
Lou Reed's 11-minute "Street Hassle" features a spoken part by Bruce Springsteen.

"Everybody Wants To Rule The World" was a line from a 1980 Clash song called "Charlie Don't Surf." Tears For Fears used it as the title of their 1985 hit.

"I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)" by Jay-Z borrows four bars from Notorious B.I.G's "The World Is Filled." Jay-Z and Biggie Smalls attended Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School in Brooklyn, New York, at the same time.

Rihanna was Pitbull's first choice to sing on "Timber," but she wasn't available at the time so he enlisted his RCA labelmate Kesha instead.

Before she was famous, Lady Gaga was a staff songwriter, and wrote the song "Quicksand," which Britney Spears recorded in 2008.

Aretha Franklin didn't drive, but one of her biggest hits was a car song: "Freeway Of Love."
He wrote "She Blinded Me With Science" so he could direct a video about a home for deranged scientists.
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Taylor talks about "The Machine" - the hits, the videos and Clive Davis.
Genesis' key-man re-examines his solo career and the early days of music video.
The Yardbirds drummer explains how they created their sound and talks about working with their famous guitarists.
When a waitress wouldn't take him home, Jack wrote what would become one of the Eagles most enduring hits.