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2007-10 Veterans Committee: The Final 4 Nominees + Christmas Songs!

As we come to the end of the main Hall of Songs timeline, we nominate the final four songs through the Veterans Committee. Spoiler: We’ve reached Peak Chris.

Later, Tim and Chris talk about Christmas songs. Has Billboard gone too far in how it calculates the Hot 100? Can we get beyond the 15 or so standards that get overplayed every holiday? And what other songs should we paying attention to?

After listening to Tim and Chris, VOTE for the greatest songs of all time! Songs from 2010, plus tunes from 2009, ’08, ’07 and ’03 are up for a shot to make the Hall of Songs! VOTE BELOW and come back on January 5, 2024, to find out which song or songs get in!

2003-06 Veterans Committee: Shiny Teeth, Drunken Minneapolis Nights, and Other Songs

Tim and Chris are back to discuss the music of the years 2003-06. It’s a veterans committee episode, in which the pair select four songs from the era for Hall of Songs nomination.

And what songs are they? You’ll just have to listen to find out!

Plus, Tim and Chris will dive deeper into the music of 2003-06 and reminisce about center-of-the-aisle modern rock, British crooners, and the most underrated R&B star of the time.

48th Election Results: Lose Yourself In These Election Totals

It’s now time for the 48th Hall of Songs election! Songs from between 1997 and 2002 are up for induction, but what may get in? Artists with records on this ballot include Eminem, Nelly, Coldplay, Missy Elliott, Daft Punk, and Destiny’s Child.

Will any song become the 109th to reach the Hall of Songs? Find out now!

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1999-2002 Veterans Committee: Nominating 4 New Songs … and Maybe You’ve Heard of Them All!

Here at Hall of Songs, especially as we go deeper into the 2000s, we’re starting to see the diverging music tastes of our two hosts. We’re also starting to see how seriously each of them takes the idea of nominating songs for our self-described pantheon.

We kid. This is the Veterans Committee episode for the years 1999-2002. Tim and Chris go back into these years and nominate four songs for the Hall of Songs. Then they discuss some of the other tunes, artists, and genres that they were into at the time.

Listen as we discuss four years of pop, dance, country, alternative rock, and mainstream R&B.

47th Election Results: Quiet! Hush Ya Mouth as We Present Some Election Totals

Can the Hall of Songs go beyond its 106 current inductees? Will an artist like Missy Elliott, Eminem, The White Stripes, Alicia Keys, or The Strokes make it in? What about artists on the ballot from previous years, like Daft Punk, the Notorious B.I.G. and Santana (featuring Rob Thomas)?

Join us as we recap another election, featuring songs released between 1997 and ’01. It’s essentially everything Tim was listening to in high school, and everything Chris was not listening to en route to getting married.

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46th Election Results: The Fate of Freedom …. ’90

For the second time in Hall of Songs history, a song lasts for a full diet of 10 elections. So what is the fate of George Michael’s “Freedom ’90”? Will it enter our pantheon of songs? Or will freedom burn forever?

That’s a dark way of putting it.

Anyway, other songs are also up for the Hall of Songs! Most of them are from the late 90s and 2000. OutKast, Eminem and Destiny’s Child are among the big names up for election. Tune in and find out just how they did!

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45th Election Results: From ‘Freedom ’90’ to ‘Windowlicker,’ We Assess This Very ’90s Election

It’s a full diet of the 90s in our this election results show. Songs that were released from between 1990 and ’99 are up for the Hall of Songs. You voted, we tell you what happened.

Is this the election that George Michael finally breaks through? Or maybe U2 gets in for once? Maybe this is Eminem’s moment, or possibly we get another Hall of Songs entry from The Notorious B.I.G.?

Listen now to find out if you picked new inductees for our pantheon of music, our hall of fame for records … the Hall of Songs.

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How We Pick Our Nominees: 2000 in (More Than) 60 Songs

You want a special episode of Hall of Songs? You want to know how Tim and Chris come up with their nominees for the top-12 songs of each year? YOU GOT IT.

Join Tim and Chris as they go through the many songs released in 2000. They’ll discuss many songs, albums, and artists, from Aaliyah to Ying Yang Twins. By the end of the episode, they will have their pool of 60 possible Hall of Songs nominees from 2000, and they’ll make quick determinations on what the final 12 might be.

44th Election Results: This Election Cycle Is Killing Me (And I)

The Hall of Songs is at 100! But how much more can we get in this election?

Join Tim and Chris as they recap the latest vote, which included songs released between 1990 and ’98. Lots of familiar faces here, from Madonna to Radiohead, and from Foo Fighters to Britney, all angling for a shot to be among the greatest songs of all-time.

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43rd Election Results: On the Doorstep of 100 Hall of Songs Inductees

We started this experiment a little more than two years ago. Since, we have covered nearly 50 years of music history, nominating hundreds of songs for the Hall of Songs and ultimately inducting 97.

In this episode, recapping the results of our 43rd election, we inch closer to our 100th inductee. Do we get there? What songs from the 1990s do well in our latest round of voting?

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