Fleetwood Mac's "Gypsy" is about Stevie Nicks' best friend, who died of leukemia.
Hugh Laurie, star of the TV show House, had a minor hit in 2011 with "Police Dog Blues," an old Blues song from 1929.
The movie The Breakfast Club opens with a passage from David Bowie's "Changes" ("And these children that you spit on...")
In the UK, Michael Jackson's "Thriller" returns to the chart every Halloween, a tradition started in 2007.
The Devo song "Freedom Of Choice" is about mindless consumerism - how people like to make frivolous choices, but otherwise want to be told what to do.
MTV wanted Weezer to record a version of their song "Hash Pipe" as "Half Pipe" to appeal to the skateboarding crowd. The band refused, and MTV listed the song as "H*** Pipe."
Rudolf, Bob Dylan and the Singing Dogs all show up in this Fact or Fiction for seasonal favorites.
How the American gangsta rappers made history by getting banned in the UK.
How well do you know your protest songs (including the one that went to #1)?
The stories behind "Shine," "December," "The World I Know" and other Collective Soul hits.
Are classic songs like "Over The Rainbow" and "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" in the public domain?
Ozzy biting a dove? Alice Cooper causing mayhem with a chicken? Creed so bad they were sued? See if you can spot the real concert mishaps.