Britpop classic "Girls & Boys" while on holiday in Majorca. He noted that in the club scene there was "no morality involved."
How did The Edge get his name? Did they name a song after a Tolkien book? And who is "Angel of Harlem" about?
Eddie (played by Johnny Depp in the video) found fame fleeting, but Chuck Berry's made-up musician fared better.
A band so baffling, even their names were contrived. Check your score in the Ramones version of Fact or Fiction.
Laura Nyro talks about her complex, emotionally rich songwriting and how she supports women's culture through her art.
The Jayhawks' song "Big Star" has special meaning to Gary, who explains how longevity and inspiration have trumped adulation.
Phone booths are nearly extinct, but they provided storylines for some of the most profound songs of the pre-cell phone era.