Riffs on Riffs
By Evergreen Podcasts
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Episodes: 177
Description
Riffs on Riffs is about the thrill of musical discovery — that tingle down your spine when a perfect melody kicks in. Every chart-topper is a sonic time capsule. We'll crack it open, trace its history, decode those cryptic lyrics, and unearth the hidden gems in its musical DNA. Hosts Joe and Toby are back as your audio archaeologists, digging up the stories behind the songs.
But here's where it gets fun. From those melodies, we riff. Wild tangents, pop culture connections, personal stories, those "shower thoughts" sparked by a killer chorus – think of it as the ultimate deep dive followed by a freewheeling jam session inspired by the hits. Dust off your headphones and get ready to rediscover those songs you thought you knew.
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Adela "Nicole Kidman"
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Nov 03, 2026 |
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The Angel’s Share: What AI Music Can’t Replace
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Oct 20, 2026 |
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Wild Pitches: Wasia Project, SunandMoon, LP, Kareen Lomax, Malia, Nothing But Thieves
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Oct 06, 2026 |
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Stella Lefty "Boston"
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Sep 22, 2026 |
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Steve Lacy "Oh yeah?"
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Sep 08, 2026 |
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Ariana Grande "petal"
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Aug 27, 2026 |
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Angine de Poitrine "Fabienk"
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Aug 04, 2026 |
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Sienna Spiro "Die On This Hill"
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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Olivia Rodrigo "Drop Dead"
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Jul 02, 2026 |
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Drake - "Janice STFU"
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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Chris Brown "Fallin"
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May 14, 2026 |
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Kehlani "Folded"
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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Jalen Ngonda "If You Don't Want My Love"
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Harry Styles "Aperture"
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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Megan Moroney "Tennessee Orange"
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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The Marias "No One Noticed"
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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sombr "back to friends"
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Ella Langley "Choosin' Texas"
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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BigXThaPlug "All the Way" ( feat. Bailey Zimmerman)
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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Bad Bunny "Baile Inolvidable"
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Dec 21, 2025 |
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Amber Mark - "Sweet Serotonin"
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Daniel Caesar "Call On Me"
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Nov 09, 2025 |
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Tame Impala "Dracula"
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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Oliva Dean "Man I Need"
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Remi Wolf "Soup"
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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Glass Animals "Heat Waves"
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Sleep Token "Aqua Regia"
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Clipse "The Birds Don't Sing"
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Jamiroquai "Virtual Insanity"
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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WALK THE MOON "Shut Up and Dance"
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Alex Warren "Ordinary"
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Ravyn Lenae "Love Me Not"
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May 13, 2025 |
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Leon Thomas “MUTT”
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Doechii “ANXIETY”
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Benson Boone “Beautiful Things”
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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LISA “Born Again (feat. Doja Cat & RAYE)"
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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SZA “Saturn”
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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Morgan Wallen “Smile”
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Cynthia Erivo “Defying Gravity (feat. Ariana Grande)”
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars “Die With A Smile”
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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Chappell Roan "Good Luck, Babe!"
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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Nat King Cole "The Christmas Song"
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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Shaboozey “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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Teddy Swims "Lose Control"
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Laufey "From The Start"
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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LL COOL J “Murdergram Deux (feat. Eminem)”
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Billie Eilish "BIRDS OF A FEATHER"
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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Sabrina Carpenter "Please Please Please"
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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T-Pain "Buy U A Drank"
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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Hozier "Too Sweet"
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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Amy Winehouse "Back to Black"
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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The Weeknd "Can't Feel My Face"
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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Journey "Don't Stop Believin'"
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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Four Guys Riff In a Bar
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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Red Hot Chili Peppers "Under the Bridge"
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Katy Perry "I Kissed a Girl"
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Owl City "Fireflies"
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May 28, 2024 |
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Pharrell Williams "Happy"
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May 14, 2024 |
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Naughty By Nature "O.P.P."
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Beyoncé "TEXAS HOLD 'EM"
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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Taylor Swift "Cruel Summer"
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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Episode 4: Where Do We Go From Here?
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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Episode 3: It All Falls Apart
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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Episode 2: Living the Dream?
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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Episode 1: The Origins of 24-Carat Black
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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Riffs on Riffs Season 3 Trailer
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May 18, 2022 |
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Chainsmoking and the Nickelback Effect
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Nov 18, 2020 |
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Am I Wrong for Loving K Pop?
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Nov 04, 2020 |
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Songs That Are Just Plain Wrong
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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Lane Changes
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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I Need You to Break My Heart Tonight
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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Songs You Didn't Know Were Covers
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Sep 09, 2020 |
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Rock-a-Bye Humpty Hump
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Aug 26, 2020 |
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Can't Stop the La Di Da Di
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Aug 12, 2020 |
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Music 2 Protest 2
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Jul 29, 2020 |
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Mama Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
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Jul 15, 2020 |
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The Pussycat Dolls "Beep" vs. Electric Light Orchestra "Evil Woman" | Evil Beep
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Mar 25, 2020 |
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OutKast "Ms. Jackson" vs. The Brothers Johnson "Strawberry Letter 23" | Ms. Jackson is OUT of Strawberries
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Mar 11, 2020 |
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Chris Stapleton "Tennessee Whiskey" vs. Etta James "I'd Rather Go Blind" | I'd Rather Have Whiskey
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Feb 26, 2020 |
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Common "The Light" vs. Bobby Caldwell "Open Your Eyes" | We Have Bobby in Common
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Feb 12, 2020 |
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Ed Sheeran "Shape of You" vs. TLC "No Scrubs" | The Shape of a Scrub
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Jan 29, 2020 |
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LL Cool J "Around the Way Girl" vs. Mary Jane Girls "All Night Long" | All Night Around the Way
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Jan 15, 2020 |
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Jonas Brothers "Only Human" vs. "The Chicken Dance" | My Brother Jonas is a Chicken
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Jan 01, 2020 |
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Mary J. Blige "My Life" vs. Roy Ayers Ubiquity "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" | Everybody Loves My Life
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Dec 18, 2019 |
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Heavy D & the Boyz "Now That We Found Love" vs. The O'Jays "Now That We Found Love" | Now That We Found Heavy Love
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Dec 04, 2019 |
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Lady Gaga "Born This Way" vs. Madonna "Express Yourself" | Born to Express Yourself
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Nov 20, 2019 |
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Warren G "Regulate" vs. Michael McDonald "I Keep Forgettin'" | Regulate Your Doobie
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Nov 06, 2019 |
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Beck "Jack-Ass" vs. Them (Van Morrison) "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" | It's All Over Now, Jack-Ass
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Oct 23, 2019 |
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The Clash "Should I Stay or Should I Go", "Rock the Casbah" & "Train in Vain" | Should I Rock the Train in Vain?
