Songfacts

Steely Dan fans will appreciate this comment left on the "Deacon Blues" entry: "When I went to Golden Corral for lunch, that was the day of the expanding man." songfacts.com/facts/steely-d…

Tuesday Trivia answer: Deep Purple. They're named after the mellow standard "Deep Purple," which was a #1 hit in 1963 for Nino Tempo & April Stevens. Ritchie Blackmore's grandmother loved the song and suggested it as a band name. h/t @THE_CathyKent songfacts.com/facts/nino-tem…

Tuesday Trivia: What famous, still-active rock band is named after a song from the 1930s that was a hit in the '60s?

Songfact: Bruce Springsteen originally wrote "Fire" for Elvis Presley in 1977, and even sent him a demo. Sadly the King died before he ever heard it, and it was left to the Pointer Sisters to record the song. songfacts.com/facts/the-poin…

Billie Eilish has three songs on our Halloween list. She's the musical equivalent of that girl from The Ring who comes out of the TV. songfacts.com/category/songs…

Tuesday Trivia answer: "Without You" by Harry Nilsson (#1 in 1972) and Mariah Carey (#3 1994) "All By Myself" by Eric Carmen (#2 in 1976) and Céline Dion (#4 in 1997) h/t @BigFacedHundred @jvpmartin

Tuesday Trivia: What song was a huge hit for a male solo artist in the '70s and a female solo artist in the '90s?

Songfact: Buck Dharma of Blue Oyster Cult wrote "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" after he was diagnosed with a heart condition and started thinking about his own mortality. songfacts.com/.../blue.../do…

It wasn't a hit when the group was active, but "Here Comes The Sun" has risen to become one of the most popular Beatles songs. This was clear in the download era when it was the group's top-selling song the first week their catalog was available on iTunes. songfacts.com/facts/the-beat…

Tuesday Trivia answer: "Man On the Moon" by R.E.M., which is about Andy Kaufman. The song was released in 1992, and in 1999 became the title track to a movie about Kaufman starring Jim Carrey. h/t @jvpmartin songfacts.com/facts/rem/man-…

Tuesday Trivia: What '90s song about a real comedian was later used as the title track to a movie about that person?

Songfact: The Mary J. Blige song "No More Drama" samples the theme to the appropriately dramatic soap opera The Young And The Restless. songfacts.com/facts/mary-j-b…

Tuesday Trivia answer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana. Teen Spirit is a brand of deodorant marketed to teenage girls. songfacts.com/facts/nirvana/…

Tuesday Trivia: What is the most-streamed song with a product brand name in the title?

Songfact: Cake lead singer John McCrea says their song "The Distance" is about the "failure of success." No matter how much we strive for victory, we'll always want more, particularly in the corporate world. songfacts.com/facts/cake/the…

New CAT-egory, with songs from Joni Mitchell, Pink Floyd, The Cure, The Kinks and the Grateful Dead. songfacts.com/category/songs…

Our writer @gregpratowriter has a new book out called The Great American Nightmare: An Oral History of the Howard Stern Show. Here's an excerpt where members of the band Enuff Z'Nuff explain how Howard helped them out. songfacts.com/blog/writing/g…

Tuesday Trivia answer: @CobraStarship They formed to record the theme song to the 2006 movie Snakes On A Plane, starring Samuel L. Jackson. They went on to have hits with "Good Girls Go Bad" in 2009 and "You Make Me Feel..." in 2011. songfacts.com/facts/cobra-st… h/t @THE_CathyKent

Tuesday Trivia: What group formed in the '00s to record the theme song for a very campy movie starring a famous actor, then stuck around and had two hit songs a few years later?

Any songs you can't help singing differently because of how they were used in commercials? We always think of Elton John's "Sad Songs (Say So Much)" as "Sasson Says So Much" because of those ads for Sasson jeans. songfacts.com/facts/elton-jo…