John Mellencamp considers "Pink Houses" an "anti-American song," laying bare the struggles of the poor and working class.
In the song "God," Tori Amos makes the point that if there's God, there must also be a Goddess because there are no male-only species.
"One Way Or Another" is based on a stalker who creeped out Blondie lead singer Debbie Harry.
"Doo Wop (That Thing)" by Lauryn Hill was the only US #1 hit of the '90s entirely written, produced and performed by a female singer.
The song "Don't Worry Be Happy" doesn't use any instruments - it's all Bobby McFerrin using various parts of his body to make the sounds.
The movie The Breakfast Club opens with a passage from David Bowie's "Changes" ("And these children that you spit on...")
The Canadian superstar talks about his sudden rise to fame, and tells the stories behind his hits "Sunglasses At Night," "Boy In The Box" and "Never Surrender."
Have you got the smarts to know which of these graduation song stories are real?
A band so baffling, even their names were contrived. Check your score in the Ramones version of Fact or Fiction.
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.
Can you be married in one country but not another? Only if you're part of a gay couple. One of the first famous singers to come out as a lesbian, Janis wrote a song about it.
Established as a redoubtable singer-songwriter, the Men At Work frontman explains how religion, sobriety and Jack Nicholson play into his songwriting.