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    Hall of Songs

    What are the greatest songs of all-time? Hosts Chris Jones and Tim Malcolm nominate songs for the Hall of Songs, with each episode tackling a new year chronologically, starting with 1951. Listeners are asked to vote after each episode for the songs they feel should reach the Hall of Songs.
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    Episodes (152)

    Presenting Our Short List for 2003: Major Pop Hits, Theatric Rock, Indie Explosion

    Presenting Our Short List for 2003: Major Pop Hits, Theatric Rock, Indie Explosion

    Before we give you our 12 nominees for 2003, we decided to bring you back behind the curtain to discuss our short list.

    For this special episode, we're joined by Andrew Unterberger of Billboard as we discuss the top ... uh ... 30 or so songs of the year, at least by our standards. You'll get some Outkast, Jay-Z, Britney, Dizzee Rascal, Drive By Truckers, and a whole lot more.

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

    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.

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

    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.

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

    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

    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.

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    46th Election Results: The Fate of Freedom .... '90

    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

    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.

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

    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

    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.

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    1999! Before Y2K and the End of Civilization, Let's Get Smooth!

    1999! Before Y2K and the End of Civilization, Let's Get Smooth!

    We're about to enter a new century on Hall of Songs. Nay, a new millennium. Such a historic moment, which may bring about the certain destruction of our planet, deserves 12 incredible songs, right? 

    In this episode of Hall of Songs, Tim and Chris run through the 12 songs that mattered most before the end of ... something. Listen as we celebrate artists such as TLC, Eminem, and Santana (featuring Rob Thomas)!

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

    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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    1995-98 Veterans Committee: More 90s Goodness and, Finally, Phish

    1995-98 Veterans Committee: More 90s Goodness and, Finally, Phish

    Hall of Songs arrives at the latest Veterans Committee episode, in which Tim and Chris discuss songs from the previous four years of investigation, in this case 1995-98. They nominate four songs from that period for Hall of Songs consideration. 

    And they also talk about Phish.

    Look, it's one of Chris' favorite bands. And it's Tim's least favorite anything. But they talk about 'em. And then Tim flips the script and talks about an artist he loved for years. It's fun, trust us.

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    1998! R&B, Rap, Teen Pop & Millennial Optimism!

    1998! R&B, Rap, Teen Pop & Millennial Optimism!

    We've crossed another generational line in Hall of Songs. This time we're past Generation X's time in the pop spotlight, and we've moved on with millennials influencing the charts. That means a sunny optimism (or poptimism?) is rising among our nominees.

    And these are, in fact, our 12 nominees from 1998 -- our picks for the best songs of the year! Listen to Tim and Chris as they discuss this dirty dozen, then be sure to vote for the best of the best at hallofsongs.com!

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

    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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    1997! Stacked Year Has Elite Pop, Rock, Dance, Anti-Capitalism

    1997! Stacked Year Has Elite Pop, Rock, Dance, Anti-Capitalism

    We're deep into the 1990s at Hall of Songs, and in this episode, Tim and Chris select their top-12 from 1997!

    You should expect equal doses of rap, dance-pop, and rock, with dashes of country-crossover, R&B, and whatever the hell was happening over in Britain. It's a wild year where music defied genre and just about everyone (except Bad Boy Records) was railing against capitalism.

    If you listen within the first week of the episode's release, vote at hallofsongs.com for what you believe are the best songs of all-time! Songs from this episode, plus tunes from elsewhere in the 90s, are up for election.

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    42nd Election Results: Aw Crap, Back Into the Rant Zone We Go

    42nd Election Results: Aw Crap, Back Into the Rant Zone We Go

    Here at Hall of Songs, we take seriously the task of discussing and nominating tunes for our prestigious pantheon. When we place songs on the ballot, we truly believe that they belong (OK, there have been exceptions). So in this episode, recapping our 42nd election, we talk at length about a few trends we've seen, and if they really live up to the sanctity of our hall of fame for songs. Yup, it's Rant Zone time!

    OK, we also induct songs. We do! It's really not that serious, but this episode will take you behind the curtain a bit more. 

    Songs from 1990 to '96 are up for induction here, so listen to find out what got in, what didn't get in, and what grinded our gears.

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    1996! The Future of Pop + R&B and the Rise of Sunny Alt Rock

    1996! The Future of Pop + R&B and the Rise of Sunny Alt Rock

    When it's all said and done, this may be the most interesting episode of Hall of Songs. Tim and Chris go deep into the music of 1996, which includes rap, alternative rock, R&B, and ... well, you'll have to listen to hear the rest.

    Listen to hear our top-12 songs of the year. Then visit hallofsongs.com to vote for what you think are the absolute greatest songs of all-time.

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    41st Election Results: 32 Songs from 1989 to 95 Face the Music ...

    41st Election Results: 32 Songs from 1989 to 95 Face the Music ...

    Voters, you had a tall task in front of you. The latest Hall of Songs ballot included 32 songs released between 1989 and '95. We're talking some of the biggest artists of all-time, including Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, U2, George Michael, Notorious B.I.G., Green Day, Oasis, and Nirvana. Plus we have genre favorites from artists like Son Volt, Bjork, and D'Angelo, among others. Big ballot. So what did you do?

    In voting for what you thought were the absolute greatest songs ever ... you gave us plenty to talk about. Listen to this 41st election results show to learn how it all shook out. It's a lot of fun!

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    1995! Britpop, Rap Becomes Pop, and New Voices Emerge

    1995! Britpop, Rap Becomes Pop, and New Voices Emerge

    In 1995, the world starts zooming onto the Information Superhighway. And while we're figuring out our screen names and hoping the phone doesn't ring, we're hearing some mammoth tunes from the likes of Mariah Carey, Coolio and Oasis. We're also seeing some new names on the charts, on MTV, and in our record stores. 

    These are our top-12 songs from the year that was. Listen now, then head to hallofsongs.com to vote for what you think are the absolute greatest songs of all-time. 

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    40th Election Results: We Actually Have Done 40 of These

    40th Election Results: We Actually Have Done 40 of These

    Songs that were released between 1989 and '94 were up for election to the Hall of Songs. Did any get in? You have to tune in to find out!

    Listen to this episode recapping our 40th election to find out how songs by artists like A Tribe Called Quest, The Cranberries, Green Day, Oasis, and Mazzy Star did on the ballot. 


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