Gwen Stefani wrote the early No Doubt song "Just a Girl" as a message to her overprotective father.
Jethro Tull lead singer Ian Anderson wrote "Aqualung" after looking at pictures of homeless men that his wife took. She got a co-writing credit on the song.
Desmond Child thought Gavin Rossdale was singing "Kiss The Rain" on the Bush song "Glycerine." When he found out the truth, he wrote a song called "Kiss The Rain" for Billie Myers.
Jeff Lynne sang the word "groose" in the chorus of "Don't Bring Me Down" as a nonsense placeholder, but left it in when he found out it means "greetings" in German ("gruss").
The movie The Breakfast Club opens with a passage from David Bowie's "Changes" ("And these children that you spit on...")
A section of verse lyrics in Rihanna's "SOS" is made up of titles from '80s hits - check out the part that starts, "Take me on, I could just die up in your arms tonight."
With his X-wife Exene, John fronts the band X and writes their songs.
When you free your mind, your ass may follow, but you have to make sure someone else doesn't program it while it's wide open.
On the "schizoid element" of his lyrics, and a famous line from "Everything Zen."
Yngwie Malmsteen and Steve Vai were two of Graham's co-writers for some '80s rock classics.
Lyrics don't always follow the rules of grammar. Can you spot the ones that don't?
Did Rivers Cuomo grow up on a commune? Why did they name their albums after colors? See how well you know your Weezer in this Fact or Fiction.