The "Electric Avenue" in the Eddy Grant song is a real street. It got its name because it was the first street in London with electric lights.
"Little Talks," released in 2011 during the folk-rock boom, was the big hit for the Icelandic group Of Monsters And Men. The song is delivered as a conversation between a longtime married couple, but the woman might be going crazy and talking to a ghost.
There are no actual drums on Queen's "We Will Rock You," just lots of foot stomping.
Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl" is about Christie Brinkley, who he married, but it started as a song about Elle McPherson, who he also went out with.
Jimmy Webb was inspired to write The 5th Dimension song "Up-Up and Away" after seeing a hot-air balloon his friend flew on promotions for the Southern California radio station KMEN.
Rod Stewart wrote "Maggie May" about the woman who deflowered him when he was 16.
Michael tells the story of "Send Me On My Way," and explains why some of the words in the song don't have a literal meaning.
The stories behind the biggest hit songs about trucking.
Shaun breaks down the Seether songs, including the one about his brother, the one about Ozzy, and the one that may or may not be about his ex-girlfriend Amy Lee.
Here is the church, here is the steeple - see if you can identify these lyrics that reference church.
The story of the legendary lupine DJ through the songs he inspired.
"Missing You" was a spontaneous outpouring of emotion triggered by a phone call. John tells that story and explains what MTV meant to his career.