After a devastating car accident, the actor Montgomery Clift had to be filmed from "The Right Profile" to look good - that provided the name of The Clash song.
YouTube were forced into an upgrade after PSY's "Gangnam Style" broke the video-sharing website's hit counter. Once the tune reached 2,147,483,647 views, the maximum positive value for a 32-bit signed binary integer in computing, the view-counter could no longer work.
Jack White titled "Seven Nation Army" after how he would mispronounce "Salvation Army" when he was little.
Part of the "Cruel to Be Kind" video was shot during Nick Lowe and Carlene Carter's wedding.
The Mary J. Blige song "No More Drama" samples the theme to the appropriately dramatic soap opera The Young And The Restless.
Kid Rock performed his song "Amen" at Barack Obama's inaugural, but claims he didn't vote for him.
When she released her first album in 1988, Tanita became a UK singing sensation at age 19. She talks about her darkly sensual voice and quirky songwriting style.
The "Lowdown" and "Lido Shuffle" singer makes a habit of playing with the best in the business.
Kristian talks songwriting technique, like how the chorus should redefine the story, and how to write a song backwards.
The outlaw country icon talks about the spiritual element of his songwriting and his Bob Dylan mention.
Known in America for the hit "If You Leave," OMD is a huge influence on modern electronic music.
How a goofy detective movie, a disenchanted director and an unlikely songwriter led to one of the biggest hits in pop history.
