Pete Townshend wrote the lyrics for "My Generation" by The Who during a train ride from London to Southampton on his 20th birthday when he was thinking about "trying to find a place in society."
The Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)" came top of a 2013 Spotify poll to find out which songs music fans most commonly hear people singing incorrectly. Many believe Annie Lennox is singing: "Sweet dreams are made of cheese, who am I to disagree?"
The Blues Traveler song "Hook" is a Peter Pan reference, but also about the catchy hook of the song, which is what "brings you back."
Tom Cochrane wrote "Life Is A Highway" to pull himself out of a funk following an exhausting humanitarian trip to Africa.
Lionel Richie hosted the American Music Awards the night he recorded "We Are The World."
Thanks to the line "shake it like a Polaroid picture," Outkast's "Hey Ya!" made Polaroid cameras cool again. Many other artists have since mentioned Polaroid in their lyrics, including Eminem, Imagine Dragons, Keith Urban, Gorillaz and Tim McGraw.
Deep Purple frontman Ian Gillan explains the "few red lights" in "Smoke On The Water" and talks about songs from their 2020 album Whoosh!
The top chant artist in the Western world, Krishna Das talks about how these Hindu mantras compare to Christian worship songs.
The 10 biggest "retirement tours" that didn't take.
Scaramouch, a hoople and a superhero soundtrack - see if you can spot the real Queen stories.
Surprise exits, a catfight and some very memorable performances make our list of the most memorable Idol moments.
"Mr. Jones" took on new meaning when the song about a misguided view of fame made Adam famous.