
Tim McGraw recorded "Live Like You Were Dying" just two weeks after his own father passed away.

The You Me at Six song "The Dilemma" got its title from the Vince Vaughn movie of the same name.

Vincent Price did the spooky narration on "Thriller." He was paid a flat fee of $20,000, turning down a percentage of the royalties that would have paid him far more.
When Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse's version of "Body and Soul" made the Hot 100 in 2011, Bennett became, at age 85, the oldest living artist to make that chart.

The line, "I feel the snakebite enter my veins," led many to believe the Godsmack song "Voodoo" is about drugs, but it's really about Wiccan ritual, inspired in part by the Wes Craven movie The Serpent and the Rainbow.

The "Don't Stop Believin'" lyric was inspired by Sunset Boulevard, making it perfect for the Rock of Ages musical.
Jon Fratelli talks about the band's third album, and the five-year break leading up to it.
Rick Astley on "Never Gonna Give You Up," "Cry For Help," and his remarkable resurgence that gave him another #1 UK album.
Have you got the smarts to know which of these graduation song stories are real?
Dave explains how the video appropriated the meaning of "Runaway Train," and what he thought of getting parodied by Weird Al.
Are classic songs like "Over The Rainbow" and "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" in the public domain?
Writing with Phil Lynott, Scott saw their ill-fated frontman move to a darker place in his life and lyrics.