"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" is an English version of a Zulu hunting song from the 1930s.
Beyoncé married Jay-Z five months before releasing "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)," a song she sang in character as her alter-ego, Sasha Fierce.
"One Week" by Barenaked Ladies was a #1 hit in America - for exactly one week in 1998.
What #1 hit is built on a sample of another #1 hit? "Hypnotize" by The Notorious B.I.G., which gets its groove from "Rise," a chart-topper for Herb Alpert in 1979.
Florida Georgia Line's "Cruise" was the first country single to earn Diamond certification (10 million units sold) from the RIAA.
"Livin' La Vida Loca" is a Latin pop landmark, but "la vida loca" are the only Spanish words in the lyric - "mocha" is English.
Rickie Lee Jones on songwriting, social media, and how she's handling Trump.
Roger reveals the songwriting formula Clive Davis told him, and if "Eight Miles High" is really about drugs.
Genesis' key-man re-examines his solo career and the early days of music video.
Jon Fratelli talks about the band's third album, and the five-year break leading up to it.
"London Bridge," "Ring Around the Rosie" and "It's Raining, It's Pouring" are just a few examples of shockingly morbid children's songs.
