The lead singer of Filter, Richard Patrick, got so blackout drunk, he was inspired to write the band's most successful single released on their second studio album, "Title of Record."

Learn why Matty Healy characterized this 1980s-inspired song from The 1975 album, "Notes on a Conditional Form," as their "Frankenstein" song.

Tears for Fears 1985 hit single, "Everybody Wants to Rule the World," allegedly borrowed its chorus and name from a song performed by The Clash.

Lenny Kravitz was enlisted to moan on this sensual hit single that was featured on Madonna's first greatest hits album, the Immaculate Collection. This song topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1990.

In 1980, Boz Scaggs and David Foster co-wrote a hit song for the movie "Urban Cowboy" and then released a different version as a single featuring Don Henley, Glenn Frey and Timothy Schmit on backing vocals. Also performing on this song are Eagles guitarist, Don Felder, and members from Toto, Steve Lukather, Jeff Porcaro, and Mike Porcaro.

A young session guitarist, Jimmy Page, purportedly played with John Barry's orchestra at EMI Studio One on this hit song for the James Bond movie, Goldfinger, sung by Shirley Bassey.

The Bee Gees used the same drum recordings on 4 different hit songs, 3 were for the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack and the other was for a Barbra Streisand number one single written by Robin Gibb and Barry Gibb. The song "Night Fever" features the original drums, the others used drum loops that were credited as Bernard Lupe in the liner notes.

Hear the origin story of The Killers' best-selling single of all time released on their debut album, Hot Fuss, in 2004 (Mr. Brightside written by Brandon Flowers and Dave Keuning). This is audio-only from our YouTube channel.

U2's guitarist, The Edge, wanted to conjure up the ultimate live song in 1986 for their fourth album, The Joshua Tree, so he made a demo at his home the night before the band was scheduled to resume their studio recording sessions. This is audio-only from our YouTube channel.

Learn how Eminem's best-selling single from 2002 was written and recorded while on location filming the movie "8 Mile" in Michigan. It's his first song to reach the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100. This is audio-only from our YouTube channel.