Johnny Cash's wife, June Carter, wrote "Ring Of Fire" about their relationship.
The game Lana Del Rey sings about in "Video Games" is World of Warcraft - her ex used to play it all the time.
The Hollies hit "The Air That I Breathe" was written in part as a reaction to the smog in Los Angeles.
The closing lyrics in "One Week" by Barenaked Ladies are "Birchmount Stadium, home of the Robbie," which refers to a soccer tournament in Ontario.
The TV show One Tree Hill got it's name from a song of the same name on U2's Joshua Tree album.
Michelob commercials generated hits for Eric Clapton, Genesis and Steve Winwood in the '80s, even as some of these rockers were fighting alcoholism.
Was "Pearl" Eddie Vedder's grandmother, and did she really make a hallucinogenic jam? Did Journey have a contest to name the group? And what does KISS stand for anyway?
Elvis, Little Richard and Cheryl Cole have all sung about Teddy Bears, but there is also a terrifying Teddy song from 1932 and a touching trucker Teddy tune from 1976.
It started with a bouncy MTV classic. Nirvana and MCR made them scary, then Gwen, Avril and Madonna put on the pom poms.
Genesis' key-man re-examines his solo career and the early days of music video.
