References to David Bowie, Tom Waits and Allan Ginsburg are peppered into the Bush song "Everything Zen."
In 2010, the biggest-selling song in the UK was "Love the Way You Lie" by Eminem.
The '60s hit "Then He Kissed Me" was covered by The Beach Boys as "Then I Kissed Her."
Michael Stipe hadn't finished the lyrics when R.E.M. recorded "Radio Free Europe." He calls the vocal "complete babbling."
Country star Slim Whitman's version of the 1920s song "Rose Marie" spent 11 consecutive weeks at #1 in the UK in 1955, a record until 1991 when Bryan Adams’ "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" spent 16 weeks at the top.
Neil Young wrote the CSN&Y song "Ohio" about the Kent State Shootings, when the National Guard opened fire on students at Kent State University in Ohio, killing four.
The Stooges guitarist (and producer of the Kill City album) talks about those early recordings and what really happened with David Bowie.
The trail runs from flying saucer songs in the '50s, through Bowie, blink-182 and Katy Perry.
Known in America for the hit "If You Leave," OMD is a huge influence on modern electronic music.
Famous songs that lent their titles - and in some cases storylines - to movies.
A Soul Train dancer takes us through a day on the show, and explains what you had to do to get camera time.
