Sheryl Crow's "Soak Up The Sun" isn't as lighthearted as it seems: the song deals with the prevailing head-in-the-sand reaction to climate change.
After Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale hooked up in 1996, Rossdale's Bush bandmates referred to their hit song as "Everything Gwen."
Snap! were two German producers. When they needed a rapper, they found one on the American army base there and had him rap on "The Power."
The hit duet "Somewhere Out There" was written for an animated film about a family of immigrant mice who lose one of their young.
The first rap song to make the Hot 100 was "Rapper's Delight" by The Sugarhill Gang in 1979. At the time, many considered rap a fad that would soon pass.
Paula Abdul's "Forever Your Girl" was written by Oliver Leiber, who despite being the son of Jerry Leiber from Leiber & Stoller, was an unknown songwriter.
What happens when Kurt Cobain, Iron Maiden and Johnny Lydon are told to lip-synch? Some hilarious "performances."
Was a Beatles song a TV theme? And who came up with those Fresh Prince and Sopranos songs?
If you can recall the days when MTV played videos, you know that there are lots of stories to tell. See if you can spot the real ones.
Tim and his brother Richard are the Furs' foundation; Tim explains how they write and tells the story of "Pretty In Pink."
Jim talks about the impact of "The Middle" and uses a tree metaphor to describe his songwriting philosophy.
How well do you know this shock-rock harbinger who's been publicly executed hundreds of times?