Before launching his career as a singer, Bruno Mars was a writer/producer. He and his co-writers pitched "Just The Way You Are" to Cee-Lo Green; when he turned it down, Bruno recorded it himself and released it in 2010 as his first single as a lead artist.
"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" is about a guy Jim Croce met in the National Guard, which Jim joined to keep him out of Vietnam. Leroy went AWOL, but got caught when he tried to pick up his paycheck.
Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler got the idea for "Money For Nothing" after overhearing delivery men in a New York department store complain about their jobs while watching MTV.
The French part in Talking Heads' "Psycho Killer" explains that the killer is going after a girl, like Norman Bates in the movie Psycho.
"The Candy Man" is the opening song in the 1971 movie Willie Wonka And The Chocolate Factory, but the version released as a single was by Rat Pack member Sammy Davis Jr. It was a #1 hit and became his signature song even though his audience was very adult.
"Panama" by Van Halen is not about the country or the canal, but about a stripper David Lee Roth met in Arizona.
With a few clues (Works at a diner, dreams of running away), can you name the character in the song?
The renown rock singer talks about "The House of the Rising Sun" and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood."
On "Life Is A Highway," his burgeoning solo career, and the Rascal Flatts song he most connects with.
The Creed lead singer reveals the "ego and self-fulfillment" he now sees in one of the band's biggest hits.
The story of the legendary lupine DJ through the songs he inspired.
In 1986, a Stephen King novella was made into a movie, with a classic song serving as title, soundtrack and tone.