Weezer's "Undone - The Sweater Song" was written as a sad song about depression, but listeners heard it as a funny, ironic song.
Sia Furler originally sent "Pretty Hurts" to Katy Perry, but she didn't see the email, so Beyonce ended up recording it instead.
In 1979, Madonna was a dancer on Patrick Hernandez' tour, where she boogied to his hit "Born To Be Alive."
The Bryan Adams song "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" was almost rejected for the movie Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves because it didn't sound medieval enough.
Bernie Taupin was 17 when he wrote the lyrics to Elton John's "Your Song." Looking back, he says it's "one of the most naïve and childish lyrics in the entire repertoire of music."
Dexys Midnight Runners' "Come on Eileen" is based on a real girl called Eileen that the band's Kevin Rowland had a relationship with in his early teenage years.
Was a Beatles song a TV theme? And who came up with those Fresh Prince and Sopranos songs?
When singers started spoofing their own songs on Sesame Street, the results were both educational and hilarious - here are the best of them.
Yngwie Malmsteen and Steve Vai were two of Graham's co-writers for some '80s rock classics.
An interview with Dr. John Covach, music professor at the University of Rochester whose free online courses have become wildly popular.
The Stax legend on how he cooked up "Green Onions," the first time he and Otis Redding saw hippies, and if he'll ever play a digital organ.
Mike Rutherford talks about the "Silent Running" storyline and "Land Of Confusion" in the age of Trump.