"True" by Spandau Ballet is about chief songwriter Gary Kemp's unrequited love for Altered Images singer and Gregory's Girl star Clare Grogan.
Iggy Pop wrote "Lust For Life" with David Bowie, who came up with the music on a ukulele.
Celine Dion's 1998 festive tune "The Magic of Christmas Day (God Bless Us Everyone)" came from an unlikely source. It was penned by Dee Snider of the heavy metal band Twisted Sister.
Carly Simon wrote "Anticipation" when Cat Stevens was late for their first date. She was "anticipating" his arrival and set down with her guitar to calm her nerves.
YouTube had to upgrade after PSY's "Gangnam Style" broke their hit counter in 2012. Once the video reached 2,147,483,647 views, the maximum positive value for a 32-bit signed binary integer in computing, the view-counter could no longer work.
Sting wrote "Fields of Gold" after buying a house near a barley field and enjoying the majestic sunsets.
Kristian talks songwriting technique, like how the chorus should redefine the story, and how to write a song backwards.
Have you got the smarts to know which of these graduation song stories are real?
After cutting his teeth on hardcore punk videos, Paul defined the grunge look with his work on "Hunger Strike" and "Man in the Box."
The leader of the Modern A Cappella movement talks about the genre.
Songs where something goes horribly wrong (literally or metaphorically), and help is needed right away.
The drummer for Anthrax is also a key songwriter. He explains how the group puts their songs together and tells the stories behind some of their classics.