It all started with the fact that the naked woman on the back of Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus" single is Debbie Gibson. We started to dig. And what we uncovered is an incredible truth. Wondering who's responsible for all those unsolved mysteries of the music world? Wonder no longer ... Debbie Gibson did it.

• The opening music in Baba O'Reilly is actually Debbie Gibson's heartbeat.
  
  
• Debbie Gibson wrote "My Generation" during a brief pre-teen stuttering phase.
  
  
• The Zombies' Rod Argent wrote "She's Not There" after Debbie Gibson stood him up for a dinner date.
  
  
• The line is actually "I've got a black magic woman and she's gonna go all 'Debbie Gibson' on-a me."
  
  
• Next time you're near Debbie Gibson, play "The Real Slim Shady" and watch, she'll stand up every time.
  
  
• If you're ever threatened by a hangman, forget the silver, forget the gold, have your friends bring a copy of "Only in my Dreams," to keep you from the gallows pole.
  
  
• Led Zeppelin's classic "D'yer Ma'ker" is actually pronounced "Jyah-Debbie Gibson."
  
  
• Wu-Tang Clan wrote a little-known B-side called "D.R.E.A.M" or "Debbie Rules Everything Around Me."
  
  
• Katy Perry kissed Debbie Gibson, and she liked it, the taste of her cherry chapstick...
  
  
• Debbie Gibson starred in a TV show in her early years in which she was both mild mannered Debbie and her rock star alter-ego "Hyoming Wyoming."
  
  
• One Halloween, Debbie Gibson wandered into Led Zeppelin recording at Headley Grange, dressed as a black dog, and well... the rest is, as they say, rock history.
  
  
• "Oo, ee, oo ah ah, ting-tang, waddle-waddle, bing-bang" is Debbie Gibson's middle name.
  
  
• Debbie Gibson provided the voices for Alvin and Simon of "Alvin and the Chipmunks." Theodore was voiced by Al Sharpton.
  
  
• Debbie Gibson has been known to speak on the pompitous of love.
  
  
• Joey Ramone designed the Ramones outfits to look like Debbie Gibson.
  
  
• Debbie Gibson's favorite drinks? You guessed it; one bourbon, one scotch, and one beer.
  
  
• Debbie Gibson insured her butt for more than $1 million.
  
  
• And her legs for another million.
  
  
• But, oddly enough, she insured her ponytail for $19 million.
  
  
• The Sex Pistols were originally Debbie Gibson's idea.
  
  
• Debbie Gibson drove ol' Dixie down.
  
  
• Debbie Gibson shot the sheriff ... and the deputy.
  
  
• Debbie Gibson put the bop in the bop-sha-bop-sha-bop, and the ram in the ram-a-lama-ding-dong.
  
  
• "That spirit" in "Hotel California" is Debbie Gibson.
  
  
• If you play "Respect" backwards, Aretha spells out D-E-B-B-I-E G-I-B-S-O-N.
  
  
• Marilyn Manson is really Debbie Gibson grown up.
  
  
• "American Pie" is about Debbie Gibson playing scrabble.
  
  
• The plane that crashed and killed the Big Bopper, Richie Valens and Buddy Holly was named the Debbie Gibson.
  
  
• It was Debbie Gibson -- not ants -- that Ozzy snorted through a straw.
  
  
• Debbie Gibson recites the prayer in "Enter Sandman."
  
  
• That was Debbie Gibson naked in the pool on the cover of "Nevermind."
  
  
• If Debbie Gibson would, could you?
  
  
• Debbie Gibson wrote the book of love.
  
  
• Buckethead is Debbie Gibson.
  
  
• In "American Pie," "Satan" refers to Debbie Gibson.
  
  
• Debbie Gibson knows all that glitters is gold.
  
  
• "Landslide" is about Debbie Gibson iceblocking.
  
  
• In "Don't Fear the Reaper," it was clear that Debbie Gibson couldn't go on.
  
  
• That's also Debbie Gibson playing the cowbell.
  
  
• The location in Silverchair's "Tomorrow" is Debbie Gibson's kitchen.
  
  
• The lyrics to "Louie Louie" are all about Debbie Gibson and her favorite purse.
  
  
• John Denver's "Annie's Song" is about Debbie Gibson, but he had to change the name so his wife wouldn't get mad.
  
  
• Peter, Paul and Mary wrote "Puff the Magic Dragon" after hearing Debbie Gibson fart.
  
  
• When Robert Johnson went to the Crossroads, he didn't sell his soul to the Devil -- he sold it to Debbie Gibson.
  
  
• Debbie Gibson is a boy named "Sue."
  
  
• Mama Cass died choking on Debbie Gibson.
  
  
• So did Jimi Hendrix.
  
  
• So did John Bonham.
  
  
• The albums "Out of the Blue," "Electric Youth," and "Anything is Possible" contain elaborate clues revealing that Debbie Gibson died in 1984 and was replaced by an imposter.
  
  
• The Ohio Players killed Debbie Gibson during the recording of "Love Rollercoaster."
  
  
• Courtney Love hired Debbie Gibson to kill Kurt Cobain.
  
  
• At the beginning of "Intro/Bomb First (My Second Reply)" Tupac Shakur can be heard whispering, "Debbie Gibson shot me."
  
  
• That's Debbie Gibson moaning in "Rocket Queen."
  
  
• The lyrics to "Yellow Ledbetter" are about Debbie Gibson riding a moped.
  
  
• "Behind Blue Eyes" is about the pain of being Debbie Gibson.
  
