"Kokomo" gave The Beach Boys their first #1 hit in 22 years. They picked the title because it sounded tropical.
Teen Spirit was a kind of deodorant marketed to young girls. That's where Kurt Cobain got the title "Smells Like Teen Spirit."
After Cher revived "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)" in 1990, Salt-N-Pepa released "Shoop" and Whitney Houston had a #1 hit with "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)."
Tim McGraw recorded "Live Like You Were Dying" just two weeks after his own father passed away.
When the Christian band DC Talk covered Nirvana's "All Apologies" at concerts, they would change the line "Everyone is gay" to "Jesus is the Way."
The Fratellis song "Chelsea Dagger" was named for their lead singer's wife - it was her burlesque name.
Michael tells the story of "Send Me On My Way," and explains why some of the words in the song don't have a literal meaning.
Country songs with titles so bizarre they can't possibly be real... or can they?
The "A Thousand Miles" singer on what she thinks of her song being used in White Chicks and how she captured a song from a dream.
His song "Into The Night" is one of the most-played of all time. For Benny, it took him to hell and back.
Before he was the champ, Ali released an album called I Am The Greatest!, but his musical influence is best heard in the songs he inspired.
Harry Wayne Casey tells the stories behind KC and The Sunshine Band hits like "Get Down Tonight," "That's The Way (I Like It)," and "Give It Up."