
Kung Fu was big in 1974, with movies by Bruce Lee and a TV series called Kung Fu. Carl Douglas brought it to the dance floor that year with "Kung Fu Fighting," a #1 hit.

Sir Mix-A-Lot is credited as a writer on The Pussycat Dolls' biggest hit, "Don't Cha," because it interpolates his 1988 song "Swass," where he goes, "Don't you wish your boyfriend was swass like me?"

"We Will Become Silhouettes" by The Postal Service sounds happy and fun, but it's a very bleak song about a nuclear winter. Lead singer Ben Gibbard wrote the lyric while ruminating over 9/11.

"Take My Breath Away" from Top Gun was a huge hit for Berlin, but lead singer Terri Nunn was the only band member to perform on it. This caused friction that broke up the group a year later.

Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together" was the best-selling song of the 2000s in the US.

Ed Sheeran's "Bloodstream" was written after an experience taking MDMA during a wedding celebration in Ibiza; it's basically about all the feelings that he got from that time.
Mike Rutherford talks about the "Silent Running" storyline and "Land Of Confusion" in the age of Trump.
A big list of musical marriages and family relations ranging from the simple to the truly dysfunctional.
Pool balls, magpies and thorns without roses - how well do you know your Tom Waits lyrics?
Dave explains how the video appropriated the meaning of "Runaway Train," and what he thought of getting parodied by Weird Al.
Genesis' key-man re-examines his solo career and the early days of music video.
Is Owl City on a quest for another hit like "Fireflies?" Adam answers that question and explains the influences behind many others.