
"Video Killed The Radio Star" by Buggles was the first video to air on MTV when the network started broadcasting on August 1, 1981.

A problem with his eyes gave Jackson Browne the idea for "Doctor My Eyes," which became a song about a man whose mental health suffers when he sees the world for what it really is.

The dirty version of Cee-Lo Green's "Forget You" contains 16 F-bombs. He recorded a clean version as an afterthought, "just in case."

Jack White titled "Seven Nation Army" after how he would mispronounce "Salvation Army" when he was little.

The riff for The Sex Pistols' "Pretty Vacant" was pinched from a very unpunk song, the ABBA ballad "S.O.S."

One of the first hit songs used in a major marketing campaign was "Start Me Up" by The Rolling Stones. Microsoft paid $3 million to use it in commercials for Windows '95.
The Celtic music maker Loreena McKennitt on finding musical inspiration, the "New Age" label, and working on the movie Tinker Bell.
How well do you know your protest songs (including the one that went to #1)?
Howard explains his positive songwriting method and how uplifting songs can carry a deeper message.
Can you name Def Leppard's only #1 hit in America? Get rocked with this adrenalized quiz.
An interview with Dr. John Covach, music professor at the University of Rochester whose free online courses have become wildly popular.
An original member of Depeche Mode, Vince went on to form Erasure and Yaz.