Phil Oakey of The Human League recorded his vocals for "Don't You Want Me" in the studio bathroom. The recording was disrupted by guitarist Jo Callis reaching through an open window from outside to repeatedly flush one of the toilets.
"Livin' La Vida Loca" is a Latin pop landmark, but "la vida loca" are the only Spanish words in the lyric - "mocha" is English.
Hoyt Axton wrote the Three Dog Night hit "Joy To The World." He said the "Jeremiah was a bullfrog" line just came into his head after having a drink of wine.
Lou Reed's 11-minute "Street Hassle" features a spoken part by Bruce Springsteen.
"Airplanes" by B.o.B was written by Lupe Fiasco, who recorded it but decided to pass.
"Babylon," in David Gray's song, refers to London, which was once known as the "modern-day Babylon."
Songs about drugs, revolution and greed that have been used in commercials for sneakers, jeans, fast food, cruises and cars.
How the American gangsta rappers made history by getting banned in the UK.
The man who ran Nirvana's first label gets beyond the sensationalism (drugs, Courtney) to discuss their musical and cultural triumphs in the years before Nevermind.
Famous songs that lent their titles - and in some cases storylines - to movies.
He's a singer and an actor, but as a songwriter Paul helped make Kermit a cultured frog, turned a bank commercial into a huge hit and made love both "exciting and new" and "soft as an easy chair."
The longtime Eagle talks about soaring back to his solo career, and what he learned about songwriting in the group.