An unexpected guest vocal: Marianne Faithfull on the Metallica song "The Memory Remains." A star in the '60s, this collaboration helped revive her career.
The "pompatus of love" from the Steve Miller song "The Joker" comes from a line in a '50s doo-wop song Miller misheard: "puppetutes of love."
The Arctic Monkeys 2011 song "Suck It and See" is titled after a British saying meaning you should try something to see if you like it.
In the UK, the first #1 hit with a rap was "Candy Girl" by the American boy band New Edition in 1983.
On Metallica's "The Unforgiven," James Hetfield modeled his vocals on Chris Isaak.
"Kokomo" gave The Beach Boys their first #1 hit in 22 years. They picked the title because it sounded tropical.
Bowie's "activist" days of 1964 led to Ziggy Stardust.
Jim talks about the impact of "The Middle" and uses a tree metaphor to describe his songwriting philosophy.
Ian talks about his 3 or 4 blatant attempts to write a pop song, and also the ones he most connected with, including "Locomotive Breath."
The renown rock singer talks about "The House of the Rising Sun" and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood."
The rock revolutionist on songwriting, quitting smoking, and what she thinks of Rush Limbaugh using her song.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers have some rather unusual song titles - see if you can spot the real ones.