Bob Dylan's most popular song is "Like A Rolling Stone," which tells the story of a wealthy woman whose money and friends fall away. Dylan offers these mockingly encouraging words: "When you ain't got nothing, you got nothing to lose."
"One Week" by Barenaked Ladies was a #1 hit in America - for exactly one week in 1998.
"I Won't Back Down" is a very personal song for Tom Petty. "I thought it wasn't that good because it was so naked," he said.
In the UK, the first #1 hit with a rap was "Candy Girl" by the American boy band New Edition in 1983.
The melody to "Yesterday" came to Paul McCartney in a dream, but the lyrics he had to write consciously. His first attempt at the title was "Scrabble Eggs."
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.
Billy Joel and Hall & Oates hated making videos, so they chose a director with similar contempt for the medium. That was Jay Dubin, and he has a lot to say on the subject.
With his X-wife Exene, John fronts the band X and writes their songs.
The Cult frontman tells who the "Fire Woman" is, and talks about performing with the new version of The Doors.
Stage urinals, flute devices, and the real Aqualung in this Fact or Fiction.
Michelle Branch talks about "Everywhere," "The Game Of Love," and her run-in with a Christian broadcasting network.
What's the deal with "Summer of '69"? Bryan explains what the song is really about, and shares more of his songwriting insights.