Rod Stewart "Forever Young"

"Forever Young" rates as one of Rod Stewart's personal favorites. The song pays homage to Stewart's oldest children who grew up while Rod was out on the road touring. The song reached #12 on the Hot 100 and #3 on the Adult Contemporary Chart in 1988 -- becoming a staple on Adult Contemporary radio stations for the remainder of the 20th century. The one place "Forever Young" never became a hit...is Rod's home. Strangely, the song never found success in the U.K. (only peaking at #57).

Seal "Crazy"

Seal found a home on Adult Contemporary radio in 1995 thanks to "Kiss From A Rose", yet his first hit, "Crazy", happened a handful of years earlier in 1991. "Crazy" drew inspiration from the fall of the Berlin Wall.

George Benson "Turn Your Love Around"

Would you believe me if I told you "Turn Your Love Around" was composed in the bathroom?  It's true.  According to Jay Graydon, the song's co-writer, the melody and chorus for the song came to him while he was sitting on the toilet.  While the perfect end to this story would be that the song went to #2 on the charts, it actually only peaked at #5 on the Hot 100 (#1 on the R&B Chart).

Jewel - "Who Will Save Your Soul?"

Jewel found inspiration for her first hit, "Who Will Save Your Soul", after watching people on a train trip from Michigan to California and then as she hitchhiked into Tijuana.  She said it seemed like everyone she met was looking for somebody to save them.