The song "Sadeness" by Enigma (the one with the chanting monks), got its name from the French novelist Marquis de Sade, who believed sex had to be painful in order to be pleasurable - thus the word "sadism."
Rihanna was Pitbull's first choice to sing on "Timber," but she wasn't available at the time so he enlisted his RCA labelmate Kesha instead.
The most famous song to prominently feature a French horn is "God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys.
Mark Ronson's "Uptown Funk" was the first US chart-topper to include the word "funk" in the title.
The 1979 song "Life During Wartime" by Talking Heads deals with how technology could be exploited to take down the framework of society and enable government surveillance.
Van Morrison's "Brown Eyed Girl" was originally called "Brown Skinned Girl," and was about an interracial relationship.
Mike is lead guitarist with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, and co-writer of classic songs like "Boys Of Summer," "Refugee" and "The Heart Of The Matter."
Into the vaults for this talk with Bolton from the '80s when he was a focused on writing songs for other artists.
Do you know the girl singer on Eminem's "Stan"? If so, this quiz is for you.
Bradley Cooper, Michael J. Fox, Rami Malek, Reese Witherspoon, Gwyneth Paltrow and George Clooney: Which actors really sang in their movies?
Jon Fratelli talks about the band's third album, and the five-year break leading up to it.
The "All I Want" singer went through a long depression, playing some shows when he didn't want to be alive.
