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Metaverse: Season 2
Spring 2023 • Saturdays, 2–4pm
Exploring the metadata behind iconic rock and pop songs
Episode List
Click to jump to an episode.
- S2E12: Meta-Metaverse (May 6, 2023)
- S2E11: These Go to #11 (Apr. 29, 2023)
- S2E10: Mr. Prefix (Apr. 15, 2023)
- S2E9: Xtreme Kool Badd Speelingz 4 U (Apr. 8, 2023)
- S2E8: Coloring Book (Apr. 1, 2023)
- S2E7: Same Title, Different Song II (Mar. 25, 2023)
- S2E6: Study Abroad (Mar. 18, 2023)
- S2E5: Family Affair (Feb. 25, 2023)
- S2E4: Rock and/or Roll (Feb. 18, 2023)
- S2E3: Three Letters and the Truth (Feb. 11, 2023)
- S2E2: Name Game (Feb. 4, 2023)
- S2E1: Metaverse Is Back! (Jan. 28, 2023)
S2E12: Meta-Metaverse (May 6, 2023)
Theme: Songs I could have played over the last two seasons of Metaverse but I didn't, perhaps because I didn't know about them. One or two songs for every episode, in order.
| Song Title | Artist | Album | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baby Got Back | Sir Mix-a-Lot | Mack Daddy | S2E1; finally played after I accidentally-on-purpose cut it 3 times |
| The Anthem | Good Charlotte | The Young and the Hopeless | S1E1: Same Title, Different Song |
| The Anthem | Pitbull ft. Lil Jon | The Boatlift | S1E1: Same Title, Different Song |
| What Makes You Beautiful | One Direction | Up All Night | S1E2: Journalism 101 |
| Church on Sunday | Green Day | Warning | S1E3: Time After Time |
| Twist and Shout [Mono] | The Beatles | Please Please Me | S1E4: Wait, That’s a Cover? |
| Twist and Shout | The Isley Brothers | Twist & Shout | S1E4: Wait, That’s a Cover? |
| Twist and Shout | The Top Notes | Always Late (Why Lead Me On) b/w Twist and Shout [Single] | S1E4: Wait, That’s a Cover? |
| Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of...) | Lou Bega | A Little Bit of Mambo | S1E5: By the Numbers |
| Knights of Cydonia | Muse | Black Holes and Revelations | S1E6: Ludicrously Long Songs |
| AWTCMM? | Dazy | Outofbody | S1E7: Super Short Songs |
| Forever & Always (Taylor’s Version) | Taylor Swift | Fearless (Taylor’s Version) | S1E8: Ever-est Playlist Ever |
| Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of...) | Lou Bega | A Little Bit of Mambo | S1E9: The Second Song |
| I Got a Girl | Lou Bega | A Little Bit of Mambo | S1E9: The Second Song; Faded after 1:30 because it’s basically the same song as “Mambo No. 5” but worse |
| Don’t Tell Me | Avril Lavigne | Under My Skin | S1E10: Negative Space |
| Bad to the Bone | George Thorogood & The Destroyers | Bad to the Bone | S1E11: Take the Bad with the Good |
| You Are the Best Thing | Ray LaMontagne | Gossip in the Grain | S1E12: Yooooooouuuuu!!! (skipped S1E13 because it’s not Christmas) |
| My Name Is Jonas | Weezer | Weezer (The Blue Album) | S2E2: Name Game |
| Mo Money Mo Problems | The Notorious B.I.G. ft. Puff Daddy, Mase & Kelly Price | Life After Death | S2E3: Three Letters and the Truth |
| Party Like a Rockstar | Shop Boyz | Rockstar Mentality | S2E4: Rock and/or Roll |
| Somebody’s Baby | Jackson Browne | Fast Time at Ridgemont High (Soundtrack) | S2E5: Family Affair |
| Boston | Augustana | All the Stars and Boulevards | S2E6: Study Abroad (skipped S2E7: Same Title, Different Song II) |
| Here I Go Again | Whitesnake | Whitesnake | S2E8: Coloring Book |
| Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of...) | Lou Bega | A Little Bit of Mambo | S2E9: Xtreme Kool Badd Speelingz 4 U (skipped S2E10–12 as the most recent episodes) |
| Down | Jay Sean ft. Lil Wayne | All or Nothing | The first song I played on Metaverse |
S2E11: These Go to #11 (April 29, 2023)
Theme: Songs that peaked at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100.
