Mick Jagger was a little freaked out when Maroon 5 released "Moves Like Jagger," a celebration of his stage moves. "It puts a bit of pressure on me when I go out dancing," he said.
"Surf City" was recorded by Jan & Dean, but written by Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys. It was the first #1 hit Wilson wrote.
The idea for "The Man Comes Around" came to Johnny Cash from a dream he had where he was in Buckingham Palace and the Queen said to him, "Johnny Cash, you're just like a thorn tree in a whirlwind."
Billy Joel wrote "We Didn't Start The Fire" after a 21-year-old told him, "everyone knows that nothing happened in the '50s."
Elton John's "Rocket Man" is based on a Ray Bradbury story called The Rocket Man published in 1951.
In the 1999 Destiny's Child song "Bug A Boo," they complain about a guy who bugs them on MCI, AOL, and their pagers.
Kooper produced Lynyrd Skynyrd, played with Dylan and the Stones, and formed BS&T.
The top Contemporary Christian artist of all time on song inspirations and what she learned from Johnny Carson.
The "A Thousand Miles" singer on what she thinks of her song being used in White Chicks and how she captured a song from a dream.
An original member of Depeche Mode, Vince went on to form Erasure and Yaz.
Doubt led to drive for Francis, who still isn't sure why one of Status Quo's biggest hits is so beloved.
