
"Mr. Tambourine Man" is the only song Bob Dylan wrote that became a #1 hit on the Hot 100.

The song "Knock On Wood" was confusing to UK listeners because the saying there is "Touch Wood."

"Just Be Good To Me" by The S.O.S. Band was the first hit written and produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, who worked on Janet Jackson's Control album a few years later. They were members of The Time, a group created by Prince.

Ariana Grande's hit "Problem" started off as a track written by One Direction songwriter Savan Kotecha. He gave it the working title of "The Whisper Song," after a 2005 Ying Yang Twins hit.

Featured in the 1978 musical Evita, "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" became the biggest selling UK hit by a female vocalist (Julie Covington).
How well do you know this shock-rock harbinger who's been publicly executed hundreds of times?
The Celtic music maker Loreena McKennitt on finding musical inspiration, the "New Age" label, and working on the movie Tinker Bell.
Into the vaults for this talk with Bolton from the '80s when he was a focused on writing songs for other artists.
"When seeds that you sow grow by the wicked moon/Be sure your sins will find you out/Your past will hunt you down and turn to tell on you."
It started with a bouncy MTV classic. Nirvana and MCR made them scary, then Gwen, Avril and Madonna put on the pom poms.
The lead singer of Everclear, Art is also their primary songwriter.