Janet Jackson's "Rhythm Nation" was inspired by the tribes that came together at New York dance clubs.
Salt's "mighty good man" in the Salt-N-Pepa "Whatta Man" video is played by Tupac Shakur.
"Livin' La Vida Loca" is a Latin pop landmark, but "la vida loca" are the only Spanish words in the lyric - "mocha" is English.
Otis Redding often ad-libbed vocals at the end of songs, but for "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay" he just whistled instead - it became some of the most famous whistling in song history.
Corinne Bailey Rae's 2006 hit "Put Your Records On" borrows the opening line ("Three little birds sat on my window") from the Bob Marley song "Three Little Birds." Both songs have the same message: Don't worry, because every little thing's going to be alright.
The Rick James song "Cold Blooded" is about Linda Blair from The Exorcist, his girlfriend at the time. In James' lingo, "cold blooded" means sexy, not cruel.
These overtly religious songs crossed over to the pop charts, despite resistance from fans, and in many cases, churches.
Go beyond The Beatles to see what you know about the British Invasion.
Bradley Cooper, Michael J. Fox, Rami Malek, Reese Witherspoon, Gwyneth Paltrow and George Clooney: Which actors really sang in their movies?
Into the vaults for this talk with Bolton from the '80s when he was a focused on writing songs for other artists.
The men of Sparks on their album Hippopotamus, and how Morrissey handled it when they suggested he lighten up.
