
The R.E.M. song "Don't Go Back To Rockville" is about Mike Mills' girlfriend at the University of Georgia, who had to go back to Rockville, Maryland, for the summer.

"One Week" by Barenaked Ladies was a #1 hit in America - for exactly one week in 1998.

Mariah Carey's song "The Roof" is about her first kiss with Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter.

The '60s hit "Then He Kissed Me" was covered by The Beach Boys as "Then I Kissed Her."

When "Nothin' On You" reached #1 on the Hot 100, B.o.B became the first American act whose name is a palindrome to top the chart. The other two who did so prior to the Atlanta rapper were both Scandinavian groups - ABBA and A-Ha.

Radiohead's "Paraonid Android" was written after a confrontation in a Los Angeles bar with an irate woman.
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