Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl" is about Christie Brinkley, who he married, but it started as a song about Elle McPherson, who he also went out with.
R.E.M. got the title "Shiny Happy People" from a Chinese propaganda poster.
The "Highway To Hell" is the Canning Highway in Australia, which seems to go on forever, at least according to AC/DC.
When Ed Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud" climbed to the top of the UK singles chart in its 19th week, the song broke the record for the slowest continual ascent to #1.
The phrase "Mamma Mia" was big in 1976. It was the name of a popular Abba song, and also showed up in the lyrics to "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen.
Jon Fratelli talks about the band's third album, and the five-year break leading up to it.
Cain talks about the divine inspirations for "Don't Stop Believin'" and "Faithfully."
"I'll Be" was what Edwin called his "Hail Mary" song. He says it proves "intention of the songwriter is 180 degrees from potential interpretation by an audience."
Charlotte was established in the LA punk scene when a freaky girl named Belinda approached her wearing a garbage bag.
Dean wrote the screenplay and lyrics to all the songs in Footloose. His other hits include "Fame" and "All The Man That I Need."
One of the most popular classical vocalists in the land is lining up a trip to space, which is the inspiration for many of her songs.
