The greatest songs ever. The podcast.
Yup, this is a stacked results show. Tim and Chris talk about the 37th election, which included songs from the late 1980s and early 90s, including plenty of guitar rock and grunge, dance, rhythm and blues, rap, and more.
Will one song make the prestigious Hall of Songs? Will the Phillies beat the Astros in the ultimate World Series for Tim?
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It’s a big year in music. 1991 starts with Whitney Houston’s memorable interpretation of “The Star Spangled Banner” at Super Bowl XXV. It continues with massive changes in the Billboard charts thanks to SoundScan, then ends with a sound heavy in guitar distortion.
Listen to our newest episode to find out our top-12 songs of the year. We talk about the mainstream emergence of grunge, the progression of house-inflected dance music, and the next batch of great songs in rap.
After listening to Tim and Chris, VOTE for the greatest songs of all time! Songs from 1991, plus tunes from 1990, ’89, ’88, ’86 and ’85 are up for a shot to make the Hall of Songs! VOTE BELOW and come back on October 28, 2022, to find out which song or songs get in!
Listen to the full episode for more, and then vote for the songs that you think are the greatest of all-time. SCROLL DOWN TO VOTE. Then, come back on October 28, 2022 to find out the voting results, and October 30, 2022 for our discussion on 1992.
It’s time for the recap show for the Hall of Songs’ 36th election, which featured songs we nominated dating back between 1985 and ’90. How did songs by artists like Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, Depeche Mode, Mariah Carey, Garth Brooks, and Alice in Chains fare on the ballot?
Listen now to find out if any songs got the support needed to enter our hall of fame for songs, and then hear how the whole election shook out.
(We also made it explicit because Tim said the “F” word very late in the episode.)
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Welcome to the 1990s, a decade of excess, exuberance (irrational, even), and extremely awesome songs. Hall of Songs is here to sort through it all, starting with our top-12 songs of 1990.
Tim and Chris reveal their picks, including massive hits from massive hitmakers like Madonna, Mariah Carey, and Garth Brooks. Who else gets the Hall of Songs shine?
After listening to Tim and Chris, VOTE for the greatest songs of all time! Songs from 1990, plus tunes from 1989, ’88, ’86 and ’85 are up for a shot to make the Hall of Songs! VOTE BELOW and come back on October 7, 2022, to find out which song or songs get in!
Listen to the full episode for more, and then vote for the songs that you think are the greatest of all-time. SCROLL DOWN TO VOTE. Then, come back on October 7, 2022 to find out the voting results, and October 9, 2022 for our discussion on 1991.
Come on in for our latest recap show, highlighting the results from the latest Hall of Songs election, our 35th overall.
Songs from 1985-89 were on the ballot this time, including gems by Janet Jackson, Public Enemy, De La Soul, Bobby Brown, Depeche Mode, Madonna, and more.
Find out if any songs got into the Hall of Songs from this election, and then learn the full results of this latest round of voting!
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It’s time for another bonus episode of Hall of Songs!
The Hot 100 has been the leading arbiter of song popularity within America since its conception in 1958. To better understand its nooks and crannies, and to better contextualize what makes a song so popular nationwide, we brought in the chart expert himself, Chris Molanphy (@cmolanphy), to break it all down. Molanphy is the author of the Slate series “Why Is This Song No. 1?” and the host of the Slate podcast Hit Parade.
In this conversation, Tim, Chris, and Chris discuss popular songs, changes in the charts, and specific Hall of Songs topics such as freestyle, Billy Joel, and the fall and rise of country music as a crossover-capable genre.
Read Chris Molanphy’s work here, and listen and subscribe to his podcast Hit Parade here.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs are back with a ferocious new single about environmental chaos and youth uprising. We’ll go into that, plus we’ll look back at the band’s outstanding career. Also, we’re recommending some relatively new Angel Olsen and the newest Maggie Rogers single; finally, we’ll dive deeper into Kendrick Lamar’s “Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers.”
Modern Songs is a music discovery podcast reviewing new music and songs released since 2006.
This is a long one, but it’s only because we simply love this music. Our picks for the top-12 songs of 1983 include legendary new wave tracks, massive pop ballads, the early stages of Heartland Rock and two records that will come to define 1980s dance.
After listening to Tim and Chris, VOTE for the greatest songs of all time! Songs from 1983, plus tunes from 1982, ’81, ’79, ’78 and ’76 are up for a shot to make the Hall of Songs! Vote now at hallofsongs.com and come back on June 24, 2022, to find out which song or songs get in!
Our 1983 nominees (spoilers below; highlight to reveal):
Listen to the full episode for more, and then vote for the songs that you think are the greatest of all-time. Scroll down to vote. Then, come back on May 20, 2022 to find out the voting results, and May 22, 2022 for our discussion on 1983.
Summer is here, and Diana Ross and Tame Impala (with Jack Antonoff) are hoping they’ve laid down the Song of the Summer. Tim and Chris discuss the disco-flavored “Turn Up the Sunshine” before taking a look back at Tame Impala’s career. Plus, they revisit Harry Styles’ ‘Harry’s House’ after a few weeks of sitting with the new album.
Modern Songs is a music discovery podcast reviewing new music and songs released since 2006.
We’re in between the 1982 and ’83 episodes, so why not take a moment to look back at EVERYTHING?
Join Tim, Chris, and our special guest, Billboard Deputy Editor Andrew Unterberger (Twitter: @AUgetoffmygold) as they discuss the full Hall of Songs to this point.
We ask: Is this experiment of determining the greatest songs of all-time worthy? What are the biggest surprise Hall of Songs members? What songs, artists, and genres are being snubbed? It’s a fun look at the whole picture before we dive back into nominees.