"Just Dance" was Lady Gaga's first hit, and it also brought the techno-synth sound that had been popular in Europe for the previous decade to the United States.
The Fratellis song "Chelsea Dagger" was named for their lead singer's wife - it was her burlesque name.
Elton John's songwriting partner Bernie Taupin wrote the original lyrics for Starship's "We Built This City." It was the first Hot 100 Top 10 hit Taupin wrote without John.
"Here Comes Your Man" is the closest the Pixies came to a hit in America. It was rumored to be about a drug dealer, but Black Francis says it's just a story about some hobos who travel by train and die in an earthquake.
"Won't Get Fooled Again" by The Who is about a revolution, but it doesn't have a happy ending, since in the end the new regime becomes just like the old one. Pete Townshend thought that whoever was in power was destined to become corrupt.
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" is an English version of a Zulu hunting song from the 1930s.
The rock revolutionist on songwriting, quitting smoking, and what she thinks of Rush Limbaugh using her song.
Some album art was at least "inspired" by others. A look at some very similar covers.
The "A Thousand Miles" singer on what she thinks of her song being used in White Chicks and how she captured a song from a dream.
If the name Citizen Dick means anything to you, there's a chance you'll get some of these right.
When you have a song called "Fire," it's tempting to set one - these guys did.
Tom talks about the evolution of Cinderella's songs through their first three albums, and how he writes as a solo artist.
