"Kokomo" gave The Beach Boys their first #1 hit in 22 years. They picked the title because it sounded tropical.

Sleigh bells aren't very punk, but they play throughout the Stooges classic "I Wanna Be Your Dog."

The "Don't Stop Believin'" resurgence started when the Journey song was used in a roller skating scene of the 2003 movie Monster.

Ed Sheeran's first single was "The A Team," a song about a drug-addicted prostitute.

A key line in "Africa" is "I seek to cure what's deep inside, frightened of this thing that I've become," which is about drifting away from what you really want in life. Toto keyboard player David Paich, who wrote the song, felt his work was consuming him.

When "Nothin' On You" reached #1 on the Hot 100, B.o.B became the first American act whose name is a palindrome to top the chart. The other two who did so prior to the Atlanta rapper were both Scandinavian groups - ABBA and A-Ha.
You know the scenes - Tom Cruise in his own pants-off dance off, Molly Ringwald celebrating her birthday - but do you remember what song is playing?
The leader of the Modern A Cappella movement talks about the genre.
Stage urinals, flute devices, and the real Aqualung in this Fact or Fiction.
Wilder's hit "Break My Stride" had an unlikely inspiration: a famous record mogul who rejected it.
The Guns N' Roses rhythm guitarist in the early '90s, Gilby talks about the band's implosion and the side projects it spawned.
Soul music legend Bill Withers on how life experience and the company you keep leads to classic songs like "Lean On Me."