The closing lyrics in "One Week" by Barenaked Ladies are "Birchmount Stadium, home of the Robbie," which refers to a soccer tournament in Ontario.
The CCR song "Run Through the Jungle" is about gun control.
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.
Part of the "Cruel to Be Kind" video was shot during Nick Lowe and Carlene Carter's wedding.
"Kokomo" gave The Beach Boys their first #1 hit in 22 years. They picked the title because it sounded tropical.
"After Midnight" was written by the Oklahoma guitarist J.J. Cale, who was dirt poor until Eric Clapton recorded his song and turned it into a hit.
Meshell Ndegeocello talks about recording "Wild Night" with John Mellencamp, and explains why she shied away from the spotlight.
Just how much did these monsters of rock dabble in the occult?
How did The Edge get his name? Did they name a song after a Tolkien book? And who is "Angel of Harlem" about?
Producer Rupert Hine talks about crafting hits for Tina Turner, Howard Jones and The Fixx.
The top Contemporary Christian artist of all time on song inspirations and what she learned from Johnny Carson.
Chris Stein of Blondie shares photos and stories from his book about the New York City punk scene.