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Our Third Year Countdown
Episode 149
As we near Episode 150, it's time for another Year End Countdown. Where will YOUR favorites stack up this year? Listen to find out!!
If you like the s…
3 years, 9 months ago
"Insane in the Brain" by Cypress Hill (f/Matt Jurcevich)
Episode 148
This week, return guest Matt Jurcevich joins us to discuss something that’s got US feeling insane in the membrane — the fact that we can categorize l…
3 years, 9 months ago
"99 Luftballons" by Nena (f/Justin Humenik)
Episode 147
Against all odds, a song completely sung in German floated all the way up to #2 on the Billboard charts in 1983, rising above some of the biggest art…
3 years, 9 months ago
"Black Velvet" by Alannah Myles
Episode 146
After two decades of pursuing a music career, a 30 year old Canadian singer named Alannah Myles scored a #1 hit in 1989 with “Black Velvet”. While he…
3 years, 9 months ago
"Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand" by Primitive Radio Gods
Episode 145
We’ve discussed close to 150 one hit wonders on the podcast at this point, but none have had as bizarre of a series of events that led to a hit as Pr…
3 years, 10 months ago
"I'll Be There For You" by The Rembrandts (f/Brian Rodrigeuz)
Episode 144
Originally intended to be a theme song and nothing more, “I’ll Be There For You” gave The Rembrandts a Top 20 Billboard hit on the wings of NBC’s jug…
3 years, 10 months ago
"Whoomp! There It Is" by Tag Team
Episode 143
Hey Party People! One Hit Thunder back again. This week, the REAL tag team - myself and my co-host and producer Matt Kelly - jump in the ring with th…
3 years, 10 months ago
"Home" by Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros (f/Tessa Markle)
Episode 142
In 2010, a song by a ten-piece hippie folk pop group unexpectedly started appearing in seemingly endless amounts of movies, TV shows, and commercials…
3 years, 10 months ago
"California" by Phantom Planet (f/Matt "Team Goldie" DiStefano)
Episode 141
Phantom Planet had a modest radio hit with their single “California” in 2002. When a little TV show called The O.C. debuted and used the song as its …
3 years, 11 months ago
"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" by Jermaine Stewart
Episode 140
Break out the cherry wine and prepare to have your brain stimulated…we’re FINALLY taking a deep dive - or should we say SKINNY DIP - into Jermaine St…
3 years, 11 months ago