"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" is an English version of a Zulu hunting song from the 1930s.
"Magic" was the first word to serve as both the title of a #1 hit (Olivia Newton-John's 1980 tune "Magic") and the name of an artist behind a chart-topping song (Magic!'s 2014 hit "Rude").
"One Way Or Another" is based on a stalker who creeped out Blondie lead singer Debbie Harry.
Prince released "The Most Beautiful Girl In The World" on his own label to prove he could generate a hit song whenever he wanted. He made his point: It was a big hit around the world.
Jack & Diane started off as an interracial couple; Mellencamp took race references out of the song at the request of his record company.
Michael Jackson's "Human Nature" was written by the keyboard player from Toto, who was working on the Thriller album.
The Scorpions and UFO guitarist is also a very prolific songwriter - he explains how he writes with his various groups, and why he was so keen to get out of Germany and into England.
Brenda talks about the inspiration that drove her to write hit songs like "Get Here" and "Piano in the Dark," and why a lack of formal music training can be a songwriter's best asset.
Into the vaults for this talk with Bolton from the '80s when he was a focused on writing songs for other artists.
Inspired by his dear friend, "Seasons in the Sun" paid for Terry's boat, which led him away from music and into a battle with Canadian paper mills.
The Stooges guitarist (and producer of the Kill City album) talks about those early recordings and what really happened with David Bowie.
Have you got the smarts to know which of these graduation song stories are real?