  
• "Come Together" describes Debbie Gibson inviting people to her 13th birthday party.
  
  
• In Vietnam, Debbie Gibson was known as "The Rooster."
  
  
• The Beatles recorded "Revolution 9" after Debbie Gibson suggested they experiment with a sound-collage version of "Revolution."
  
  
• After Debbie Gibson was born, Sir George Martin began referring to himself as "The Sixth Beatle."
  
  
• Debbie Gibson's career died when Ozzy bit HER head off.
  
  
• The "you" in the Divinyls' "I Touch Myself" refers to Debbie Gibson.
  
  
• So does the "I."
  
  
• Hootie and the Blowfish wrote "Let Her Cry" after watching Debbie Gibson drink.
  
  
• Debbie Gibson once watched a man drown. Phil Collins was there and he saw what she did. Saw it with his own two eyes.
  
  
• A "Foo Fighter" is the name given to Debbie Gibson by superstitious US Pilots in WWII.
  
  
• "White Rabbit" is about Debbie Gibson's Playboy spread.
  
  
• Debbie Gibson can't, in fact, find a better man.
  
  
• That scratchy sound all over NIN's "Hurt" is Debbie Gibson's ghost.
  
  
• Debbie Gibson came up with the term "Wonderwall," but even she doesn't know what the song is about.
  
  
• That's Debbie Gibson singing on "Girl You Know It's True."
  
  
• The original line in "We Didn't Start the Fire" was "Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, Debbie Gibson."
  
  
• Peace Sells ... and Debbie Gibson is buying.
  
  
• "Chinese Democracy" will be released when Debbie Gibson finishes recording the backing vocals.
  
  
• The original line in "It's The End of the World As We Know (And I Feel Fine)" was "Debbie Gibson's not afraid," but it didn't match the L-B naming pattern.
  
  
• Debbie Gibson is the Bop in "MMMBop," "Blitzkrieg Bob," "She-bop" and "Unskinny Bop."
  
  
• "La Bamba" is about Debbie Gibson during her career as a pirate.
  
  
• Debbie Gibson talks to angels.
  
  
• "Rock the Casbah" is a metaphor for Debbie Gibson.
  
  
• Debbie Gibson wants to kill your mama.
  
  
• Debbie Gibson just killed a man ... put a gun against his head ...
  
  
• "Your Song" actually belongs to Debbie Gibson.
  
  
• Debbie says relax.
  
  
• Karen Carpenter starved herself to look like Debbie Gibson.
  
  
• "Dock of the Bay" is about fishing with Debbie Gibson.
  
  
• Paul Anka actually did it Debbie Gibson's way.
  
  
• Debbie Gibson gives love a bad name.
  
  
• Debbie Gibson is pregnant with Mojo Nixon's two-headed love child.
  
  
• On the street where Debbie Gibson lives, girls talk about their social lives.
  
  
• "House of the Rising Sun" is about Debbie Gibson's dorm room.
  
  
• DMX stands for "Debbie Gibson, MX."
  
  
• For years, Liv Tyler thought Debbie Gibson was her father.
  
  
• Debbie Gibson has the brain of JFK.
  
  
• Debbie Gibson burned down Andre Rison's house.
  
  
• Outkast never meant to make Debbie Gibson cry.
  
  
• Debbie Gibson played the guitar solo on "Beat It."
  
  
• "Electric Youth" syncs up perfectly with 1978's "The Wiz."
  
  
• Melissa Etheridge used Debbie Gibson's sperm to make a baby.
  
  
• Don't even ask who the guitar company is named after.
  
  
• Filter wrote "Hey Man, Nice Shot" after playing HORSE with Debbie Gibson.
  
  
• Debbie Gibson took Joey Ramone's baby away.
  
  
• Debbie Gibson is a highway, and Tom Cochrane wants to ...
  
  
• Debbie Gibson sang the "la la la"s on Metallica's "The Memory Remains."
  
  
• "Mr. Brownstone" was Duff McKagan's name for Debbie Gibson.
  
  
• Debbie Gibson grew up in an Indiana town, and had a good-lookin' mama who never was around ...
  
  
• In the director's cut of the "November Rain" video, you see that Debbie Gibson actually killed Stephanie Seymour while trying to shoot a bottle of Jack off her head.
  
  
• Guns N' Roses' song "Back off Bitch" was about Debbie Gibson's grandmother.
  
  
• Nothing against your girlfriend, but it's actually Debbie Gibson who doesn't like her.
  
  
• In "All Along the Watchtower," the wildcat growling in the cold distance is a reference to Debbie Gibson.
  
  
• Rap-rock was actually created by Debbie Gibson and Debbie Harry one night at a tiny SoHo karaoke joint, and was initially going to be called "Debbie rock."
  
  
• Now that Debbie Gibson is getting older, so much older, she longs for those young boy days.
  
  
• The "I" in "Redemption song" refers to Debbie Gibson.
  
  
• Likewise, the "I" in "Sex Type Thing" is Debbie Gibson.
  
  
• Mr. Pibb MINUS Red Vines = Debbie Gibson.
  
  
• The Sex Pistols were originally Debbie Gibson's idea.
  
  
• Debbie Gibson wrote a very strongly worded letter to George W. Bush about gay marriage, but at the last minute, slapped Bette Midler's name on it.
  
  
• Pat Boone's original idea was to make an album called "In a Debbie Gibson Mood." He also wanted to pose on the cover in a denim jacket like hers.
  
  
• Grand Funk Railroad once paused a concert to challenge a fan who was heckling a guitar solo. They were shocked when that heckler turned out to be Debbie Gibson.