ABBA's Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson conceived "Dancing Queen" as a dance song with the working title "Boogaloo," drawing inspiration from the 1974 George McCrae disco hit "Rock Your Baby." Their manager Stig Anderson came up with the title "Dancing Queen."
"Babylon," in David Gray's song, refers to London, which was once known as the "modern-day Babylon."
The models in Robert Palmer's iconic "Addicted To Love" video were chosen in part because they couldn't play music, so they're all playing and moving to different rhythms.
Eminem sampled a song by Labi Siffre on "My Name Is." Siffre, a gay activist, made Em take out some gay humor in the lyric before allowing it.
Richard Marx' debut single "Don't Mean Nothing" features Joe Walsh on guitar.
Train's guitarist had to Google an instructional video to learn how to play the ukulele for "Hey Soul Sister."
"When seeds that you sow grow by the wicked moon/Be sure your sins will find you out/Your past will hunt you down and turn to tell on you."
Was "Pearl" Eddie Vedder's grandmother, and did she really make a hallucinogenic jam? Did Journey have a contest to name the group? And what does KISS stand for anyway?
Did Eric Clapton really write "Cocaine" while on cocaine? This question and more in the Clapton edition of Fact or Fiction.
We've heard of artists putting their hearts into their music, but some take it literally.
Zac tells the story of Hanson's massive hit "MMMbop," and talks about how brotherly bonds effect their music.
