"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" is about a guy Jim Croce met in the National Guard, which Jim joined to keep him out of Vietnam. Leroy went AWOL, but got caught when he tried to pick up his paycheck.
If what you get equals what you give away, you might as well give it all away. That's the concept behind "Give It Away" by Red Hot Chili Peppers.
The first hit song that was used in a commercial before it was released as a single was "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing," which was written for a Coke ad.
In the UK, Michael Jackson's "Thriller" returns to the chart every Halloween, a tradition started in 2007.
Jon Bon Jovi earned his first movie credit - Young Guns II - by writing "Blaze Of Glory" for the film.
Billy Joel wrote "We Didn't Start The Fire" after a 21-year-old told him, "everyone knows that nothing happened in the '50s."
John tells the "St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)" story and explains why he disappeared for so long.
The writer of "Rainy Night in Georgia" and "Polk Salad Annie" explains how he cooks up his Louisiana swamp rock.
He wrote "She Blinded Me With Science" so he could direct a video about a home for deranged scientists.
How the American gangsta rappers made history by getting banned in the UK.
MTV, a popular TV theme song and Madonna all show up in this '80s music quiz.
Graham Nash tells the stories behind some of his famous songs and photos, and is asked about "yacht rock" for the first time.
