
Neil Young later apologized for "Southern Man," calling it "accusatory and condescending" in its portrayal of the American South.

Beck's "Where It's At" is a nod to the early years of hip-hop when DJs would use two turntables to loop drum breaks, and a microphone to hype the crowd ("two turntables and a microphone...").

In Meat Loaf's "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)" what he won't do is a list of six items in the lyrics, including "Forget the way you feel right now" and "Be screwing around."

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

Mary J. Blige introduced three new words with her hit "Family Affair": hateration, holleration and dancerie.
Michael tells the story of "Send Me On My Way," and explains why some of the words in the song don't have a literal meaning.
Katy Perry mentions McDonald's, Beyoncé calls out Red Lobster, and Supertramp shouts out Taco Bell - we found the 10 restaurants most often mentioned in songs.
"I'll Be" was what Edwin called his "Hail Mary" song. He says it proves "intention of the songwriter is 180 degrees from potential interpretation by an audience."
An original member of Depeche Mode, Vince went on to form Erasure and Yaz.
Whether he's splitting ears or burning Nazis, Quentin Tarantino uses memorable music in his films. See if you can match the song to the scene.
Yngwie Malmsteen and Steve Vai were two of Graham's co-writers for some '80s rock classics.