Todd Rundgren banged his drums on stage with Ringo Starr as part of Ringo's "All Starr Band." This version of "Bang the Drum All Day" was included on the album Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Volume 2: Live from Montreux.
Yoko Ono has always denied requests to cover "Imagine" with the line "no religion, too" omitted or changed.
Zac Hanson was just 11 years and 7 months old when "MMMbop" topped the Hot 100, making him the youngest group member to co-write and perform a US #1 single.
"I Won't Back Down" is a very personal song for Tom Petty. "I thought it wasn't that good because it was so naked," he said.
Bob Dylan helped popularize the concept of "burnout" in his 1975 song "Shelter From the Storm" when he sang: "I was burned out from exhaustion, buried in the hail." That's how many Americans were feeling at the time as they worked harder for less pay.
"We Will Become Silhouettes" by The Postal Service sounds happy and fun, but it's a very bleak song about a nuclear winter. Lead singer Ben Gibbard wrote the lyric while ruminating over 9/11.
Can you name Def Leppard's only #1 hit in America? Get rocked with this adrenalized quiz.
After studying in Paris with a famous composition teacher, Charles became the most successful writer of TV theme songs.
"25 or 6 to 4" to "Semi-Charmed Life" - see if you can spot the songs that are really about drugs.
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.
He wrote "She Blinded Me With Science" so he could direct a video about a home for deranged scientists.
