Ellie Goulding's hit song "Lights" is about her fear of the dark, which forces the singer to sleep with the lights on.
Billy Joel wrote "We Didn't Start The Fire" after a 21-year-old told him, "everyone knows that nothing happened in the '50s."
The Dixie Chicks got their name from the Little Feat song "Dixie Chicken." In 2020 they became "The Chicks" because Dixie refers to the American South in times of slavery.
The songwriting team Leiber and Stoller wrote "Hound Dog" for a blues singer named Big Mama Thronton, who first recorded the song in 1953. Elvis covered it in 1956, and it became his biggest hit.
Tired of X-Factor winners getting the UK Christmas #1, British Facebook users staged a successful campaign to download "Killing In The Name" by Rage Against The Machine enough times to boost the song to the top in 2009, blocking the X-Factor single by Joe McElderry.
On Metallica's "The Unforgiven," James Hetfield modeled his vocals on Chris Isaak.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers have some rather unusual song titles - see if you can spot the real ones.
Yngwie Malmsteen and Steve Vai were two of Graham's co-writers for some '80s rock classics.
Go beyond The Beatles to see what you know about the British Invasion.
How well do you know this shock-rock harbinger who's been publicly executed hundreds of times?
When you free your mind, your ass may follow, but you have to make sure someone else doesn't program it while it's wide open.
Nick made some of the biggest videos on MTV, including "The Final Countdown," "Heaven" and "Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)."