Janet Jackson wrote the lyric to "Nasty" in response to random guys calling her "baby."
When Marc Cohn played "True Companion" to his girlfriend, she thought he was proposing. He wasn't, but he did eventually marry her.
Korn's most popular song, "Freak On A Leash," is about their predatory record label making huge profits off the band. It was quite profitable, helping the Follow The Leader album sell over 5 million copies.
"I Won't Back Down" is a very personal song for Tom Petty. "I thought it wasn't that good because it was so naked," he said.
The title of Al Stewart's "Year Of The Cat" comes from Vietnamese astrology. The Year of the Cat comes every 12 Years: 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023...
The Hollies' 1967 hit "Carrie Anne" featured the first use of a steel drum in a commercial pop record.
In this talk from the '80s, the Kansas frontman talks turning to God and writing "Dust In The Wind."
Tom talks about the evolution of Cinderella's songs through their first three albums, and how he writes as a solo artist.
Pool balls, magpies and thorns without roses - how well do you know your Tom Waits lyrics?
The leader of the Modern A Cappella movement talks about the genre.
When a song describes a wedding, it's rarely something to celebrate - with one big exception.
P.F. was a teenager writing hits and playing on tracks for Jan & Dean when he wrote a #1 hit that got him blackballed.