"Kokomo" gave The Beach Boys their first #1 hit in 22 years. They picked the title because it sounded tropical.

"Master Blaster (Jammin')" is Stevie Wonder's tribute to Bob Marley, released less than a year before Marley died.

The Scooby Snacks in the Fun Lovin' Criminals song aren't dog treats, they're Valium pills.

Sly & the Family Stone's "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" was a huge hit in 1970 and found new life when Janet Jackson sampled the bass riff on her 1989 hit "Rhythm Nation."

"Tush" doesn't have to refer to anatomy, according to ZZ Top. It's a word that also means "lavish."

"Love Is A Battlefield" was written as a ballad, but Pat Benatar's guitarist/husband turned it into an uptempo song.
Armed with a childhood spent devouring books, Mike Scott's heart was stolen by the punk rock scene of 1977. Not surprisingly, he would go on to become the most literate of rockers.
An Electronic music pioneer with Asperger's Syndrome. This could be interesting.
The writer of "Rainy Night in Georgia" and "Polk Salad Annie" explains how he cooks up his Louisiana swamp rock.
We ring the Hell's Bells to see what songs and rockers are sincere in their Satanism, and how much of it is an act.
Country songs with titles so bizarre they can't possibly be real... or can they?
How well do you know this shock-rock harbinger who's been publicly executed hundreds of times?