Mark Ronson's "Uptown Funk" was the first US chart-topper to include the word "funk" in the title.
The Phoenix song "1901" is about Paris. Their lead singer Thomas Mars said: "Paris in 1901 was better than it is now. So the song is a fantasy about Paris."
Fifth Harmony was going to call their song "Work," but they changed it to "Work from Home" when Rihanna released a song with that title.
The voice of Waldo in Van Halen's "Hot For Teacher" video was the late Phil Hartman of Saturday Night Live Fame.
"Brad Paisley's "River Bank" was inspired by his childhood growing up 500 yards from the Ohio River.
The first popular song to use the phrase "Heavy Metal" was "Born To Be Wild" by Steppenwolf, which was featured in the movie Easy Rider.
The lead singer/lyricist for Anberlin breaks down "Impossible" and covers some tracks from their 2012 album Vital.
When he was asked to write a song for the Singles soundtrack, Mark thought the Seattle grunge scene was already overblown, so that's what he wrote about.
Are classic songs like "Over The Rainbow" and "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" in the public domain?
The Def Leppard frontman talks about their "lamentable" hit he never thought of as a single, and why he's juiced by his Mott The Hoople cover band.
In this talk from the '80s, the Kansas frontman talks turning to God and writing "Dust In The Wind."
Laura Nyro talks about her complex, emotionally rich songwriting and how she supports women's culture through her art.
