"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" is about a guy Jim Croce met in the National Guard, which Jim joined to keep him out of Vietnam. Leroy went AWOL, but got caught when he tried to pick up his paycheck.
Diane Warren originally wrote Aerosmith's hit tune "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" for Celine Dion.
Fifth Harmony was going to call their song "Work," but they changed it to "Work from Home" when Rihanna released a song with that title.
Lou Reed's "Walk On The Wild Side" tells the story of real people who were part of Andy Warhol's "factory," including Holly Woodlawn and Candy Darling.
"Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia was first recorded by the group Ednaswap in 1993. It was written by Ednaswap's Anne Previn and Scott Cutler, who went on to write some hits for Miley Cyrus.
"Reasons" by Earth, Wind & Fire is a popular wedding song, but it's actually about a one-night stand.
The man who created Yacht Rock with "Sailing" wrote one of his biggest hits while on acid.
Tom stopped performing Thompson Twins songs in 1987, in part because of their personal nature: "Hold Me Now" came after an argument with his bandmate/girlfriend Alannah Currie.
Is Owl City on a quest for another hit like "Fireflies?" Adam answers that question and explains the influences behind many others.
A selection of songs made to be terrible - some clearly achieved that goal.
The country sweetheart opines about the demands of touring and talks about writing songs with her famous father.