"How To Save A Life" by The Fray was inspired by a teenager lead singer Isaac Slade mentored at a camp for troubled youth in Colorado.
The only cover of "American Pie" to chart is by Madonna, whose 2000 version was a minor hit in America but went to #1 in the UK.
A 2011 Gold's Gym poll found "Stronger" by Kanye West the best song to work out to. Second place was the Rocky theme.
Neil Young rarely allows his songs to be sampled, but he let the Canadian group Redlight King use "Old Man" in their 2011 song, also called "Old Man."
The fadeout on Drake's "Hotline Bling" lasts 55 seconds - one of the longest outros of any hip-hop hit.
The You Me at Six song "The Dilemma" got its title from the Vince Vaughn movie of the same name.
Bowie's "activist" days of 1964 led to Ziggy Stardust.
Phone booths are nearly extinct, but they provided storylines for some of the most profound songs of the pre-cell phone era.
Greg talks about writing songs of "universal truth" for King Crimson and ELP, and tells us about his most memorable stage moment (it involves fireworks).
How a country weeper and a blues number made "rolling stone" the most popular phrase in rock.
The lead singer of Everclear, Art is also their primary songwriter.
Famous songs that lent their titles - and in some cases storylines - to movies.