
Keith Richards did some studio alchemy on "Street Fighting Man," which is all acoustic except the bass.

The Ben Folds Five song "Brick" is about a difficult time when Folds' girlfriend got an abortion.

In the UK, Michael Jackson's "Thriller" returns to the chart every Halloween, a tradition started in 2007.

Before she was famous, Lady Gaga was a staff songwriter, and wrote the song "Quicksand," which Britney Spears recorded in 2008.

Baseball Hall-of-Famer Phil Rizzuto is the announcer on Meat Loaf's "Paradise By the Dashboard Light." Rizzuto used to broadcast games for his former team, the Yankees.

"Take My Breath Away" from Top Gun was a huge hit for Berlin, but lead singer Terri Nunn was the only band member to perform on it. This caused friction that broke up the group a year later.
Songwriters have used cards and card games to make sense of heartache, togetherness, and even Gonorrhea.
Lori's songs have been recorded by Faith Hill and Sara Evans. She's performed on the CMAs and on Oprah. She also has five kids.
The former Metallica bassist talks about his first time writing a song with James Hetfield, and how a hand-me-down iPad has changed his songwriting.
Wes Edwards takes us behind the scenes of videos he shot for Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley and Chase Bryant. The train was real - the airplane was not.
The "A Thousand Miles" singer on what she thinks of her song being used in White Chicks and how she captured a song from a dream.
If the name Citizen Dick means anything to you, there's a chance you'll get some of these right.