After Cher revived "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)" in 1990, Salt-N-Pepa released "Shoop" and Whitney Houston had a #1 hit with "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)."
The Fratellis song "Chelsea Dagger" was named for their lead singer's wife - it was her burlesque name.
Joni Mitchell wrote "Woodstock" - the most popular song about the festival - but didn't attend the event because she was booked on The Dick Cavett Show.
"Take On Me" was just a minor hit in Norway until a new version was released with the iconic video, making it a global smash.
In the song "God," Tori Amos makes the point that if there's God, there must also be a Goddess because there are no male-only species.
"Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?" was written by Boy George about his relationship with Culture Club's drummer Jon Moss.
Who writes a song about a name they found in a phone book? That's just one of the everyday things these guys find to sing about. Anything in their field of vision or general scope of knowledge is fair game. If you cross paths with them, so are you.
Doubt led to drive for Francis, who still isn't sure why one of Status Quo's biggest hits is so beloved.
Chad tells tales from his time as drummer for Nirvana, and talks about his group Before Cars.
When Judd Apatow needed under-appreciated rockers for his Knocked Up sequel, he immediately thought of Parker, who just happened to be getting his band The Rumour back together.
John tells the "St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)" story and explains why he disappeared for so long.