"Panama" by Van Halen is not about the country or the canal, but about a stripper David Lee Roth met in Arizona.
The Starland Vocal Band got the title "Afternoon Delight" from the late-afternoon appetizer menu at the restaurant Clyde's Of Georgetown in Washington, DC.
The seemingly inoffensive song, "Deep In The Heart Of Texas," was banned by the BBC when it was released in 1942. They deemed the song too catchy, with authorities in wartime Britain concerned that factory workers would be distracted if they heard it during a shift.
Pink wrote "Just Give Me A Reason" about how one partner can feel jilted over something trivial, like how her boyfriend passes her the butter.
"Gangnam Style" refers to a section of Seoul, South Korea, that is very fashionable. The guy in the song has all the right moves and loves the ladies.
Jonah Hill directed the video for Sara Bareilles' song "Gonna Get Over You." It's a mash-up of Grease and West Side Story.
Wilder's hit "Break My Stride" had an unlikely inspiration: a famous record mogul who rejected it.
The man who brought us "Red Skies" and "Saved By Zero" is now an organic farmer in France.
The man who ran Nirvana's first label gets beyond the sensationalism (drugs, Courtney) to discuss their musical and cultural triumphs in the years before Nevermind.
Here's what happens when an opening act is really out of place with the headliner, like when Beastie Boys opened for Madonna.
Jim talks about the impact of "The Middle" and uses a tree metaphor to describe his songwriting philosophy.
Harry is Derek Smalls in Spinal Tap, Mark Shubb in The Folksmen, and Mr. Burns on The Simpsons.