"Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia was first recorded by the group Ednaswap in 1993. It was written by Ednaswap's Anne Previn and Scott Cutler, who went on to write some hits for Miley Cyrus.
Neil Young rarely allows his songs to be sampled, but he let the Canadian group Redlight King use "Old Man" in their 2011 song, also called "Old Man."
The Bryan Adams song "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" was almost rejected for the movie Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves because it didn't sound medieval enough.
"Heaven" by The Psychedelic Furs sounds upbeat, but is about an impending nuclear bombardment.
Ed Sheeran's "Bloodstream" was written after an experience taking MDMA during a wedding celebration in Ibiza; it's basically about all the feelings that he got from that time.
The band Simple Minds took their name from the line "He's so simple minded he can't drive his module" in David Bowie's "The Jean Genie."
Here is the church, here is the steeple - see if you can identify these lyrics that reference church.
The revered singer-songwriter talks inspiration and explains why she put a mahout in "Drop the Pilot."
Yngwie Malmsteen and Steve Vai were two of Graham's co-writers for some '80s rock classics.
An original member of Depeche Mode, Vince went on to form Erasure and Yaz.
A song he wrote and recorded from "sheer spiritual inspiration," Allen's didn't think "Southern Nights" had hit potential until Glen Campbell took it to #1 two years later.
How a goofy detective movie, a disenchanted director and an unlikely songwriter led to one of the biggest hits in pop history.