No Doubt's hit "Don't Speak" is about Gwen Stefani's breakup with the band's bass player, Tony Kanal, after seven years together.
"Paper Planes" was inspired by M.I.A.'s hassles trying to get a visa to enter America.
"Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?" was written by Boy George about his relationship with Culture Club's drummer Jon Moss.
MTV reversed the word "joint" in Tom Petty's "You Don't Known How It Feels" so it was unintelligible, but gave the video a VMA anyway.
Chaka Khan's hit "I Feel For You" was written and originally recorded by Prince four years before she covered it.
Van Halen's first #1 hit was "Jump," an unusual song for the band because the lead instrument was synthesizer, not guitar.
They sang about pink torpedoes and rocking you tonight tonight, but some real lyrics are just as ridiculous. See if you can tell which lyrics are real and which are Spinal Tap in this lyrics quiz.
"Mr. Jones" took on new meaning when the song about a misguided view of fame made Adam famous.
The evolution of the symbol that was Prince's name from 1993-2000.
How Bing Crosby, Les Paul, a US Army Signal Corps Officer, and the Nazis helped shape rock and Roll.
Stage urinals, flute devices, and the real Aqualung in this Fact or Fiction.
Known in America for the hit "If You Leave," OMD is a huge influence on modern electronic music.