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The Second Song
Spring 2024 • 2nd & 4th Tuesdays of each month, 2–3am (i.e. Monday night)
A show about one-hit wonders… and what they did when their 15 minutes of fame were up
Episode List
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E3: Across the Pond (Mar. 26, 2023)
Theme: British artists that were popular in their home country, but one-hit wonders here.
| Song Title | Artist | Album | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Come On Eileen [Single Version] | Dexys Midnight Runners | Too-Rye-Ay | |
| Geno | Dexys Midnight Runners | Searching for the Young Soul Rebels | |
| The Celtic Soul Brothers (More, Please, Thank You) [2022 remix] | Dexys Midnight Runners | Too-Rye-Ay (As It Should Have Sounded) | |
| Written in the Stars | Tinie Tempah ft. Eric Turner | Disc-Overy | |
| Pass Out | Tinie Tempah ft. Labrinth | Disc-Overy | |
| Beneath Your Beautiful | Labrinth ft. Emeli Sandé | Electronic Earth | |
| Song 2 | Blur | Blur | |
| Girls and Boys [Single Version] | Blur | Parklife | |
| The Narcissist | Blur | The Ballad of Darren | |
| Hole in the Head | Sugababes | Three | |
| About You Now | Sugababes | Change | |
| Murder on the Dancefloor | Sophie Ellis-Bextor | Read My Lips |
E2: Late ’90s (Feb. 27, 2023)
Also repeated on Mar. 12, 2023 (because I was on spring break).
| Song Title | Artist | Album | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mambo No. 5 | Lou Bega | A Little Bit of Mambo | 6-second intro (“Ladies and gentlemen, this is Mambo No. 5!”) |
| Tubthumping | Chumbawamba | Tubthumper | |
| Amnesia | Chumbawamba | Tubthumper | |
| The Impression That I Get | The Mighty Mighty Bosstones | Let’s Face It | |
| The Rascal King | The Mighty Mighty Bosstones | Let’s Face It | |
| The Impression That I Get [Sped Up] | The Mighty Mighty Bosstones | The Impression That I Get [Sped Up] [Single] | I’m so sorry, guys |
| Torn | Natalie Imbruglia | Left of the Middle | Ednaswap cover |
| Wrong Impression | Natalie Imbruglia | White Lilies Island | |
| Lovefool | The Cardigans | First Band on the Moon | |
| My Favourite Game | The Cardigans | Gran Turismo | |
| Kiss Me | Sixpence None the Richer | Sixpence None the Richer | |
| There She Goes | Sixpence None the Richer | Sixpence None the Richer | The La’s cover |
| Closing Time | Semisonic | Feeling Strangely Fine | |
| Singing in My Sleep | Semisonic | Feeling Strangely Fine | |
| Little Bit of Sun | Semisonic | Little Bit of Sun |
E1: 2010s Indie Pop (Feb. 13, 2023)
The pilot episode.
| Song Title | Artist | Album | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wish I Knew You | The Revivalists | Men Amongst Mountains | |
| All My Friends | The Revivalists | Take Good Care | |
| Down in the Dirt [Live from Gilford, NH] | The Revivalists | — | From YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mfn0z_AB6k |
| Sail | Awolnation | Megalithic Symphony | |
| Hollow Moon (Bad Wolf) | Awolnation | Run | |
| Candy Pop | Awolnation | Candy Pop [EP] | |
| Ho Hey | The Lumineers | The Lumineers | |
| Ophelia | The Lumineers | Cleopatra | |
| Spotless | Zach Bryan ft. The Lumineers | Zach Bryan | |
| Best Day of My Life | American Authors | Oh, What a Life | |
| Believer | American Authors | Oh, What a Life | |
| Christmas in Hollis | American Authors | Christmas in Hollis [EP] | Probably for the best that I didn’t have time to play this one |
| Feel It Still | Portugal. The Man | Woodstock | |
| Live in the Moment | Portugal. The Man | Woodstock | |
| Doubt [Mizmor Version] | Portugal. The Man & Mizmor | Doubt [Mizmor Version] [Single] | A metal remix of PTM’s song “Doubt” |