"Grenade" was a term used on the show Jersey Shore to mean an ugly girl. Bruno Mars says his hit song with that title was written before the show started.
Avril Lavigne said her Goodbye Lullaby track "Darlin" was "probably" the second song she ever wrote. The Canadian composed it when she was an unsigned 15-year-old living in Napanee, Ontario.
Carla Thomas became the first woman to achieve a Top 10 hit on the Hot 100 with a song she wrote herself when "Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes)" reached the chart's top tier in 1961. Thomas was just 16-years-old when she penned it.
Jack & Diane started off as an interracial couple; Mellencamp took race references out of the song at the request of his record company.
"Zombie" by The Cranberries is about an IRA bombing in England that killed two children.
"One Way Or Another" is based on a stalker who creeped out Blondie lead singer Debbie Harry.
With a few clues (Works at a diner, dreams of running away), can you name the character in the song?
A big list of musical marriages and family relations ranging from the simple to the truly dysfunctional.
From "Some Day My Prince Will Come" to "Let It Go" - how Disney princess songs (and the women who sing them) have evolved.
dUg dIgs into his King's X metal classics and his many side projects, including the one with Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam.
In her days with The Runaways, Joan Jett saw The Arrows perform "I Love Rock And Roll," which Alan Merrill co-wrote - that story and much more from this glam rock pioneer.
