The video for "Informer" by Snow that ran on MTV was subtitled so viewers could understand what he was saying.
With his song "The G.O.A.T.," as in Greatest Of All Time, LL Cool J popularized that saying in hip-hop. He credits the boxer Muhammad Ali, who called himself "The Greatest," as inspiration.
The guy who wrote Taylor Dayne's "Tell It To My Heart" owns a collection of famous baseballs, including the one that went through Bill Buckner's legs in the 1986 World Series.
"Spoonman" by Soundgarden is about a real street performer in Seattle: Artis the Spoonman.
There really is a Girl From Ipanema. Her name is Helo Pinheiro, and she would walk "Like a samba" past the bar the songwriters frequented, providing the inspiration.
Taylor Swift used a line from "Blank Space" on party favors at her wedding to Travis Kelce: "So it's gonna be forever..." It's Kelce's favorite Taylor Swift song.
For songwriters, Johnny represents the American man. He has been angry, cool, magic, a rebel and, of course, marching home.
Wilder's hit "Break My Stride" had an unlikely inspiration: a famous record mogul who rejected it.
"25 or 6 to 4" to "Semi-Charmed Life" - see if you can spot the songs that are really about drugs.
The rock revolutionist on songwriting, quitting smoking, and what she thinks of Rush Limbaugh using her song.
Was a Beatles song a TV theme? And who came up with those Fresh Prince and Sopranos songs?
Even before Soundgarden wrote a song about him, Artis was the most famous spoon player of all time. So why has he always been broke?