
"The House Of The Rising Sun" is a traditional folk song, either about a brothel or a prison.

The game Lana Del Rey sings about in "Video Games" is World of Warcraft - her ex used to play it all the time.

The video for "Informer" by Snow that ran on MTV was subtitled so viewers could understand what he was saying.

Van Halen's first #1 hit was "Jump," an unusual song for the band because the lead instrument was synthesizer, not guitar.

"Should I Stay or Should I Go?" by The Clash features some Spanish lines by the Texas singer Joe Ely.

"Ghosttown" from 2014 was Madonna's 45th chart-topper on the Dance Club Songs chart, breaking the record for the most #1s an artist has tallied on a single Billboard chart.
A talented lyricist, Philip helped revive Neil Sedaka's career with the words to "Laughter In The Rain" and "Bad Blood."
Deep Purple's guitarist since 1994, Steve talks about writing songs with the band and how he puts his own spin on "Smoke On The Water."
Michelle Branch talks about "Everywhere," "The Game Of Love," and her run-in with a Christian broadcasting network.
Wolfgang Van Halen breaks down the songs on his debut album, Mammoth WVH, and names the definitive Van Halen songs from the Sammy and Dave eras.
The co-writer/guitarist on many Alice Cooper hits, Dick was also Lou Reed's axeman on the Rock n' Roll Animal album.
Songs where something goes horribly wrong (literally or metaphorically), and help is needed right away.