Katy Perry's breakout hit "I Kissed A Girl" was surprising to those familiar with her past: her parents were pastors and she started off singing Christian music.
"Brad Paisley's "River Bank" was inspired by his childhood growing up 500 yards from the Ohio River.
Stephens Stills played timbales on the Bee Gees hit, "You Should Be Dancing." He was in the next door studio laying down a Crosby, Stills and Nash album and could hear Saturday Night Fever being recorded. Stills recognized its potential to be a monster hit and he wanted to contribute.
George Michael was 17 and on a bus to his job at the cinema when he came up with the idea for "Careless Whisper" and the lyrics, "Something in your eyes calls to mind a silver screen."
Staind's big moment came in 1999 when lead singer Aaron Lewis played "Outside" on Limp Bizkit's Family Values tour. The live, acoustic version earned lots of radio play.
When David Bowie sings, "We like dancing and we look divine" in "Rebel Rebel," it's a reference to a famous drag queen known as Divine.
Known in America for the hit "If You Leave," OMD is a huge influence on modern electronic music.
In 1986, a Stephen King novella was made into a movie, with a classic song serving as title, soundtrack and tone.
The former Dead Kennedys frontman on the past, present and future of the band, what music makes us "pliant and stupid," and what he learned from Alice Cooper.
A big list of musical marriages and family relations ranging from the simple to the truly dysfunctional.
Untangling the events that led to the "Stairway To Heaven" lawsuit.
Michael tells the story of "Send Me On My Way," and explains why some of the words in the song don't have a literal meaning.
