The party tune "Mambo No 5 (A Little Bit Of)" was the theme song for the 2000 Democratic Convention (the party of Bill Clinton), until someone noticed the line, "A little bit of Monica in my life."
Radiohead's "Paraonid Android" was written after a confrontation in a Los Angeles bar with an irate woman.
Robert Plant's "Heaven Knows" is a satirical look at the '80s, when style seemed to trump substance.
In the 1999 Destiny's Child song "Bug A Boo," they complain about a guy who bugs them on MCI, AOL, and their pagers.
"The House Of The Rising Sun" is a traditional folk song, either about a brothel or a prison.
Kenny Loggins co-wrote the Doobie Brothers hit "What a Fool Believes," which is about a guy who just can't accept that an affair from long ago was meaningless to her.
The revered singer-songwriter talks inspiration and explains why she put a mahout in "Drop the Pilot."
The country sweetheart opines about the demands of touring and talks about writing songs with her famous father.
John Lennon, Paul Simon and Lynyrd Skynyrd are some of the artists who have written revenge songs. Do you know who they wrote them about?
Into the vaults for Bruce Pollock's 1984 conversation with the esteemed bluesman. Hooker talks about transforming a Tony Bennett classic and why you don't have to be sad and lonely to write the blues.
The stories behind the biggest hit songs about trucking.
Deep Purple's guitarist since 1994, Steve talks about writing songs with the band and how he puts his own spin on "Smoke On The Water."
