Mary J. Blige introduced three new words with her hit "Family Affair": hateration, holleration and dancerie.
Robert Plant's "Heaven Knows" is a satirical look at the '80s, when style seemed to trump substance.
Moby says that "We Are All Made Of Stars" is scientifically accurate, since all matter originates from stardust.
Before she was famous, Lady Gaga was a staff songwriter, and wrote the song "Quicksand," which Britney Spears recorded in 2008.
UB40's cover of Neil Diamond's "Red Red Wine" was a minor hit when first released in 1983, but it went to #1 five years later when radio stations in Phoenix started playing it.
When Marc Cohn played "True Companion" to his girlfriend, she thought he was proposing. He wasn't, but he did eventually marry her.
You know the scenes - Tom Cruise in his own pants-off dance off, Molly Ringwald celebrating her birthday - but do you remember what song is playing?
These overtly religious songs crossed over to the pop charts, despite resistance from fans, and in many cases, churches.
The Prince-penned "Manic Monday" was the first song The Bangles heard coming from a car radio, but "Eternal Flame" is closest to Susanna's heart, perhaps because she sang it in "various states of undress."
In the summer of 1990, you could get arrested for selling a 2 Live Crew album or performing their songs in Southern Florida. And that's exactly what happened.
Jon Fratelli talks about the band's third album, and the five-year break leading up to it.
Many unusual folks appear in Grateful Dead songs. Can you identify them?