The archive · 96 songs · new episode every day
Every song
has a secret.
The real stories behind the songs you know by heart: who wrote them, what they are really about, and what happened in the studio.
96 stories
Like a Rolling Stone
Bob Dylan · 1965
Long read
Hotel California
Eagles · 1976
Dynamite
BTS · 2020
EP 098
Waterfalls
TLC · 1994
EP 092▶ Video
Old Town Road
Lil Nas X · 2019
EP 097
Uptown Funk
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars · 2014
EP 096▶ Video
Blurred Lines
Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams & T.I. · 2013
EP 095
Personal Jesus
Depeche Mode · 1989
EP 091▶ Video
House of the Rising Sun
The Animals · 1964
EP 085▶ Video
Ring of Fire
Johnny Cash · 1963
EP 084▶ Video
Blinding Lights
The Weeknd · 2020
EP 083▶ Video
bad guy
Billie Eilish · 2019
EP 082▶ Video
Despacito
Luis Fonsi ft. Daddy Yankee · 2017
EP 081▶ Video
Formation
Beyoncé · 2016
EP 080▶ Video
Chandelier
Sia · 2014
EP 079▶ Video
Gangnam Style
Psy · 2012
EP 078
Toxic
Britney Spears · 2004
EP 077▶ Video
Crazy in Love
Beyonce ft. Jay-Z · 2003
EP 094▶ Video
Crazy in Love
Beyoncé feat. Jay-Z · 2003
EP 076▶ Video
Hurt
Johnny Cash · 2002
EP 075▶ Video
Killing in the Name
Rage Against the Machine · 1992
EP 074
Tears in Heaven
Eric Clapton · 1992
EP 073▶ Video
Loser
Beck · 1994
EP 072▶ Video
Black Hole Sun
Soundgarden · 1994
EP 071▶ Video
Hallelujah
Leonard Cohen · 1984
EP 070▶ Video
When Doves Cry
Prince · 1984
EP 069▶ Video
Tainted Love
Soft Cell · 1981
EP 068▶ Video
Once in a Lifetime
Talking Heads · 1980
EP 067▶ Video
Rapper's Delight
The Sugarhill Gang · 1979
EP 066
I Will Survive
Gloria Gaynor · 1978
EP 065▶ Video
Killing Me Softly with His Song
Roberta Flack · 1973
EP 064▶ Video
What's Going On
Marvin Gaye · 1971
EP 063
The Sound of Silence
Simon & Garfunkel · 1966
EP 062▶ Video
Good Vibrations
The Beach Boys · 1966
EP 061▶ Video
Respect
Aretha Franklin · 1967
EP 060▶ Video
Get Lucky
Daft Punk · 2013
EP 059▶ Video
Somebody That I Used to Know
Gotye · 2011
EP 058▶ Video
Poker Face
Lady Gaga · 2008
EP 057▶ Video
Use Somebody
Kings of Leon · 2008
EP 056▶ Video
Umbrella
Rihanna · 2007
EP 055▶ Video
Rehab
Amy Winehouse · 2006
EP 054▶ Video
Crazy
Gnarls Barkley · 2006
EP 053▶ Video
Mr. Brightside
The Killers · 2003
EP 052▶ Video
Seven Nation Army
The White Stripes · 2003
EP 051▶ Video
Hey Ya!
OutKast · 2003
EP 050▶ Video
In the End
Linkin Park · 2000
EP 049▶ Video
Yellow
Coldplay · 2000
EP 048▶ Video
...Baby One More Time
Britney Spears · 1998
EP 047▶ Video
Iris
Goo Goo Dolls · 1998
EP 046▶ Video
Bitter Sweet Symphony
The Verve · 1997
EP 045▶ Video
Song 2
Blur · 1997
EP 044▶ Video
Under the Bridge
Red Hot Chili Peppers · 1991
EP 043▶ Video
Nothing Compares 2 U
Sinead O'Connor · 1990
EP 042▶ Video
Like a Prayer
Madonna · 1989
EP 041▶ Video
Careless Whisper
George Michael · 1984
EP 040▶ Video
Time After Time
Cyndi Lauper · 1983
EP 039▶ Video
Message in a Bottle
The Police · 1979
EP 038▶ Video
London Calling
The Clash · 1979
EP 037▶ Video
Video Killed the Radio Star
The Buggles · 1979
EP 036▶ Video
Dream On
Aerosmith · 1973
EP 035▶ Video
Free Bird
Lynyrd Skynyrd · 1973
EP 034▶ Video
Tiny Dancer
Elton John · 1971
EP 033▶ Video
American Pie
Don McLean · 1971
EP 032▶ Video
Layla
Derek and the Dominos · 1970
EP 031▶ Video
Rolling in the Deep
Adele · 2011
EP 030▶ Video
Lose Yourself
Eminem · 2002
EP 029▶ Video
My Heart Will Go On
Celine Dion · 1997
EP 028▶ Video
Wind of Change
Scorpions · 1990
EP 027▶ Video
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Eurythmics · 1983
EP 026▶ Video
Livin' on a Prayer
Bon Jovi · 1986
EP 025
Africa
Toto · 1982
EP 024▶ Video
Running Up That Hill
Kate Bush · 1985
Fast Car
Tracy Chapman · 1988
Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2
Pink Floyd · 1979
EP 023▶ Video
Heroes
David Bowie · 1977
EP 022▶ Video
Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen · 1975
EP 021▶ Video
Dancing Queen
ABBA · 1976
EP 020▶ Video
No Woman, No Cry
Bob Marley · 1974
EP 019▶ Video
Creep
Radiohead · 1992
EP 018▶ Video
With or Without You
U2 · 1987
EP 017▶ Video
Take On Me
a-ha · 1985
EP 016▶ Video
Purple Rain
Prince · 1984
EP 015▶ Video
I Will Always Love You
Whitney Houston · 1992
EP 014▶ Video
Comfortably Numb
Pink Floyd · 1979
EP 013▶ Video
Thriller
Michael Jackson · 1982
EP 012▶ Video
Losing My Religion
R.E.M. · 1991
EP 011▶ Video
Every Breath You Take
The Police · 1983
EP 010▶ Video
Sweet Child O' Mine
Guns N' Roses · 1987
EP 009
Zombie
The Cranberries · 1994
EP 008▶ Video
Nothing Else Matters
Metallica · 1991
EP 007▶ Video
Wonderwall
Oasis · 1995
EP 006▶ Video
Stairway to Heaven
Led Zeppelin · 1971
EP 005▶ Video
Imagine
John Lennon · 1971
EP 004▶ Video
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nirvana · 1991
EP 003▶ Video
Billie Jean
Michael Jackson · 1982
EP 002▶ Video
Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen · 1975
EP 001▶ Video