Tom Cochrane wrote "Life Is A Highway" to pull himself out of a funk following an exhausting humanitarian trip to Africa.
"Mercedes Boy" by Pebbles is about a real guy she fell in love with - they both drove Mercedes when she wrote it.
James Taylor wrote "Sweet Baby James" during a road trip to Virginia in honor of his brother’s new baby, also named James, whom he was about to meet for the first time.
"Crank That (Soulja Boy)" was the most successful digital track of 2007 in the US with 2,909,000 downloads. On January 6, 2008 it became the first song ever to sell 3 million digital copies in the States.
The Sam & Dave classic "Soul Man" was re-recorded by Sam Moore and Lou Reed for the 1986 movie Soul Man, about a white guy who pretends to be black so he can get a scholarship to Harvard.
In the song "God," Tori Amos makes the point that if there's God, there must also be a Goddess because there are no male-only species.
How did The Edge get his name? Did they name a song after a Tolkien book? And who is "Angel of Harlem" about?
Was a Beatles song a TV theme? And who came up with those Fresh Prince and Sopranos songs?
Did they really trade their guitarist to The Doobie Brothers? Are they named after something naughty? And what's up with the band name?
With a few clues (Works at a diner, dreams of running away), can you name the character in the song?
Greg talks about writing songs of "universal truth" for King Crimson and ELP, and tells us about his most memorable stage moment (it involves fireworks).
Just like Darrin was replaced on Bewitched, groups have swapped out original members, hoping we wouldn't notice.