| Song Title | Artist | Album | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Love Story (Taylor’s Version) | Taylor Swift | Fearless (Taylor’s Version) | Re-recording peaked at #11; original version peaked at #4 |
| Happier Than Ever | Billie Eilish | Happier Than Ever | |
| What the Hell | Avril Lavigne | Goodbye Lullaby | |
| Coming Home | Diddy – Dirty Money | Last Train to Paris | |
| How Far We’ve Come | Matchbox 20 | Exile on Mainstream | |
| Thnks for th Mmrs | Fall Out Boy | Infinity on High | |
| Mockingbird | Eminem | Encore | |
| Just the Girl | The Click Five | Greetings from Imrie House | |
| Numb | Linkin Park | Meteora | |
| Till I Hear It From You | Gin Blossoms | Empire Records (Soundtrack) | |
| Because the Night | 10,000 Maniacs | MTV Unplugged [Live] | Patti Smith cover |
| You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) | Dead or Alive | Rip It Up | |
| Tonight I’m Gonna Rock You Tonight | Spın̈al Tap | This Is Spın̈al Tap | |
| Head Over Heels | The Go-Go’s | Talk Show | |
| Spirits in the Material World | The Police | Ghost in the Machine | |
| I Wanna Be Your Lover [Single Version] | Prince | Prince | |
| Barracuda | Heart | Little Queen | |
| Disco Inferno [Single Version] | The Trammps | Disco Inferno | |
| Carry On Wayward Son [Single Version] | Kansas | Leftoverture | |
| Take the Money and Run | Steve Miller Band | Fly Like an Eagle | |
| Reelin’ In the Years | Steely Dan | Can’t Buy a Thrill | |
| Goin’ Up the Country | Canned Heat | Living the Blues | |
| Mother Popcorn [Single Version] | James Brown | It’s a Mother | |
| Baby, Now That I’ve Found You | The Foundations | Baby, Now That I’ve Found You [US] | |
| Dirty Water | The Standells | Dirty Water | |
| Eleanor Rigby | The Beatles | Revolver | |
| The Way You Do the Things You Do | The Temptations | Meet the Temptations |
S2E10: Mr. Prefix (April 15, 2023)
Theme: Songs with people’s names in the title.
| Song Title | Artist | Album | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Worldwide (Intro) | Pitbull ft. Vein | Planet Pit | |
| Mr. Brightside | The Killers | Hot Fuss | |
| Mr. Blue Sky | Weezer | Weezer (The Teal Album) | |
| Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | |
| Mr. Jones | Counting Crows | August and Everything Ever | |
| Mr. Sandman | The Chordettes | “They’re Riding High”, Says Archie | |
| Mr. Saxobeat | Alexandra Stan | Saxobeats | |
| Mr. Perfectly Fine | Taylor Swift | Fearless (Taylor’s Version) | SD |
| To Be with You | Mr. Big | Lean Into It | |
| Please Mr. Postman | The Marvelettes | Please Mr. Postman | |
| Mrs. Robinson | The Lemonheads | It’s a Shame About Ray [Bonus Track] | |
| Ms. Jackson | Outkast | Stankonia | |
| Miss Independent | Kelly Clarkson | Thankful | |
| Miss Independent | Ne-Yo | Year of the Gentleman | |
| Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong | Spin Doctors | Pocket Full of Kryptonite | |
| Miss You | The Rolling Stones | Some Girls | |
| Work It | Missy Elliott | Under Construction | |
| Hit or Miss (Waited Too Long) | New Found Glory | New Found Glory | |
| Doctor Robert | The Beatles | Revolver | |
| The Next Episode | Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Dogg, Kurupt & Nate Dogg | The Chronic 2001 | |
| Doctor Doctor | UFO | Phenomenon | |
| Doctor Who XI (Theme Song) | Murray Gold | Doctor Who: Series 5 (Soundtrack) | |
| Sir Duke | Stevie Wonder | Songs in the Key of Life | |
| Feel the Pain | Dinosaur Jr. | Without a Sound | |
| Broken Wings | Mr. Mister | Welcome to the Real World | |
| Mr. Tambourine Man | William Shatner | Spaced Out: The Best of Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner | |
| Mr Blobby | Mr Blobby | Mr Blobby: The Album | |
| Mr. Custer | Larry Verne | Mister Larry Verne | First 30 seconds only because I can’t stand to listen to any more of it |
S2E9: Xtreme Kool Badd Speelingz (February 4, 2023)
Theme: songz and artistz that cant speel or grammerz good
