Taio Cruz throws his hands up "sometimes" in "Dynamite" because the song was originally written about surrender.
Katy Perry's breakout hit, "I Kissed A Girl," was surprising to those familiar with her past: Her parents were pastors and she started off singing Christian music.
"Total Eclipse Of The Heart" by Bonnie Tyler is a tribute to the vampire movie Nosferatu, depicting an immortal "love in the dark."
After 47 visits to the Hot 100, Justin Bieber topped the tally for the first time on September 17, 2015 with "What Do You Mean?"
Cher was 43 in 1989 when she landed one of her biggest hits: "If I Could Turn Back Time." It made her an unlikely MTV star thanks to a video shot on the battleship USS Missouri where she's entertaining the troops in fishnet stockings and a thong.
The Squeeze song "Tempted" is one of their few with lead vocals by Paul Carrack, who sang the Ace song "How Long" and was in Mike + The Mechanics.
Fiona's highly-anticipated third album almost didn't make it. Here's how it finally came together after two years and a leak.
Chris Stein of Blondie shares photos and stories from his book about the New York City punk scene.
One of the most popular classical vocalists in the land is lining up a trip to space, which is the inspiration for many of her songs.
The Stooges guitarist (and producer of the Kill City album) talks about those early recordings and what really happened with David Bowie.
Scaramouch, a hoople and a superhero soundtrack - see if you can spot the real Queen stories.
Billie Jean, Delilah, Sara, Laura and Sharona - do you know who the girls in the songs really are?