When Adele needed to cry during the filming of the video for "Hello" she played Labrinth's 2014 single "Jealous." "You could play it at my kid's birthday and I'd burst into tears," she said.
Moby says that "We Are All Made Of Stars" is scientifically accurate, since all matter originates from stardust.
It has long been speculated that the Soundgarden song "Black Hole Sun" came from the name of a sculpture in Seattle, but according to their frontman Chris Cornell the title came from a phrase he misheard on the news. The band's name did come from a sculpture.
Tim McGraw recorded "Live Like You Were Dying" just two weeks after his own father passed away.
"Frankenstein" by Edgar Winter got its name because it was a monster to edit; they pieced it together like Frankenstein's monster.
Adele's "Hello" was the first song to sell over a million downloads in a week. What's remarkable was that this was in 2015, when streaming was a viable option. Her fans were happy to pay for the song anyway.
When you have a song called "Fire," it's tempting to set one - these guys did.
A band so baffling, even their names were contrived. Check your score in the Ramones version of Fact or Fiction.
A renowned guitarist and rock revivalist, Dave took "I Hear You Knocking" to the top of the UK charts and was the first to record Elvis Costello's "Girls Talk."
Did they really trade their guitarist to The Doobie Brothers? Are they named after something naughty? And what's up with the band name?
A selection of songs made to be terrible - some clearly achieved that goal.
David Gray explains the significance of the word "Babylon," and talks about how songs are a form of active imagination, with lyrics that reveal what's inside us.