"Paranoid" reflects a feeling Black Sabbath bass player Geezer Butler often felt after using drugs.
Lou Reed's 11-minute "Street Hassle" features a spoken part by Bruce Springsteen.
"Free Fallin'" by Tom Petty is set in Los Angeles, as he mentions Reseda, Mulholland and Ventura Boulevard.
Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits wrote "Private Dancer," which went to Tina Turner when he realized it wasn't a song for a man to sing.
"Ain't No Sunshine" by Bill Withers was inspired by the Jack Lemmon movie Days of Wine and Roses.
Radiohead's "Harry Patch (In Memory Of)" is about the last surviving World War I veteran to fight in the trenches.
Producer Rupert Hine talks about crafting hits for Tina Turner, Howard Jones and The Fixx.
Kristian talks songwriting technique, like how the chorus should redefine the story, and how to write a song backwards.
Songs that seem to glorify violence against women are often misinterpreted - but not always.
Did Eric Clapton really write "Cocaine" while on cocaine? This question and more in the Clapton edition of Fact or Fiction.
The man who brought us "Red Skies" and "Saved By Zero" is now an organic farmer in France.
A top session musician, Carol played on hundreds of hits by The Beach Boys, The Monkees, Frank Sinatra and many others.