Shaggy wrote his swaggering hit "Boombastic" after learning what "shag" means in the UK.
When Adele needed to cry during the filming of the video for "Hello" she played Labrinth's 2014 single "Jealous." "You could play it at my kid's birthday and I'd burst into tears," she said.
The '60s hit "Then He Kissed Me" was covered by The Beach Boys as "Then I Kissed Her."
Yoko Ono has always denied requests to cover "Imagine" with the line "no religion, too" omitted or changed.
Icona Pop consider "I Love It" a kiss-off to their boyfriends. "We just wanted to get the song out and get the pigs to hear it," group member Jawo said.
"I'll Melt With You" by Modern English is about a couple who melt together because a nuclear bomb drops.
The man who ran Nirvana's first label gets beyond the sensationalism (drugs, Courtney) to discuss their musical and cultural triumphs in the years before Nevermind.
Before "Rap" was a form of music, it was something guys did to pick up girls in nightclubs. Donnie talks about "The Rapper" and reveals the identity of Leah.
The lead singer/lyricist for Anberlin breaks down "Impossible" and covers some tracks from their 2012 album Vital.
Wes Edwards takes us behind the scenes of videos he shot for Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley and Chase Bryant. The train was real - the airplane was not.
With the rise of Kindie rock, more musicians are embracing their inner child with tunes for tots - here, we look at pop stars who recorded kids' albums.
Wilder's hit "Break My Stride" had an unlikely inspiration: a famous record mogul who rejected it.