| Song Title | Artist | Album | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nothing Compares 2 U | Sinéad O’Connor | I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got | |
| U + Ur Hand | P!nk | I’m Not Dead | Yes, the radio edit censors “you suck”. No, I don’t know why either. |
| U Can’t Touch This | MC Hammer | Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt ’Em | |
| Since U Been Gone | Kelly Clarkson | Breakaway | |
| I Would Die 4 U | Prince | Purple Rain (Soundtrack) | |
| Good 4 U | Olivia Rodrigo | Sour | |
| 4ever | The Veronicas | The Secret Life of... | |
| All 4 Love | Color Me Badd | C.M.B. | |
| She Loves You | The Beatles | Past Masters | |
| I’m a Believer | The Monkees | More of the Monkees | |
| Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) | The Byrds | Turn! Turn! Turn! | |
| Who Am I? (What’s My Name?) | Snoop Doggy Dogg | Doggystyle | |
| Tik Tok | Ke$ha | Animal | |
| Rapp Snitch Knishes | MF DOOM ft. Mr. Fantastik | MM..FOOD | |
| Lucid Dreams | Juice WRLD | Goodbye and Good Riddance | |
| Int’l Players’ Anthem (I Choose You) | UGK ft. Outkast | Underground Kingz | |
| The Way I Are | Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson & D.O.E. | Shock Value | |
| The Last Great American Dynasty | Taylor Swift | Folklore | SD; stylized in lowercase |
| Get Low | Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz ft. Ying Yang Twins | Kings of Crunk | |
| Motownphilly | Boyz II Men | Legacy: The Greatest Hits Collection | |
| Love Sux | Avril Lavigne | Love Sux | |
| Getchoo | Weezer | Pinkerton | |
| Break Your Heart | Taio Cruz ft. Ludacris | Rokstarr | |
| Celebration | Kool & The Gang | Celebrate! | |
| Pour Some Sugar on Me | Def Leppard | Hysteria | |
| Immigrant Song | Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin III | |
| Smokin’ in the Boys’ Room | Mötley Crüe | Theatre of Pain | |
| Take U to da Movies | Bangs | Hard to Be Up |
S2E8: Coloring Book (April 1, 2023)
Theme: Songs with colors in the title or artist.
| Song Title | Artist | Album | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue (Da Ba Dee) | Eiffel 65 | Europop | |
| The Purple People Eater | Sheb Wooley | The Purple People Eater and Other Selections [EP] | |
| Big Yellow Taxi | Counting Crows ft. Vanessa Carlton | Hard Candy [Bonus Track] | |
| The Ballad of the Green Berets | SSgt. Barry Sadler | Ballads of the Green Berets | |
| Friday | Rebecca Black ft. Patrice Wilson | Friday [Single] | |
| Red (Taylor’s Version) | Taylor Swift | Red (Taylor’s Version) | SD |
| Higher Ground | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Mother’s Milk | |
| Red Rubber Ball | The Cyrkle | Red Rubber Ball | |
| Red Lights | Tiësto ft. Michel Zitron | A Town Called Paradise | |
| Orange Crush | R.E.M. | Green | |
| Yellow Submarine | The Beatles | Revolver | |
| Ocean Avenue | Yellowcard | Ocean Avenue | |
| Green Light | Lorde | Melodrama | |
| She’s a Rebel | Green Day | American Idiot | |
| Mr. Blue Sky | Electric Light Orchestra | Out of the Blue | |
| Burnin’ for You | Blue Öyster Cult | Fire of Unknown Origin | |
| Folsom Prison Blues | Johnny Cash | At Folsom Prison [Live] | |
| Blue Moon | The Marcels | Blue Moon | |
| Closer to Fine | Indigo Girls | Indigo Girls | |
| Purple Haze | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Are You Experienced [US] | |
| Pink Triangle | Weezer | Pinkerton | |
| Behind These Hazel Eyes | Kelly Clarkson | Breakaway | |
| Brown Eyed Girl | Van Morrison | Blowin’ Your Mind! | |
| Let’s Get It Started | Black Eyed Peas | Elephunk [Bonus Track] | |
| Blackbird | The Beatles | The Beatles [White Album] | |
| Paint It Black | The Rolling Stones | Aftermath [US] | |
| Touch of Grey | Grateful Dead | In the Dark | |
| Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) | The Offspring | Americana | |
| Here I Go Again | Whitesnake | Whitesnake | |
| Fell in Love with a Girl | The White Stripes | White Blood Cells |
S2E7: Same Title, Different Song II (March 25, 2023)
Theme: More different songs with the same title. Sequel to season 1 episode 1.
