Puff Daddy didn't get permission to sample the Police song "Every Breath You Take" on his Notorious B.I.G. tribute "I'll Be Missing You," but he later reached an agreement and even performed the song with Sting.
Many assumed Train's breakthrough hit, "Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me)," is about a woman who leaves a relationship to find herself. Lead singer Pat Monahan actually wrote it after having a dream about his mother, who was "back in the atmosphere" after dying of cancer.
Feist's "1234" is "about lost love, and the hope to recapture what you once had," but it's best known for the Sesame Street version about counting to four.
"Take Me Home Country Roads" is set in West Virginia, but John Denver had never been there when he recorded the song. The country roads represent a sense of belonging.
"Kashmir" is the only Led Zeppelin song to use outside musicians, as it needed strings and horns.
Kesha (known at the time as Ke$ha) was still pretty wild when she released her song "Crazy Kids" in 2012. It's about one of her birthday parties that got a little out of hand.
Into the vaults for this talk with Bolton from the '80s when he was a focused on writing songs for other artists.
The Reverend rants on psychobilly and the egghead academics he bashes in one of his more popular songs.
Pool balls, magpies and thorns without roses - how well do you know your Tom Waits lyrics?
The "Lowdown" and "Lido Shuffle" singer makes a habit of playing with the best in the business.
David Gray explains the significance of the word "Babylon," and talks about how songs are a form of active imagination, with lyrics that reveal what's inside us.
Tom talks about the evolution of Cinderella's songs through their first three albums, and how he writes as a solo artist.