The X song "The Hungry Wolf" drew inspiration from a painting called "The Lone Wolf" by the Polish artist Alfred Kowalski (1849-1915) that dates to about 1890. The print was very popular in America in the 1930s and 1940s - many of X's generation remember seeing it in their grandparents' houses.

Barry Manilow didn't write his #1 hit "I Write The Songs." Bruce Johnston of The Beach Boys wrote it.

Ronnie Spector nailed the vocal for The Ronettes song "(Walking) In the Rain" on the first take -- unheard of in the perfectionist producer Phil Spector's world.

Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together" was the best-selling song of the 2000s in the US.

"Paper Planes" was inspired by M.I.A.'s hassles trying to get a visa to enter America.

The '60s hit "Then He Kissed Me" was covered by The Beach Boys as "Then I Kissed Her."

"Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson was 2015's best-selling single in both the U.S. and U.K.
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