Korn's most popular song, "Freak On A Leash," is about their predatory record label making huge profits off the band. It was quite profitable, helping the Follow The Leader album sell over 5 million copies.
"Sloop John B" is a traditional West Indian folk song, and it was a huge hit for The Beach Boys in 1966. They tweaked the lyric, "This is the worst trip since I've been born" to "...I've ever been on" as a wink to acid culture.
Billy Joel's song "Allentown" was written as "Levittown," which is the town in Long Island where he grew up. He got the idea to change it after taking a trip to Pennsylvania.
Bernie Taupin was 17 when he wrote the lyrics to Elton John's "Your Song." Looking back, he says it's "one of the most naïve and childish lyrics in the entire repertoire of music."
Joni Mitchell wrote "Woodstock" - the most popular song about the festival - but didn't attend the event because she was booked on The Dick Cavett Show.
The Austin Powers theme is "Soul Bossa Nova," written by Quincy Jones in 1962 - the same year the first James Bond movie was released.
We've heard of artists putting their hearts into their music, but some take it literally.
An original member of Depeche Mode, Vince went on to form Erasure and Yaz.
The country sweetheart opines about the demands of touring and talks about writing songs with her famous father.
When you have a song called "Fire," it's tempting to set one - these guys did.
MTV, a popular TV theme song and Madonna all show up in this '80s music quiz.
With his X-wife Exene, John fronts the band X and writes their songs.