
Taio Cruz throws his hands up "sometimes" in "Dynamite" because the song was originally written about surrender.

The Arctic Monkeys 2011 song "Suck It and See" is titled after a British saying meaning you should try something to see if you like it.

"Panama" by Van Halen is not about the country or the canal, but about a stripper David Lee Roth met in Arizona.

"Spoonman" by Soundgarden is about a real street performer in Seattle: Artis the Spoonman.

The moans of pleasure in the Guns N' Roses song "Rocket Queen" are authentic.

Cher was 43 in 1989 when she landed one of her biggest hits: "If I Could Turn Back Time." It made her an unlikely MTV star thanks to a video shot on the battleship USS Missouri where she's entertaining the troops in fishnet stockings and a thong.
Foreigner's songwriter/guitarist tells the stories behind the songs "Juke Box Hero," "I Want To Know What Love Is," and many more.
Find out how God and glam metal go together from the Stryper frontman.
"Mr. Jones" took on new meaning when the song about a misguided view of fame made Adam famous.
A talk with Martin Popoff about his latest book on Rush and how he assessed the thousands of albums he reviewed.
The lead singer of Everclear, Art is also their primary songwriter.