The video for "Informer" by Snow that ran on MTV was subtitled so viewers could understand what he was saying.
The song "Knock On Wood" was confusing to UK listeners because the saying there is "Touch Wood."
The Sam & Dave classic "Soul Man" was re-recorded by Sam Moore and Lou Reed for the 1986 movie Soul Man, about a white guy who pretends to be black so he can get a scholarship to Harvard.
"What A Wonderful World," released in 1967 four years before Louis Armstrong died, didn't find an audience in America until 1988 when it was used in the movie Good Morning, Vietnam.
Sweet's hit "Ballroom Blitz" was inspired by an incident in 1973 when the band were performing in Scotland and driven offstage by a barrage of bottles.
"Radioactive" set an industry record for the slowest climb to the top five in the Hot 100 chart's history when it jumped from #6 to #4 in its 42nd week.
If the name Citizen Dick means anything to you, there's a chance you'll get some of these right.
When a waitress wouldn't take him home, Jack wrote what would become one of the Eagles most enduring hits.
Test your metal - Priest, Maiden, and Beavis and Butt-head show up in this one.
How did The Edge get his name? Did they name a song after a Tolkien book? And who is "Angel of Harlem" about?
How a gym teacher, a janitor, and a junkie became part of some very famous band names.
Writing with Phil Lynott, Scott saw their ill-fated frontman move to a darker place in his life and lyrics.
