Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits wrote "Private Dancer," which went to Tina Turner when he realized it wasn't a song for a man to sing.
You wouldn't know it from the upbeat melody, but "Walkin' On The Sun" by Smash Mouth is about the 1992 Los Angeles Riots.
YouTube were forced into an upgrade after PSY's "Gangnam Style" broke the video-sharing website's hit counter. Once the tune 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.
"(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay," released a month after Otis Redding died, was the first song to hit #1 in America after the artist died.
Brad Pitt and Elvis both get mentions in the 1997 Shania Twain hit "That Don't Impress Me Much."
The song "Without You," a hit for Nilsson in 1972 and Mariah Carey in 1994, was written and originally recorded by Badfinger in 1970.
What are the biggest US hits with French, Spanish (not "Rico Suave"), Italian, Scottish, Greek, and Japanese titles?
John tells the "St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)" story and explains why he disappeared for so long.
The outlaw country icon talks about the spiritual element of his songwriting and his Bob Dylan mention.
The Cult frontman tells who the "Fire Woman" is, and talks about performing with the new version of The Doors.
If you can recall the days when MTV played videos, you know that there are lots of stories to tell. See if you can spot the real ones.
Lots of life lessons in these Eagles lyrics - can you match them to the correct song?
