Did You Know? Mrs. Robinson was written specifically for the film The Graduate. It started life as two separate musical ideas that they joined together to form the verses and choruses.

The lines about Joe DiMaggio randomly came into Paul Simon's mind as a stream of consciousness and he liked them and decided to keep them. 

It was Simon and Garfunkel's second number 1. 

Did You Know? California Blue was written by Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty. It was recorded in Jeff's garage. 

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Although the song very quickly became a love song, the very initial inspiration for the song was when Leonard Cohen learned that in some of the Nazi death camps a quartet would play classical music. 

It's loosely based on the rhythm and structure of Greek Hasapiko dance music, Leonard Cohen lived for a time on the Greek island of Hydra. 

Did You Know? Justin Hayward wrote Nights In White Satin at 19 years old while touring in Belgium. he named the song after his girlfriend gave him a gift of satin bedsheets. 

Justin Hayward said - 'It was just another song I was writing and I thought it was very powerful. It was a very personal song and every note, every word in it means something to me and I found that a lot of other people have felt that very same way about it'

Did You Know? A Rainy Night In Soho was written by Shane MacGowan and originally recorded on their 1986EP Poguetry In Motion. 

It's considered by many to be one of Shane MacGowan's finest songs and was shortlisted as one of Ireland's 10 most favourite folk songs. 

The band originally recorded two versions, one featuring a cornet and one featuring an oboe. Pogues singer Shane MacGowan preferred the cornet version while producer Elvis Costello preferred the oboe versions. Ultimately the version used on the Ep was the cornet version. 

Did You Know? Missing was originally release by the band in 1994 and saw moderate success. The band then gave the song to Todd Terry to remix in a dance style where it became a worldwide hit.  

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Me And Julio Down By The School Yard was written and released by Paul Simon in 1972. 

It's about 2 boys who have broken a law and it was witnessed by a mum.

In an interview in Rolling Stone magazine Jon Landau asked Simon: "What is it that the mama saw? The whole world wants to know." 

Paul Simon replied "I have no idea what it is... Something sexual is what I imagine, but when I say 'something', I never bothered to figure out what it was. Didn't make any difference to me"

Did You Know? Always The Sun was originally released in 1986 and later in 1990. Singer Hugh Cornwell originally thought that the song could have been as big as The Strangers biggest hit so far - Golden Brown. It was hit internationally more than in the UK where it reached number 30 in the charts. It reached 15 and 16 in France and almost broke the band in the US. 

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Sundown was released in 1974 and is the single from the album with the same name. It's Gordon's only song to reach number 1. 

About writing the Sundown he said 'I think my girlfriend was out with her friends one night at a bar while I was at home writing songs. I thought, 'I wonder what she’s doing with her friends at that bar!' It’s that kind of a feeling. 'Where is my true love tonight? What is my true love doing?'

Did You Know? Paul Kelly released To Her Door in 1987 after spending 7 years writing it.

in 2001 the Australasian Performing Right Society ranked To Her Door as one of the Top 30 Australians songs of all time.