"Panama" by Van Halen is not about the country or the canal, but about a stripper David Lee Roth met in Arizona.
Baseball Hall-of-Famer Phil Rizzuto is the announcer on Meat Loaf's "Paradise By the Dashboard Light." Rizzuto used to broadcast games for his former team, the Yankees.
"Never Tear Us Apart" was a live favorite for INXS, who would often extend the second pause for a while as the crowd went crazy.
The opening line in "How Soon Is Now?" by The Smiths is "I am the son and the heir," not "I am the sun and the air."
"Dark Fantasy" by Kanye West opens with a reinterpretation of Cinderella as read by Nicki Minaj.
The lyric to "Hold On" by Wilson Phillips was inspired by Chynna Phillips' struggles with addiction. "Hold on for one more day" is something she heard in AA meetings.
Talking Heads drummer Chris Frantz on where the term "new wave" originated, the story of "Naive Melody," and why they never recorded another cover song after "Take Me To The River."
Soul music legend Bill Withers on how life experience and the company you keep leads to classic songs like "Lean On Me."
Michael tells the story of "Send Me On My Way," and explains why some of the words in the song don't have a literal meaning.
With his X-wife Exene, John fronts the band X and writes their songs.
Here is the church, here is the steeple - see if you can identify these lyrics that reference church.
Kevin Godley talks about directing classic videos for The Police, U2 and Duran Duran, and discusses song and videos he made with 10cc and Godley & Creme.