"We Will Become Silhouettes" by The Postal Service sounds happy and fun, but it's a very bleak song about a nuclear winter. Lead singer Ben Gibbard wrote the lyric while ruminating over 9/11.
"It Wasn't Me" by Shaggy was based on an Eddie Murphy comedy bit where he would deny everything no matter how badly he was caught.
"MMMbop" by Hanson was so ubiquitous in 1997 that when the band appeared on SNL, they took part in a skit where Helen Hunt and Will Ferrell seek retribution by trapping them in an elevator and playing the song until they crack. "Now, you will suffer like we did," Hunt tells them.
"I Just Called To Say I Love You" is Stevie Wonder's best-selling single worldwide. It topped the Hot 100, AC, R&B and UK charts all in the same week.
Sheriff had been disbanded for years when "When I'm With You" hit #1 in America thanks to rediscovery by radio stations. The group never re-formed and never made a video for the song.
"Kokomo" gave The Beach Boys their first #1 hit in 22 years. They picked the title because it sounded tropical.
Martyn talks about producing Tina Turner, some Heaven 17 hits, and his work with the British Electric Foundation.
'80s music ambassadors Wang Chung pick their top tracks of the decade, explaining what makes each one so special.
Call us crazy, but we like it when an artist comes around who doesn't mesh with the status quo.
Roger reveals the songwriting formula Clive Davis told him, and if "Eight Miles High" is really about drugs.
Kooper produced Lynyrd Skynyrd, played with Dylan and the Stones, and formed BS&T.
One of the most popular classical vocalists in the land is lining up a trip to space, which is the inspiration for many of her songs.