"Human" by The Killers was the most streamed song on Spotify in 2008, the year that the music streaming service was launched.
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."
Even though Johnnie Taylor's "Disco Lady" was the first US #1 with the word "disco" in its title, it wasn't a disco tune. He was just singing about disco.
"The Way" by Fastball was inspired by the story of an elderly couple from Texas who drove to a nearby family reunion and kept going. Fastball's bass player imagined them taking off and having fun like they were young. The story didn't end well: the couple was later found dead after they crashed in a canyon.
The '40s hit "Rum and Coca-Cola" is really about American soldiers soliciting prostitutes in Trinidad.
The most famous song to prominently feature a French horn is "God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys.
Was "Pearl" Eddie Vedder's grandmother, and did she really make a hallucinogenic jam? Did Journey have a contest to name the group? And what does KISS stand for anyway?
Laura Nyro talks about her complex, emotionally rich songwriting and how she supports women's culture through her art.
Phone booths are nearly extinct, but they provided storylines for some of the most profound songs of the pre-cell phone era.
The Third Day frontman talks about some of the classic songs he wrote with the band, and what changed for his solo country album.
Jim talks about the impact of "The Middle" and uses a tree metaphor to describe his songwriting philosophy.
A big list of musical marriages and family relations ranging from the simple to the truly dysfunctional.
