"Should I Stay or Should I Go?" by The Clash features some Spanish lines ("esta indecisión me molesta!") by the Texas singer Joe Ely.
"Rhiannon" is a Welch goddess. Stevie Nicks wrote the song, and it was a huge influence on her image, inspiring her flowing shawls and black outfits she began wearing on stage.
"1979" by Smashing Pumpkins is about Billy Corgan entering adulthood. A more accurate year would be 1983, but 1979 was easier to rhyme.
Thanks to a Newsweek article, there was a long-standing rumor that Bob Dylan stole the song "Blowin' In The Wind" from a high school student.
Before she was famous on Friends, Courteney Cox danced on stage with Bruce Springsteen in his "Dancing In The Dark" video.
Mike Nesmith wrote Linda Ronstadt's first hit, "Different Drum," before he joined The Monkees. He played an intentionally bad version of it on the show.
The Third Day frontman talks about some of the classic songs he wrote with the band, and what changed for his solo country album.
Just how much did these monsters of rock dabble in the occult?
Rufus Wainwright on "Hallelujah," his album Unfollow The Rules, and getting into his "lyric trance" on 12-hour walks.
Christopher Cross with Deep Purple? Kenny Loggins in Caddyshack? A Fact or Fiction all about yacht rock and those who made it.
When a song describes a wedding, it's rarely something to celebrate - with one big exception.
The top Contemporary Christian artist of all time on song inspirations and what she learned from Johnny Carson.