Lou Reed's 11-minute "Street Hassle" features a spoken part by Bruce Springsteen.
It was never a big hit, but the uplifting "Mr. Blue Sky" has endured as Electric Light Orchestra's most popular song. Group leader Jeff Lynne wrote it when after two weeks of gloomy weather, the clouds parted to reveal a beautiful day.
Lady Gaga says that "Poker Face" is about her personal experience with bisexuality; being with a man but thinking about a woman.
Cheap Trick hated the ballad "The Flame" but recorded it because they needed a hit, and the song delivered, going to #1.
"Paranoid" reflects a feeling Black Sabbath bass player Geezer Butler often felt after using drugs.
A one-ton bell was custom made for AC/DC's "Hell's Bells." The recording was slowed to half speed to make it sound like a more ominous two-ton bell.
Some songs get a second life when they find a new audience through a movie, commercial, TV show, or even the Internet.
Toto's keyboard player explains the true meaning of "Africa" and talks about working on the Thriller album.
Jim talks about the impact of "The Middle" and uses a tree metaphor to describe his songwriting philosophy.
Does he have beef with Gaga? Is he Sean Lennon's godfather? See if you can tell fact from fiction in the Elton John edition.
The original voice of Snap! this story is filled with angry drag queens, video impersonators and Chaka Khan.
We ring the Hell's Bells to see what songs and rockers are sincere in their Satanism, and how much of it is an act.