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Phil Collins' "I Missed Again" was originally "I Miss You, Babe," and was a very somber song about his recent divorce. Collins decided to lighten it up and inject some humor into the song.
The Australian band Jet took their name from the 1973 song of the same by Paul McCartney and Wings.
Featured in the 1978 musical Evita, "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" became the biggest selling UK hit by a female vocalist (Julie Covington).
"Sail" by AWOLNATION had a remarkably slow climb up the Hot 100. It was the first ever song to spend over a year on the chart before entering the top 20.
"Sunday Girl" was written by Blondie guitarist Chris Stein to cheer up Debbie Harry after her cat had run away whilst they were away on tour. The gray cat was called Sunday Man.
When singing "Cradle Of Love," Billy Idol typically changes a line to, "This song is so cheesy."
When singers started spoofing their own songs on Sesame Street, the results were both educational and hilarious - here are the best of them.
Michelob commercials generated hits for Eric Clapton, Genesis and Steve Winwood in the '80s, even as some of these rockers were fighting alcoholism.
Jim talks about the impact of "The Middle" and uses a tree metaphor to describe his songwriting philosophy.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers have some rather unusual song titles - see if you can spot the real ones.
A Soul Train dancer takes us through a day on the show, and explains what you had to do to get camera time.
Dave explains how the video appropriated the meaning of "Runaway Train," and what he thought of getting parodied by Weird Al.
