
The setting for the Queensrÿche song "Jet City Woman" is Seattle, the "jet city."

"Up Around The Bend" by Creedence Clearwater Revival had a different meaning to British listeners. In England, to go "Around the bend" means to go crazy.

Rod Stewart wrote "Maggie May" about the woman who deflowered him when he was 16.

Avril Lavigne has a perfume named after her song "Black Star." It smells much better than her Sk8er Boi scent, which reeks of Axe body spray and road grime.

The Cure lead singer Robert Smith wrote "Lovesong" as a wedding present for his fiancée, Mary, shortly before their marriage. They met when he was 14; he says Mary helped him through many difficult periods and essentially saved his life.

The Austin Powers theme is "Soul Bossa Nova," written by Quincy Jones in 1962 - the same year the first James Bond movie was released.
The guy who brought us "Stacy's Mom" also wrote the Jane Lynch Emmy song and Stephen Colbert's Christmas songs.
Many actors have attempted music, but only a few have managed a hit. Do you know which of these thespians charted?
The Red Hot Chili Peppers have some rather unusual song titles - see if you can spot the real ones.
Find out how God and glam metal go together from the Stryper frontman.
The Scorpions and UFO guitarist is also a very prolific songwriter - he explains how he writes with his various groups, and why he was so keen to get out of Germany and into England.
The lead singer and pianist for Procol Harum, Gary talks about finding the musical ideas to match the words.