Shaggy wrote his swaggering hit "Boombastic" after learning what "shag" means in the UK.
Bruce Springsteen's "Born In The U.S.A." was inspired by the book (later a movie) Born On The Fourth Of July by Ron Kovic, a Vietnam veteran who protested the war when he returned home.
The voice of Waldo in Van Halen's "Hot For Teacher" video was the late Phil Hartman of Saturday Night Live Fame.
One of Tom Petty's most personal songs is "Room At The Top," which he stopped performing because it brought back painful memories.
45% of the royalties for "Somebody That I Used To Know" go to the estate of the Brazilian classical guitarist Luiz Bonfá, whose song "Seville" Gotye sampled.
Genesis' key-man re-examines his solo career and the early days of music video.
The Stooges guitarist (and producer of the Kill City album) talks about those early recordings and what really happened with David Bowie.
dUg dIgs into his King's X metal classics and his many side projects, including the one with Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam.
Test your metal - Priest, Maiden, and Beavis and Butt-head show up in this one.
Are classic songs like "Over The Rainbow" and "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" in the public domain?
The former Metallica bassist talks about his first time writing a song with James Hetfield, and how a hand-me-down iPad has changed his songwriting.
