"Sweet Child O' Mine" by Guns N' Roses is about Erin Everly, who was Axl Rose's girlfriend at the time. She is the daughter of Don Everly of the Everly Brothers.
"Hangin' Tough" came at the peak of New Kids On The Block mania (1988). Their writer/producer Maurice Starr wrote it about the struggles the band faced early on. It was a #1 hit in both America and the UK.
Tina Turner hated "What's Love Got To Do With It" but when her manager convinced her to record it anyway, it became her big comeback hit.
"Sister Christian" was written by Night Ranger drummer Kelly Keagy, who was imploring his younger sister to be careful in her reckless youth, especially when "motoring" (driving around) with friends.
Lily Allen wrote "Something's Not Right" for the soundtrack of the Peter Pan prequel, Pan. The song was inspired by the heartache that Allen experienced after suffering a miscarriage when she was six months pregnant with her first child by husband Sam Cooper in 2010.
"Light My Fire" was the first song Doors guitarist Robby Krieger wrote. Looking for a universal theme, he decided to write about one of the four elements (air, earth, water, fire).
We've heard of artists putting their hearts into their music, but some take it literally.
The man who brought us "Red Skies" and "Saved By Zero" is now an organic farmer in France.
John tells the "St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)" story and explains why he disappeared for so long.
The top Contemporary Christian artist of all time on song inspirations and what she learned from Johnny Carson.
Bowie's "activist" days of 1964 led to Ziggy Stardust.
Country songs with titles so bizarre they can't possibly be real... or can they?