The "Gunter Glieben Glauten Globen" intro in Def Leppard's "Rock Of Ages" is something their producer Mutt Lange came up with when he got tired of counting them "1, 2, 3, 4..."
The song title "Cake By The Ocean" originated from DNCE's Swedish producers using the wrong name for the drink "Sex on the Beach."
"We Will Become Silhouettes" by The Postal Service sounds happy and fun, but it's a very bleak song about a nuclear winter. Lead singer Ben Gibbard wrote the lyric while ruminating over 9/11.
"The Rubberband Man" is a "short, fat guy" with rhythm and grace. Spinners producer Thom Bell wrote it to boost the self-esteem of his rotund son.
Taio Cruz throws his hands up "sometimes" in "Dynamite" because the song was originally written about surrender.
Moby says that "We Are All Made Of Stars" is scientifically accurate, since all matter originates from stardust.
The singer-songwriter Melanie talks about her spiritual awakening at Woodstock, "Brand New Key," and why songwriting is an art, not a craft.
If you can recall the days when MTV played videos, you know that there are lots of stories to tell. See if you can spot the real ones.
Before he was the champ, Ali released an album called I Am The Greatest!, but his musical influence is best heard in the songs he inspired.
Where words like "email," "thirsty," "Twitter" and "gangsta" first showed up in songs, and which songs popularized them.
Lita talks about how they wrote songs in The Runaways, and how she feels about her biggest hit being written by somebody else.
Are classic songs like "Over The Rainbow" and "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" in the public domain?