| Song Title | Artist | Album | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunflower | Vampire Weekend ft. Steve Lacy | Father of the Bride | |
| Sunflower | Post Malone & Swae Lee | Hollywood’s Bleeding | |
| Troublemaker | Weezer | Weezer (The Red Album) | |
| Troublemaker | Olly Murs ft. Flo Rida | Right Place Right Time | |
| Closer | Tegan and Sara | Heartthrob | |
| Closer | Ne-Yo | Year of the Gentleman | |
| Right Now | Van Halen | The Best of Both Worlds | |
| Right Now | SR-71 | Now You See Inside | |
| Low | Flo Rida ft. T-Pain | Main on Sunday | |
| Low | Cracker | Kerosene Hat | |
| Heartbreaker | Pat Benatar | In the Heat of the Night | Women’s History Month block |
| Heartbreaker | Mariah Carey ft. Jay-Z | Rainbow | |
| Cruel Summer | Bananarama | Bananarama | |
| Cruel Summer | Taylor Swift | Lover | SD |
| Magic | Pilot | From the Album of the Same Name | |
| Magic | The Cars | Heartbeat City | |
| Magic | B.o.B ft. Rivers Cuomo | The Adventures of Bobby Ray | |
| Crying | Roy Orbison | Crying | |
| Cryin’ | Aerosmith | Get a Grip | “Aerosmith’s Greatest Hits 1990–1994” fake commercial from Saturday Night Live played during the following talk break |
| All for You | Janet Jackson | All for You | |
| All for You [Full Band Version] | Sister Hazel | ...Somewhere More Familiar | |
| Runaway | Bon Jovi | Bon Jovi | |
| Runaway | Avril Lavigne | The Best Damn Thing | |
| Runaway | Del Shannon | Little Town Flirt | |
| In the End | Linkin Park | Hybrid Theory | |
| In the End | Green Day | Dookie |
S2E6: Study Abroad (March 18, 2023)
Theme: Songs with names of cities, states, countries, or continents in the title/artist.
| Song Title | Artist | Album | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| More Than a Feeling | Boston | Boston | |
| 25 or 6 to 4 | Chicago | Chicago II | |
| Heat of the Moment | Asia | Asia | |
| The Final Countdown | Europe | The Final Countdown | |
| Sister Golden Hair | America | Hearts | |
| Kids in America | Kim Wilde | Kim Wilde | |
| Surf Wax America | Weezer | Weezer (The Blue Album) | |
| American Idiot | Green Day | American Idiot | |
| American Girl | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | |
| Believer | American Authors | Oh, What a Life | |
| Flavor of the Weak | American Hi-Fi | American Hi-Fi | |
| Party in the U.S.A. | Miley Cyrus | The Time of Our Lives [EP] | |
| Surfin’ U.S.A. | The Beach Boys | Surfin’ U.S.A. | |
| California Love | 2Pac ft. Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman | All Eyez on Me [UK Bonus Track] | |
| California Sun | Ramones | Leave Home | |
| San Francisco | The Mowgli’s | Waiting for the Dawn | |
| L.A. Girlz | Weezer | Weezer (The White Album) | |
| (Theme from) New York, New York | Frank Sinatra | Trilogy: Past Present Future | |
| İstanbul (Not Constantinople) | They Might Be Giants | Flood | |
| Club Can’t Handle Me | Flo Rida ft. David Guetta | Only One Flo, Part 1 | “Florida Man names an album ‘…Part 1’ then never drops Part 2” |
| Oh, Wisconsin! | Locksley | Locksley | |
| Africa | Toto | Toto IV | |
| London Boy | Taylor Swift | Lover | SD |
| London Calling | The Clash | London Calling | |
| Werewolves of London | Warren Zevon | Excitable Boy | |
| Welcome to Atlanta | Jermaine Dupri ft. Ludacris | Instructions | |
| I’m Shipping Up to Boston | Dropkick Murphys | The Warrior’s Code | Happy St. Patrick’s Day! |
S2E5: Family Affair (February 25, 2023)
Theme: Songs with family members in the title or artist.
