"Baby Got Back" isn't just a booty song. According to Sir Mix-A-Lot, it's about "Lack of acceptance by Hollywood of the African-American body."
A live, stripped-down version of "Flying Without Wings" by the Irish boy band Westlife was the first #1 on the Official UK Download Chart. It was recorded in May 1994 at The Globe, Stockholm.
Paul McCartney wrote "Blackbird" in Scotland after reading about race riots in the US, triggered when federal courts forced the racial desegregation of the Arkansas capital's school system.
The death of John Lennon was an influence on the Stevie Nicks hit "Edge Of Seventeen." He's the one with the "words of a poet and voice from a choir."
Elvis Costello says "Everyday I Write The Book" is a knockoff of Nick Lowe's "When I Write the Book."
Freddie Mercury considered "We Are The Champions" his version of "My Way." "We have made it, and it certainly wasn't easy," he said.
The (Meat)puppetmaster takes us through songs like "Lake Of Fire" and "Backwater," and talks about performing with Kurt Cobain on MTV Unplugged.
On the "schizoid element" of his lyrics, and a famous line from "Everything Zen."
Yngwie Malmsteen and Steve Vai were two of Graham's co-writers for some '80s rock classics.
The Creed lead singer reveals the "ego and self-fulfillment" he now sees in one of the band's biggest hits.
Writing great prog metal isn't easy, especially when it's for 60 musicians.
The "A Thousand Miles" singer on what she thinks of her song being used in White Chicks and how she captured a song from a dream.