The Motown team of Holland-Dozier-Holland wrote "Where Did Our Love Go" with The Marvelettes in mind, but they turned it down. When The Supremes recorded the tune, Diana Ross was forced to sing in a lower, breathier style than she was used to because it wasn't written for her.
Yoko Ono has always denied requests to cover "Imagine" with the line "no religion, too" omitted or changed.
The Whitney Houston hit "I Have Nothing" was inspired by Elvis Presley, who dated the song's lyricist, Linda Thompson.
The You Me at Six song "The Dilemma" got its title from the Vince Vaughn movie of the same name.
If you have a whole day to kill, you can check out the full version of Pharrell Williams' "Happy" music video, the world's first 24-hour music video.
Sam Smith's "Writing's On The Wall" was the first ever James Bond theme song to reach #1 in the UK.
With his X-wife Exene, John fronts the band X and writes their songs.
The drummer and one of the primary songwriters in Grand Funk talks rock stardom and Todd Rundgren.
The Third Day frontman talks about some of the classic songs he wrote with the band, and what changed for his solo country album.
Do their first three albums have French titles? Is "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" really meaningless? See if you can tell in this Fact or Fiction.
Pool balls, magpies and thorns without roses - how well do you know your Tom Waits lyrics?