| Song Title | Artist | Album | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family Affair | Mary J. Blige | No More Drama | |
| California Dreamin’ | The Mamas and the Papas | If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears | |
| Your Mother Should Know | The Beatles | Magical Mystery Tour | |
| Stacy’s Mom | Fountains of Wayne | Welcome Interstate Managers | |
| Motorbike | Momma | Household Name | |
| Father of All... | Green Day | Father of All... | |
| Let’s Go | Trick Daddy ft. Twista, Lil Jon & Big D | Thug Matrimony: Married to the Streets | |
| Gasolina | Daddy Yankee | Barrio Fino | |
| Foolish Father | Weezer | Everything Will Be Alright in the End | |
| Survivor | Destiny’s Child | Survivor | |
| The Judge’s Daughter | Green Day | 39/Smooth | |
| The Cave | Mumford & Sons | Sigh No More | |
| Carry On Wayward Son | Kansas | Leftoverture | |
| Listen to the Music | The Doobie Brothers | Toulouse Street | |
| Kick Drum Heart | The Avett Brothers | I and Love and You | |
| Year 3000 | Jonas Brothers | It’s About Time | |
| Unchained Melody | The Righteous Brothers | Just Once in My Life | |
| All For You [Full Band Version] | Sister Hazel | Somewhere More Familiar | |
| We’re Not Gonna Take It | Twisted Sister | Stay Hungry | |
| Jump (For My Love) | The Pointer Sisters | Break Out | |
| We Are Family [Single Version] | Sister Sledge | We Are Family | |
| Tell Me Baby | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Stadium Arcadium | |
| Baby One More Time | Britney Spears | Baby One More Time | |
| Be My Baby | The Ronettes | Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica | |
| Ice Ice Baby [Radio Edit] | Vanilla Ice | To the Extreme |
S2E4: Rock and/or Roll (February 18, 2023)
Theme: Songs where the title or artist has a three-letter acronym or initialism.
| Song Title | Artist | Album | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| (We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock | Bill Haley and His Comets | Rock Around the Clock | |
| Rock and Roll | Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin IV | |
| Old Time Rock & Roll | Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band | Stranger in Town | |
| Rock & Roll Band | Boston | Boston | |
| I Love Rock ’n’ Roll | Joan Jett | I Love Rock ’n’ Roll | |
| Rock ’n’ Roll Fantasy | Bad Company | 10 from 6 | RH |
| Rock and Roll Music | The Beatles | Beatles for Sale | |
| Rock ’n’ Roll High School [Ed Stasium Version] | Ramones | Road to Ruin | |
| Rock ’n’ Roll Is King | Electric Light Orchestra | Secret Messages | |
| It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me | Billy Joel | Glass Houses | |
| Rock and Roll All Nite [Live from Hella Mega] | Green Day | Rock and Roll All Nite [Live from Hella Mega] [Single] | |
| Rock the Casbah | The Clash | Combat Rock | |
| Rock Your Body | Justin Timberlake | Justified | |
| The Rock Show | Blink-182 | Take Off Your Pants and Jacket | |
| Crocodile Rock | Elton John | Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player | |
| Party Rock Anthem | LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock | Sorry for Party Rocking | |
| Eulogy for a Rock Band | Weezer | Everything Will Be Alright in the End | |
| Worry Rock | Green Day | Nimrod | |
| We Will Rock You | Queen | News of the World | |
| Rock Lobster | The B-52’s | The B-52’s | |
| Rock the Boat | The Hues Corporation | Rockin’ Soul | |
| Rollout (My Business) | Ludacris | Word of Mouf | |
| Roll with the Changes | REO Speedwagon | You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can’t Tune a Fish | |
| Good Times Roll | The Cars | Complete Greatest Hits | |
| Roll to Me | Del Amitri | Twisted | |
| Rock ’n’ Roll Nightmare | Spın̈al Tap | Back from the Dead | |
| Rockstar | Nickelback | All the Right Reasons | |
| Rock ’n’ Roll McDonald’s | Wesley Willis | Rock Power |
S2E3: Three Letters and the Truth (February 11, 2023)
Theme: Songs where the title or artist has a three-letter acronym or initialism.
