"Crank That (Soulja Boy)" was the most successful digital track of 2007 in the US with 2,909,000 downloads. On January 6, 2008 it became the first song ever to sell 3 million digital copies in the States.
"St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)" was not written for the movie, but for Rick Hanson, a wheelchair athlete whose 1985 "Man In Motion" tour logged 24,856 miles on his wheelchair in 34 countries while raising $26 million for spinal cord research.
Snap! were two German producers. When they needed a rapper, they found one on the American army base there and had him rap on "The Power."
"Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" was Michael Jaskson's attack on the tabloid press: "They eat off of you, you're a vegetable."
Al Green's "Take Me to the River" describes a baptism. Two years later, he became a reverend.
Chaka Khan's hit "I Feel For You" was written and originally recorded by Prince four years before she covered it.
The king of Christian worship music explains talks about writing songs for troubled times.
Songwriters have used cards and card games to make sense of heartache, togetherness, and even Gonorrhea.
The Creed lead singer reveals the "ego and self-fulfillment" he now sees in one of the band's biggest hits.
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.
Rosanne talks about the journey that inspired her songs on her album The River & the Thread, including a stop at the Tallahatchie Bridge.
Can you name Def Leppard's only #1 hit in America? Get rocked with this adrenalized quiz.