Phil Collins' "Take Me Home" is about a patient in a mental institution and was inspired by the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise" was the #1 single in Australia for 13 weeks. It holds the record for the longest running chart topper Down Under since the first ever ARIA Chart was listed in 1983.
In Beastie Boys' "Paul Revere," the title refers to the name of a horse. They took it from a song in the musical Guys And Dolls where a character sings, "I got the horse right here, the name is Paul Revere."
The Scooby Snacks in the Fun Lovin' Criminals song aren't dog treats, they're Valium pills.
"Cotton Eye Joe" is a folk song dating to the 1800s, but it became a hit when a Swedish act called Rednex did a psychokinetic version in 1994.
Brian May wrote Queen's "We Will Rock You" so the crowds could participate in the song. They didn't have instruments, but they could clap their hands and stomp their feet.
The Sevendust frontman talks about the group's songwriting process, and how trips to the Murder Bar helped forge their latest album.
A big list of musical marriages and family relations ranging from the simple to the truly dysfunctional.
These Three famous songs actually describe how they were written - late into the evening.
On Glen's résumé: hit songwriter, Facebook dominator, and member of Styx.
Yngwie Malmsteen and Steve Vai were two of Graham's co-writers for some '80s rock classics.
Cain talks about the divine inspirations for "Don't Stop Believin'" and "Faithfully."