Dido helped shut down a Neo-Nazi Web site after learning it was using "White Flag" to promote its hateful messages. Owners of the site had misinterpreted the track as racist and thought they represented their white supremacy views.
Before recording "Boom Clap" herself, Charli XCX offered the song to Hilary Duff. However, the singer's people turned down the tune declaring it wasn't "cool enough for Hilary."
The Jesus Jones song "Right Here, Right Now" was conceived as an optimistic version of Prince's "Sign O' The Times."
"Killing An Arab" by The Cure was inspired by Albert Camus' book The Stranger.
Ronnie Dunn wrote "Boot Scootin' Boogie" before he teamed up with Kix Brooks to form Brooks & Dunn. It was originally recorded by the country group Asleep At The Wheel, but Brooks & Dunn did it themselves when it got its own line dance.
Elton John didn't win a Grammy until 1986, when he got one for singing on "That's What Friends Are For."
Gary Lewis and the Playboys had seven Top 10 hits despite competition from The Beatles. Gary talks about the hits, his famous father, and getting drafted.
Tyler talks about his true love: songwriting. How he identifies the beauty in a melody and turns sorrow into art.
Some album art was at least "inspired" by others. A look at some very similar covers.
The lead singer/lyricist of The Beach Boys talks about coming up with the words for "Good Vibrations," "Fun, Fun, Fun," "Kokomo" and other classic songs.
Bowie's "activist" days of 1964 led to Ziggy Stardust.
The man who created Yacht Rock with "Sailing" wrote one of his biggest hits while on acid.
