The opening lines to "Free Bird," "If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me?" came from the girlfriend of Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Allen Collins, who asked him that question during an argument.
Jack White titled "Seven Nation Army" after how he would mispronounce "Salvation Army" when he was little.
The Scooby Snacks in the Fun Lovin' Criminals song aren't dog treats, they're Valium pills.
In The Beatles' "When I'm 64," Paul McCartney asks a woman if she'll still be there for him when he's 64. In 2006, he got his answer when shortly before his 64th birthday, he and Heather Mills separated.
After Cher revived "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)" in 1990, Salt-N-Pepa released "Shoop" and Whitney Houston had a #1 hit with "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)."
The Nicolette Larson hit "Lotta Love" was written by Neil Young, who recorded a very different version of the song.
If the name Citizen Dick means anything to you, there's a chance you'll get some of these right.
The former Dead Kennedys frontman on the past, present and future of the band, what music makes us "pliant and stupid," and what he learned from Alice Cooper.
Since emerging from MySpace with her hit "Bubbly," Colbie has become a top songwriter, even crafting a hit with Taylor Swift.
Dean's saga began with "Ariel," a song about falling in love with a Jewish girl from New Jersey.
The leader of the Modern A Cappella movement talks about the genre.
Glen Ballard talks about co-writing and producing Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill album, and his work with Dave Matthews, Aerosmith and Annie Lennox.