40 Little-Known Bits of Pop Music Trivia That Throw Their Hands in the Air and Wave ‘Em Around Like They Just Don’t Care

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40 Little-Known Bits of Pop Music Trivia That Throw Their Hands in the Air and Wave ‘Em Around Like They Just Don’t Care

Tracking down these lesser-known pop-music tidbits made us appreciate all the great tunes that these artists gave us. Tunes that were almost as great as the tidbits themselves. Sure, we bopped along to those songs, but nothing hits us in the feels like the facts. Sing it with us now: “A Celine Dion Christmas classic was actually written by Dee Snider from Twisted Sister.” 

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Otis Redding

Otis Redding had his greatest hit after his death. Redding's song (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay reached the #1 spot in the Billboard charts in 19

Pink Floyd

The Dark Side of the Moon refuses to leave the charts. billboard CRACKED.COM The band's psychedelic masterpiece has spent over 950 weeks on the Billboard 200 charts since its release in 1973, selling more than 45 million copies worldwide.

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Britney Spears and Madonna

MADONNA AND BRITNEY SPEARS' VMAS KISS. CRACKED At the 2003 VMAs, people were utterly shocked that Madonna sensually kissed Britney and Christina Aguilera on stage. Only 5 years later, Katy Perry's hit song about kissing girls and liking it hit #1 on Billboard.

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Kanye West

It took Kanye West only 15 minutes to Write the lyrics for All Falls Down which went on to peak at #4 on the Billboard top REB chart.

The Rolling Stones

Bill Wyman is a metal detector guy THE ROLLING STONES CRACKED.COM The bassist tapped out of the rockstar life in the 90's, and has since become a serious detecting enthusiast. Не even created his own top-of-the-line instrument, the Bill Wyman Signature Metal Detector.

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Ricky Gervais

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM Ricky Gervais wasn't in A Flock Of Seagulls. Gervais was in Seona Dancing, an 80s pop-synth group that had a huge hit in the Philippines. The group's music videos survive as a reminder of the days when Gervais had cheekbones.

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Disco Demolition

The White Sox held a Disco Demolition Night attended by 50,000 people, which turned into a riot. adidas STEREO 8 IS - Cotillion KRRFTWERK ! THE RA - - - GRAN - - - - Cherry Loc STER 1 CRACKED.COM The promotion, held in 1979, was an effort to boost atten- dance and was connected to prior Disco Nights, al- though those didn't usually end in fans rushing the field after a bunch of records were blown up.

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Disco Inferno

The iconic disco hit Disco Inferno by The Trammps was actually inspired by the 1974 disaster movie, The Towering Inferno, with Steve McQueen.

Shake It Off

During the shooting of the music video of Taylor Swift's Shake It Off, heavy-metal music was played around the perimeter of the studio SO no-one cou

Frank Zappa

CRACKEDCO Frank Zappa talked about digital music downloads in 1989. In his autobiography, Zappa proposed a novel music distribution system: We propos

Jonathan Wolff

Jonathan Wolff has written theme music for over seventy television shows, including WILL & GRACE and WHO'S THE BOSS? Music Consultants Group, Inc. His

Garth Brooks

Garth Brooks CHRIS GAIN E S A rare example of an actively beloved musician ruining his music career with more music, Brooks inexplicably released an a

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