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What's My Age Again? was the first single from blink-182 with Travis Barker on drums (he had just replaced Scott Raynor). Mark Hoppus wrote the lyrics at the age of 27, mocking the fact that he was constantly called immature by his girlfriends, the original title was "Peter Pan Complex," but the label changed because he thought no one would understand. The opening riff was born out of a mistake: Mark tried to play the bass of Green Day's "J. A.R." on guitar and missed the progression... he liked the result and became the beginning of the track. The video of the band running through the streets of Los Angeles became one of the most iconic in pop-punk. It reached #58 on the Billboard Hot 100, #2 on the US Modern Rock/Alternative Airplay and #17 on the UK Singles Chart.

"Rapture" was a historic milestone: the first rap song to reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, #5 on the UK Singles Chart and also top 5 in Australia and Canada. It was also the first rap video shown on MTV. Debbie Harry and Chris Stein fell in love with the Bronx underground hip-hop scene (they were taken by artist Fab 5 Freddy to rap parties) and decided to mix new wave with rap, at the time it was totally pioneering. Debbie improvised almost all of the rap in the studio in a single take, citing Fab 5 Freddy and Grandmaster Flash in the lyrics.

Streets of Philadelphia was made by Bruce Springsteen for the film Philadelphia (1993). Director Jonathan Demme asked for a track that would capture the loneliness and struggle of Tom Hanks' character on the streets of the city. Released in 1994, it became one of the biggest hits of his career: #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 (US, 12th and last top 10 of his to date), #2 on the UK Singles Chart (highest position of his career in the UK), and #1 in Germany, France, Austria, Ireland and Italy. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1994 and 4 Grammys (including Song of the Year).

"Heaven Is A Place On Earth" is the first track from Belinda Carlisle's second solo album, Heaven on Earth. It was written by Rick Nowels and Ellen Shipley. The track came about when Ellen saw a greeting card with the phrase "Heaven On Earth" at a gas station in Brooklyn. Rick Nowels suggested switching to Heaven Is a Place on Earth. It became the biggest hit of her career: #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, #1 on the UK Singles Chart, and also #1 in several countries such as Sweden, Switzerland, Ireland and Norway. The video was directed by actress Diane Keaton.

In 1988, on a French TV show, the children's choir Les Petits Chanteurs d'Asnières made an unforgettable surprise for Serge Gainsbourg. The children dressed identically to him and sang a modified version of "Je suis venu te dire que je m'en vais" (his 1973 classic), changing the lyrics to "On est venu te dire qu'on t'aime bien" (We came to tell you that we like you very much). Gainsbourg was visibly moved and cried live.

"Dancing Queen" was the last track recorded for the album Arrival. It began work in August 1975 with the working title "Boogaloo," Stig Anderson (the band's manager) suggested the name "Dancing Queen" and wrote the lyrics together with Björn. It became an absolute hit: only time ABBA reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. #1 on the UK Singles Chart for 6 weeks, #1 in Sweden for 14 weeks, and #1 in more than a dozen countries (Germany, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand, etc.).

The famous line "Annie, are you OK?" It came straight from a CPR class that Michael Jackson took: "Annie" is the name of the cardiopulmonary resuscitation training doll (Resusci Anne), and students learn to ask exactly that to check if the victim is conscious. Smooth Criminal peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 (peak on January 14, 1989), #8 on the UK Singles Chart, #2 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, and was #1 in the Netherlands, Spain, Belgium and Iceland.

"Bette Davis Eyes" was written in 1974 by Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon (who recorded the first version), but Kim Carnes transformed everything with her voice. Bette Davis herself, at the age of 73, loved the track, sent letters of thanks + flowers to the songwriters saying that it was now "part of modern times" and that her grandchildren thought it was cool. It spent 9 non-consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 (the biggest hit of 1981 in the US), #10 on the UK Singles Chart and won Grammy for Record of the Year and Song of the Year in 1982.

"My Girl" is from the album The Temptations Sing Smokey (1965). It was written and produced by Smokey Robinson and Ronald White especially with the powerful voice of David Ruffin. It almost became the Miracles music, but the Temptations convinced Smokey to give the track to them. It became the first #1 of the Temptations on the Billboard Hot 100 and also #1 on R&B for 6 weeks. In the UK Singles Chart stopped at #43.

"I Feel Love" is from the album I Remember Yesterday (1977), a concept album that traveled for different decades, and I Feel Love was the track that represented the future. Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte created the entire base with Moog synthesizer. The track changed the history of music: Brian Eno listened and rushed to tell David Bowie "this is the future of music". It reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart for 4 weeks and #6 on the US Billboard Hot 100

Ryan Key wrote the lyrics to "Only One" about a very strange real-life breakup: he broke up with his girlfriend even though she didn't do anything wrong, she just needed space to discover life. Released as the third single from Yellowcard's album Ocean Avenue, it reached #15 on the Billboard Modern Rock/Alternative Airplay chart, #28 on the Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs), #22 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 and went gold in the US.

Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters) played drums on both "No One Knows" and most of the album Songs for the Deaf (2002), as the band was without a fixed drummer at the time. It became Queens Of The Stone Age's biggest hit: it reached #1 on Billboard's Alternative chart in the US (the only single to achieve this), #5 on Mainstream Rock, debuted on the Hot 100 at #51, peaked at #15 on the UK Singles Chart and was also voted #1 on Australia's Triple J Hottest 100 in 2002. It was also nominated for a Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance in 2003.

The most iconic bass line of the 2000s (Seven Nation Army) is not a real bass! The White Stripes were just two people (Jack on guitar/voice and Meg White on drums) and never had a bass player. Jack created that legendary riff by playing a Kay semi-acoustic guitar connected to a DigiTech Whammy pedal.

"Jam" was the opening track and the first single from the album Dangerous (1991). The video (directed by David Kellogg) is legendary: Michael Jackson and Michael Jordan play real basketball in a gym and MJ teaches MJ to dance. Jordan later confessed that he was impressed by Michael Jackson's tireless energy on the shoot. It was one of the most hyped collaborations of the 90s.

Barry, Robin and Maurice recorded the vocals for "Stayin' Alive" lying on the studio floor to get that characteristic falsetto. Released in 1977, it became the definitive anthem of the disco era and one of the greatest hits in music history.

Baccara was a Spanish duo (Mayte Mateos and María Mendiola) who worked as dancers/singers in a hotel in the Canary Islands. German producer Ralf Siegel heard them singing and composed "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" especially for them in 1977. It was the first single of their career, #1 in the United Kingdom (first Spanish artist to achieve this), #1 in several European countries and sold more than 16 million copies worldwide.

"Mr. Jones" is autobiographical. Adam Duritz wrote the song in 1992 inspired by a real night when he and his friend David Jones (a bass player) were drinking, playing the guitar and fantasizing about becoming famous. Adam sang "I wanna be Bob Dylan" and the two imagined what life would be like as rock stars. The track was released as the lead single from their debut album August and Everything After (1993) and placed Counting Crows in the mainstream worldwide almost overnight. Adam even said that the lyrics became a giant irony: he sang about wanting fame before he had it, and suddenly he was living exactly what he dreamed of.