Alfonso Ribeiro's "Carlton Dance" was inspired by Bruce Springsteen and Courteney Cox' dance moves in the "Dancing In The Dark" video.
Lyrically, Elvis Costello's "Watching The Detectives" was inspired by American detective shows; musically, it was inspired by The Clash.
David Byrne says "Road To Nowhere" is about "how there's no order and no plan and no scheme to life and death and it doesn't mean anything, but it's all right.
The Australian band Jet took their name from the 1973 song of the same by Paul McCartney and Wings.
Cyndi Lauper came up with the title "Time After Time" when she saw it in TV Guide magazine. It's the name of a 1979 movie about a man who invents a time machine.
Hanson's megahit "MMMbop," released when they were teenagers, is surprisingly profound. Zac Hanson told Songfacts it "represents a frame of time or the futility of life."
Stage urinals, flute devices, and the real Aqualung in this Fact or Fiction.
Despite appearances on Carson, Leno and a Pennebaker film, Williams remains a hidden treasure.
"25 or 6 to 4" to "Semi-Charmed Life" - see if you can spot the songs that are really about drugs.
An original member of Depeche Mode, Vince went on to form Erasure and Yaz.
The Christian rapper talks about where his trip to Haiti and his history of addiction fit into his songs.
When you have a song called "Fire," it's tempting to set one - these guys did.