The inspiration for Gordon Lightfoot's "Sundown" came from the songwriter worrying about his girlfriend, who was out at bars all day while he was at home penning songs.
Calvin Harris' "Blame" was the first song to break 10 million streams in a week on Spotify. The record was set during the seven days of September 8 to September 14, 2014.
The song title "Cake By The Ocean" originated from DNCE's Swedish producers using the wrong name for the drink "Sex on the Beach."
The Isley Brothers' "That Lady" was sampled by Kendrick Lamar for his 2014 single "I." Lamar turned up at Ronald Isley's house to personally ask permission to borrow from the song.
The Ozzy Osbourne song "Mr. Crowley" is about Aleister Crowley, a British practitioner of dark magic in the early 1900s.
Diane Warren originally wrote Aerosmith's hit tune "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" for Celine Dion.
The Yardbirds drummer explains how they created their sound and talks about working with their famous guitarists.
Pool balls, magpies and thorns without roses - how well do you know your Tom Waits lyrics?
On "Life Is A Highway," his burgeoning solo career, and the Rascal Flatts song he most connects with.
The king of Christian worship music explains talks about writing songs for troubled times.
"25 or 6 to 4" to "Semi-Charmed Life" - see if you can spot the songs that are really about drugs.