If what you get equals what you give away, you might as well give it all away. That's the concept behind "Give It Away" by Red Hot Chili Peppers.
David Byrne says "Road To Nowhere" is about "how there's no order and no plan and no scheme to life and death and it doesn't mean anything, but it's all right.
"Cotton Eye Joe" is a folk song dating to the 1800s, but it became a hit when a Swedish act called Rednex did a psychokinetic version in 1994.
The Ozzy Osbourne song "Mr. Crowley" is about Aleister Crowley, a British practitioner of dark magic in the early 1900s.
Shaggy wrote his swaggering hit "Boombastic" after learning what "shag" means in the UK.
Ozzy Osbourne's "Shot In The Dark" is titled after a Pink Panther movie.
The men of Sparks on their album Hippopotamus, and how Morrissey handled it when they suggested he lighten up.
In 1986, a Stephen King novella was made into a movie, with a classic song serving as title, soundtrack and tone.
"Great songwriters don't necessarily have hit songs," says Chris. He's written a bunch, but his fans are more interested in the intricate jams.
The Def Leppard frontman talks about their "lamentable" hit he never thought of as a single, and why he's juiced by his Mott The Hoople cover band.
In this quiz, spot the artist who put Romeo into a song lyric.
The Creed lead singer reveals the "ego and self-fulfillment" he now sees in one of the band's biggest hits.