
The Pretenders are named after the 1956 song "The Great Pretender" by The Platters.

Ray Parker Jr. had to get the word "Ghostbusters" in the title when he wrote the theme song for the 1984 film, which was no easy task. When it came time to sing the title in the chorus, he brought in friends to make it a gang vocal.

Lil Wayne does an unlikely rap in a remix of the Joe Jonas song "Just In Love." The pair met at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards.

"Stay" by Shakespears Sister is based on a 1953 B-movie called Cat-Women Of The Moon.

The Matchbox Twenty song "3 AM" is about the difficult times lead singer Rob Thomas spent caring for his mother, who had cancer.

Most of us only know "Bad Boys" by Inner Circle from the 25 seconds used as the Cops theme, but it's a full song telling the story of a Jamaican youth who doesn't accept family support and ends up a criminal.
How a goofy detective movie, a disenchanted director and an unlikely songwriter led to one of the biggest hits in pop history.
A popular contemporary folk singer, Williams still remembers the sticky note that changed her life in college.
Wilder's hit "Break My Stride" had an unlikely inspiration: a famous record mogul who rejected it.
The leader of the Modern A Cappella movement talks about the genre.
A drummer for one of the most successful metal bands of the last decade, Chris talks about what it's like writing and performing with Slipknot. Metal-neck is a factor.
Call us crazy, but we like it when an artist comes around who doesn't mesh with the status quo.