"Walking In Memphis" isn't so much about Memphis, as it is The Hollywood Cafe in Mississippi, where Marc Cohn encountered an old woman named Murial playing piano.
The "Doctor of philosophy" in the Indigo Girls' song "Closer To Fine" is based on a teacher Emily Saliers had who had a poster of Rasputin on his door.
Adele isn't a ghost when she sings, "Hello from the other side" - it means the "other side of becoming an adult."
Enrique Iglesias' single "Bailando" was the first ever Spanish-language song to reach one billion views on YouTube.
"The Way We Were" was the first of five Hot 100 #1 singles recorded by Barbra Streisand. She is the only artist ever to receive an Oscar, Tony, Emmy and Grammy as well as record a #1 single and album.
In Gary Numan's "Cars," the message is that cars lead to a mechanical society devoid of personal interaction. This didn't stop automakers from using it in commercials. Both Nissan and Oldsmobile have used it in ads.
An original member of Depeche Mode, Vince went on to form Erasure and Yaz.
In the name of song explanation, Al talks about scoring heroin for William Burroughs, and that's not even the most shocking story in this one.
Here is the church, here is the steeple - see if you can identify these lyrics that reference church.
Yngwie Malmsteen and Steve Vai were two of Graham's co-writers for some '80s rock classics.
How the American gangsta rappers made history by getting banned in the UK.
The renown rock singer talks about "The House of the Rising Sun" and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood."
