
The woman "singing" in the video for Technotronic's "Pump Up The Jam" didn't speak English. She was used just for her look, and also appeared on the album cover.

"Paper Planes" was inspired by M.I.A.'s hassles trying to get a visa to enter America.

The first #1 hit with a rap was "Rapture" by Blondie in 1980. Debbie Harry's rhymes left lots of room for improvement.
"Tammy" by Debbie Reynolds was the only US #1 single by a female act between July 1956 and February 1958.

"I Fought The Law" was a hit for The Bobby Fuller Four in 1965. The Clash released their version in 1979, changing the lyrics "I left my baby" to "I killed my baby."
Medley looks back on "Unchained Melody" and "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" - his huge hits from the '60s that were later revived in movies.
Harry is Derek Smalls in Spinal Tap, Mark Shubb in The Folksmen, and Mr. Burns on The Simpsons.
How the American gangsta rappers made history by getting banned in the UK.
Have you got the smarts to know which of these graduation song stories are real?
The "All I Want" singer went through a long depression, playing some shows when he didn't want to be alive.