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Oct 09, 2019 |
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Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello "I Know What You Did Last Summer" vs. Bill Withers "Ain't No Sunshine" | Ain't No Sunshine Last Summer
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Sep 25, 2019 |
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Fall Out Boy "Centuries" vs. Suzanne Vega "Tom's Diner" | The Fall Out at Tom's Diner
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Sep 11, 2019 |
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Riffs on Riffs Episode 28 Bloopers
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Aug 28, 2019 |
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Public Enemy vs. Anthrax "Bring the Noise"
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Aug 28, 2019 |
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Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth "See You Again" vs. Ray Charles "Bye Bye Love" | Bye Bye Til I See You Again
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Aug 14, 2019 |
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DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince "Summertime" vs. Kool & the Gang "Summer Madness" | Summertime Madness
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Jul 31, 2019 |
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Boston "More Than a Feeling" vs. Elton John "Screw You (Young Man's Blues)" | The Rockman and the Rocketman
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Jul 17, 2019 |
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Tyler, the Creator "IGOR'S THEME" vs. Head West "Attention" | Getting Igor's Attention
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Jul 03, 2019 |
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Too $hort "The Ghetto" vs. Donny Hathaway "The Ghetto" | Donny is Too Short
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Jun 19, 2019 |
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Juice WRLD "Lucid Dreams" vs. Sting "Shape of My Heart" | The Shape of My Lucid Dreams
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Jun 05, 2019 |
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Lil Nas X "Old Town Road" vs. Nine Inch Nails "34 Ghosts IV" | Old Town Ghosts
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May 22, 2019 |
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Kraftwerk vs. Afrika Bambaataa, Coldplay, New Order & The Chemical Brothers | Trans-European Hot Tubs
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May 08, 2019 |
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3rd Bass "Pop Goes the Weasel" vs. Peter Gabriel "Sledgehammer" | Pop Goes the Sledgehammer
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Apr 24, 2019 |
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Cardi B "Be Careful" vs. Lauryn Hill "Ex-Factor" | Be Careful of Exes
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Apr 10, 2019 |
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House of Pain "Jump Around" vs. Junior Walker & the All Stars "Shoot Your Shot" | Shooting Pains
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Mar 27, 2019 |
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Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars "Uptown Funk" vs. The Gap Band "Oops Upside Your Head" | Oops Upside Your Funk
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Mar 13, 2019 |
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Ariana Grande "The Way" vs. Brenda Russell "A Little Bit of Love" | The Way to a Little Bit of Love
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Feb 27, 2019 |
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Pitbull "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)" vs. Chicago "Street Player" | I Know You Want a Street Player
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Feb 13, 2019 |
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P.M. Dawn "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" vs. Spandau Ballet "True" | True Memories of Bliss
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Jan 30, 2019 |
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Aaliyah "Are You That Somebody?" vs. The Meters "People Say" | People Say You're That Somebody
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Jan 16, 2019 |
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Halsey "Alone" vs. Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. "Nothing Can Stop Me" | Nothing Alone Can Stop Me
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Jan 02, 2019 |
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The Notorious B.I.G. "Big Poppa" vs. The Isley Brothers "Between the Sheets" | Biggie Sheets
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Dec 19, 2018 |
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Mariah Carey "Fantasy" vs. Tom Tom Club "Genius of Love" | The Tom Tom Fantasy
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Dec 05, 2018 |
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Lin-Manuel Miranda "Hamilton" vs. The Notorious B.I.G., DMX & Grandmaster Flash | The Hamilton Hip-Hop Mixtape
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Nov 21, 2018 |
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MC Hammer "Pray" vs. Prince "When Doves Cry" | When Doves Pray
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Nov 14, 2018 |
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Janet Jackson "Rhythm Nation" vs. Sly & the Family Stone "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" | Thank You for Sittin' In My Rhythm Nation
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Nov 07, 2018 |
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Taylor Swift "Look What You Made Me Do" vs. Right Said Fred "I'm Too Sexy" | Look, You Made Me Too Sexy
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Oct 31, 2018 |
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Jay-Z "99 Problems" vs. Billy Squier "The Big Beat" | 99 Problems and a Big Fire Ain't One
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Oct 24, 2018 |
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Wu-Tang Clan "Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing ta F' Wit" vs. The Allen Toussaint Orchestra "Underdog" | Underdog Ain't Nuthin' to Mess With
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Oct 16, 2018 |
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Stevie Nicks "Edge of Seventeen" vs. The Police "Bring On the Night" | The Edge of Police Booty
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Oct 16, 2018 |
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2Pac "California Love" vs. Joe Cocker "Woman to Woman" | California Woman
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Oct 16, 2018 |
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Season 1 Trailer
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Oct 01, 2018 |