
Jay-Z's version of "99 Problems" is a cover of a 1993 song by Ice-T with the lyrics changed to be about Jay's rise to fame.

Simon Rex from the TV show What I Like About You and Wilmer Valderrama from That 70s Show both appear in the LMFAO video for "Sexy and I Know It."

When Marc Cohn played "True Companion" to his girlfriend, she thought he was proposing. He wasn't, but he did eventually marry her.

Al Green's "Take Me to the River" describes a baptism. Two years later, he became a reverend.

In 1979, Madonna was a dancer on Patrick Hernandez' tour, where she boogied to his hit "Born To Be Alive."
The stories behind "Whole Of The Moon" and "Red Army Blues," and why rock music has "outlived its era of innovation."
Phone booths are nearly extinct, but they provided storylines for some of the most profound songs of the pre-cell phone era.
The powerhouse producer behind Janet Jackson's hits talks about his Boyz II Men ballads and regrouping The Time.
The "All I Want" singer went through a long depression, playing some shows when he didn't want to be alive.
The Cult frontman tells who the "Fire Woman" is, and talks about performing with the new version of The Doors.
If the name Citizen Dick means anything to you, there's a chance you'll get some of these right.