
Frankie Goes to Hollywood's "Two Tribes" features British actor Patrick Allen reading extracts from a government civil defense leaflet.

The closing lyrics in "One Week" by Barenaked Ladies are "Birchmount Stadium, home of the Robbie," which refers to a soccer tournament in Ontario.

"The Candy Man" is the opening song in the 1971 movie Willie Wonka And The Chocolate Factory, but the version released as a single was by Rat Pack member Sammy Davis Jr. It was a #1 hit and became his signature song even though his audience was very adult.

"Brad Paisley's "River Bank" was inspired by his childhood growing up 500 yards from the Ohio River.

Stephen Tobolowsky, who played Ned Ryerson in Groundhog Day, inspired the Talking Heads song "Radio Head." Tobolowsky, who worked on David Byrne's film True Stories, claimed to have telepathic powers.

Ricky Martin's "Livin' La Vida Loca" was the first #1 hit created entirely in Pro Tools.
Are classic songs like "Over The Rainbow" and "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" in the public domain?
With a few clues (Works at a diner, dreams of running away), can you name the character in the song?
Lita talks about how they wrote songs in The Runaways, and how she feels about her biggest hit being written by somebody else.
When you have a song called "Fire," it's tempting to set one - these guys did.
Todd Rundgren explains why he avoids "Hello It's Me," and what it was like producing Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell album.
The British reggae legend tells the story of his #1 hit "Close To You," talks about his groundbreaking Shabba Ranks collaboration "Housecall," and discusses his latest project with Robin Trower.