Sir Mix-A-Lot says he's earned over $100 million from "Baby Got Back." He wrote the song and owns the publishing rights, so he can authorize its use in movies, TV shows and commercials, which he often does.
Pete Townshend wrote The Who's "Pinball Wizard" to coax a good review for the Tommy album out of a rock critic who loved pinball. It worked.
"Panama" by Van Halen is not about the country or the canal, but about a stripper David Lee Roth met in Arizona.
At 9:57, David Bowie's "Blackstar" was the longest song to reach the Hot 100 until 2019, when Tool bested the record with the 10:21 "Fear Inoculum."
There are no actual drums on Queen's "We Will Rock You," just lots of foot stomping.
In 2004, the word "Bootylicious" made the Oxford English Dictionary, three years after the Destiny's Child song was released. Definition: "Blend of booty buttocks and delicious."
The man who brought us "Red Skies" and "Saved By Zero" is now an organic farmer in France.
Rudolf, Bob Dylan and the Singing Dogs all show up in this Fact or Fiction for seasonal favorites.
In 1986, a Stephen King novella was made into a movie, with a classic song serving as title, soundtrack and tone.
How a country weeper and a blues number made "rolling stone" the most popular phrase in rock.
They sang about pink torpedoes and rocking you tonight tonight, but some real lyrics are just as ridiculous. See if you can tell which lyrics are real and which are Spinal Tap in this lyrics quiz.
