"Thinking About You" was the ninth track from Calvin Harris' 18 Months album to enter the UK singles Top 10. No other artist has obtained so many hits from one LP - Michael Jackson was the previous record holder with seven Top 10 tunes from both his Bad and Dangerous sets.
"99 Luftballons" by Nena is about a Cold War scare when balloons showed up on radar and were mistaken as a nuclear threat.
The Naughty by Nature hit "O.P.P." doesn't have any curse words, but many oversensitive radio stations played a "clean" version with the word "kitten" edited out, surely the first time that word was censured.
Johnny Cash's wife, June Carter, wrote "Ring Of Fire" about their relationship.
"Paranoid" reflects a feeling Black Sabbath bass player Geezer Butler often felt after using drugs.
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?"
With the rise of Kindie rock, more musicians are embracing their inner child with tunes for tots - here, we look at pop stars who recorded kids' albums.
Into the vaults for this talk with Bolton from the '80s when he was a focused on writing songs for other artists.
Some songs get a second life when they find a new audience through a movie, commercial, TV show, or even the Internet.
Chad tells tales from his time as drummer for Nirvana, and talks about his group Before Cars.
Petula talks about her hits "Downtown" and "Don't Sleep In The Subway," and explains her Michael Jackson connection.
A top country songwriter, Barry talks about writing hits for Little Big Town, Tim McGraw and Jason Aldean.