
Madonna's hit "Like A Prayer" debuted in a Pepsi commercial, but Pepsi pulled the ad the next day when the controversial video appeared. Madonna got to keep her $5 million endorsement money.

"Midnight Train To Georgia" was originally "Midnight Plane To Houston," but was changed to sound more R&B.

"Love Is A Battlefield" was written as a ballad, but Pat Benatar's guitarist/husband turned it into an uptempo song.

Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise" was the #1 single in Australia for 13 weeks. It holds the record for the longest running chart topper Down Under since the first ever ARIA Chart was listed in 1983.

"I Got You Babe" made Sonny Bono the only person to perform on a #1 hit and also get elected to congress.

When "Baby Love" reached the top spot, The Supremes became the first Motown act with two #1 hits on the Hot 100.
The Reverend rants on psychobilly and the egghead academics he bashes in one of his more popular songs.
The lead singer and pianist for Procol Harum, Gary talks about finding the musical ideas to match the words.
Lots of life lessons in these Eagles lyrics - can you match them to the correct song?
The "A Thousand Miles" singer on what she thinks of her song being used in White Chicks and how she captured a song from a dream.
Gramm co-wrote this gorgeous ballad and delivered an inspired vocal, but the song was the beginning of the end of his time with Foreigner.