The Frozen song "Let It Go" was recorded in 42 different languages for the movie's foreign releases. This earned it an entry in the 2016 Guinness World Records publication for "Most Languages Featured on a Single."
Stevie Wonder wrote his own version of "Happy Birthday" in an attempt to get Martin Luther King's birthday declared a national holiday.
The events described in Alanis Morissette's song "Ironic," like rain on your wedding day, are not examples of irony. Irony is the use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning.
Train's guitarist had to Google an instructional video to learn how to play the ukulele for "Hey Soul Sister."
Billy Idol got the title for "Rebel Yell" from a brand of whiskey he saw members of The Rolling Stones drinking.
Sleigh bells aren't very punk, but they play throughout the Stooges classic "I Wanna Be Your Dog."
With Bernie Taupin, Martin co-wrote the #1 hits "We Built This City" and "These Dreams." After writing the Pretty Woman song for Go West, he had his own hit with "In the House of Stone and Light."
Tyler talks about his true love: songwriting. How he identifies the beauty in a melody and turns sorrow into art.
Have you got the smarts to know which of these graduation song stories are real?
When Judd Apatow needed under-appreciated rockers for his Knocked Up sequel, he immediately thought of Parker, who just happened to be getting his band The Rumour back together.
In 1986, a Stephen King novella was made into a movie, with a classic song serving as title, soundtrack and tone.
After studying in Paris with a famous composition teacher, Charles became the most successful writer of TV theme songs.