"Truckin'" was written as the Grateful Dead were starting their long, strange trip, settling into a life of constant touring. They rode busses and holed up in modest hotels to stay grounded.
The opening line in "How Soon Is Now?" by The Smiths is "I am the son and the heir," not "I am the sun and the air."
The phrase "Hasta la vista, baby" was popularized in the 1987 Jody Watley song "Looking For A New Love," four years before Arnold Schwarzenegger said it in the movie Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
Tired of X-Factor winners getting the UK Christmas #1, British Facebook users staged a successful campaign to download "Killing In The Name" by Rage Against The Machine enough times to boost the song to the top in 2009, blocking the X-Factor single by Joe McElderry.
On Missy Elliott's "Work It," the backward vocal is the previous line, "Put my thing down, flip it, and reverse it," in reverse. She stumbled on it when the engineer played it backward by mistake.
Sting wrote "Fields of Gold" after buying a house near a barley field and enjoying the majestic sunsets.
The lead singer and pianist for Procol Harum, Gary talks about finding the musical ideas to match the words.
A history of songs dealing with transgender issues, featuring Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Morrissey and Green Day.
The story of the legendary lupine DJ through the songs he inspired.
Are classic songs like "Over The Rainbow" and "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" in the public domain?
How well do you know this shock-rock harbinger who's been publicly executed hundreds of times?
In this talk from the '80s, the Kansas frontman talks turning to God and writing "Dust In The Wind."