Michael Jackson's "Human Nature" was written by the keyboard player from Toto, who was working on the Thriller album.
"Amarillo By Morning" got its title from a Fed Ex commercial that promised to deliver packages the next day to places like Amarillo. It's George Strait's most famous song, but was written and originally released by Terry Stafford nine years earlier.
Tone-Loc's "Wild Thing" samples Eddie Van Halen's guitar riff from "Jaime's Cryin'."
The You Me at Six song "The Dilemma" got its title from the Vince Vaughn movie of the same name.
Aretha Franklin didn't drive, but one of her biggest hits was a car song: "Freeway Of Love."
"Dark Fantasy" by Kanye West opens with a reinterpretation of Cinderella as read by Nicki Minaj.
Ron Nevison explains in very clear terms the Quadrophenia concept and how Heart staged their resurgence after being dropped by their record company.
Before he was the champ, Ali released an album called I Am The Greatest!, but his musical influence is best heard in the songs he inspired.
You may not recognize his name, but you will certainly recognize Peter Lord's songs. He wrote the bevy of hits from Paula Abdul's second album, Spellbound.
How well do you know your David Bowie lyrics? Take this quiz to find out.
The lead singer and pianist for Procol Harum, Gary talks about finding the musical ideas to match the words.
Chris Stein of Blondie shares photos and stories from his book about the New York City punk scene.