50th Election Results! It’s a Big Induction Ceremony

We’ve actually done 50 results shows, which means 50 elections, which means we’ve accomplished something.

Here, in this 50th results show, we discuss our most recent nominees. These are songs released between 1997 and 2004, including hits by Usher,  Kanye West, Britney Spears, Eminem, and Coldplay, among others. And we have a lot of new Hall of Songs members to reveal, as well.

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49th Election Results: It Seems 2003 Was a Good Year for Music

Will any songs join the 109 already in the Hall of Songs, the pantheon of music that everyone in the world recognizes as the only true measuring stick of song greatness?

Find out!

This is our 49th election results show. Yes, we’ve had 49 elections so far. Join us (Tim and Chris) as we recap the latest vote totals. Songs from between 1997 and 2003 were up for the Hall of Songs in this one, so we’ve got Outkast, Eminem, Britney Spears, the Notorious BIG, and much more.

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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.

2002! A List of Top-12 Songs So Hot … You May Want to Take Your Clothes Off

Tim and Chris dive into the music of 2002 for this latest episode of Hall of Songs. What are the top-12 songs of this crazy year of positively lewd music? There’ll be a little Nelly, maybe a little Missy, and possibly a little Eminem.

After listening, visit hallofsongs.com to vote for the songs that you think belong in our hall of fame of songs … the Hall of Songs.

After listening to Tim and Chris, VOTE for the greatest songs of all time! Songs from 2002, plus tunes from 2001, 2000, ’99, and ’97 are up for a shot to make the Hall of Songs! VOTE BELOW and come back on May 12, 2023, to find out which song or songs get in!

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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2001: A Hall of Songs Odyssey

Hall of Songs continues with Tim and Chris’ foray into the year 2001. They choose their top-12 songs of a year that includes plenty of new guitar rock, an ever-changing R&B and pop sound, and surprising leaps forward in dance and alternative rock.

After listening, visit hallofsongs.com to vote for the songs that you think belong in our hall of fame for songs … the Hall of Songs.

After listening to Tim and Chris, VOTE for the greatest songs of all time! Songs from 2001, plus tunes from 2000, 1999, and ’97 are up for a shot to make the Hall of Songs! VOTE BELOW and come back on April 28, 2023, to find out which song or songs get in!

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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2000! Ring in a New Millennium With The 12 Best Songs of the Year

Hall of Songs enters the 21st century. After 49 episodes chronicling the evolution of popular recorded Western music, we arrive at the beginning of what the next 23 years will sound like. There’s space-age rap and funk, dance pop jams, industrial nu-metal, and sound collages to the nth degree.

Join us as we give you the top-12 songs of 2000. Then head to hallofsongs.com to vote for the tracks you think surpass them all as members of the Hall of Songs.

After listening to Tim and Chris, VOTE for the greatest songs of all time! Songs from 2000, plus tunes from 1999, ’98, ’97, ’91 and ’90 are up for a shot to make the Hall of Songs! VOTE BELOW and come back on April 14, 2023, to find out which song or songs get in!

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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Full results coming soon!