| Song Title | Artist | Album | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall on Me | R.E.M. | Lifes Rich Pageant | |
| Doctor Doctor | UFO | Phenomenon | |
| Paper Planes | M.I.A. | Kala | |
| All My Favorite Songs [Remix] | Weezer ft. AJR | OK Human | |
| Dynamite | BTS | Be | |
| Shattered (Turn the Car Around) | O.A.R. | All Sides | |
| Miss Murder | AFI | Decemberunderground | |
| Magic | B.o.B ft. Rivers Cuomo | The Adventures of Bobby Ray | |
| Fantasy [Bad Boy Remix] | Mariah Carey ft. O.D.B. & Puff Daddy | The Remixes | |
| Creep | TLC | CrazySexyCool | |
| Party Up (Up in Here) | DMX | ...And Then There Was X | |
| Uma Thurman | Fall Out Boy | American Beauty/American Psycho | |
| Don’t Bring Me Down | Electric Light Orchestra | Discovery | |
| Welcome to the Jungle | Guns ’N Roses | Appetite for Destruction | |
| Express Yourself | N.W.A. | Straight Outta Compton | |
| Still D.R.E. | Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Dogg | 2001 | |
| J.A.R. (Jason Andrew Relva) | Green Day | Angus (Soundtrack) | |
| B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad) | Outkast | Stankonia | |
| ABC | Jackson 5 | ABC | |
| SOS | Rihanna | A Girl Like Me | |
| SOS | ABBA | ABBA | |
| F2F | SZA | SOS | |
| DOA | Foo Fighters | In Your Honor | |
| YYZ | Rush | Moving Pictures | |
| F.O.D. | Green Day | Dookie | |
| Love Stinks | The J. Geils Band | Love Stinks |
S2E2: Name Game (February 4, 2023)
Theme: Songs with people’s names in the title.
| Song Title | Artist | Album | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sofia | Clairo | Immunity | |
| Kathleen | Catfish and the Bottlemen | Album | |
| Cleopatra | The Lumineers | The Lumineers | |
| Victoria | The Kinks | Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) | |
| Cecilia | Simon & Garfunkel | Bridge over Troubled Water | |
| Josie | Blink-182 | Dude Ranch | |
| Alison [Demo] | Green Day | Nimrod [25th Anniversary] | |
| Stan | Eminem | The Marshall Mathers LP | |
| Jolene | Dolly Parton | Jolene | |
| Betty | Taylor Swift | Folklore | SD |
| Mrs. Robinson | The Lemonheads | It’s a Shame About Ray [Bonus Track Version] | |
| Louie Louie | The Kingsmen | In Person | |
| Sally MacLennane | The Pogues | Rum Sodomy & the Lash | |
| Ana Ng | They Might Be Giants | Lincoln | |
| Uma Thurman | Fall Out Boy | American Beauty/American Psycho | |
| Buddy Holly | Weezer | Weezer (The Blue Album) | |
| Brian Wilson [Live] | Barenaked Ladies | Rock Spectacle [Live] | |
| Johnny B. Goode | Chuck Berry | Berry Is on Top | |
| Sir Duke | Stevie Wonder | Songs in the Key of Life | |
| Sweet Caroline | Neil Diamond | Brother Love’s Travelling Salvation Show [Bonus Track Version] | |
| Runaround Sue | Dion | Runaround Sue | |
| Hey There Delilah | Plain White T’s | All That We Needed | |
| Jack & Diane | John Mellencamp | American Fool | |
| The Ballad of John and Yoko | The Beatles | 1967–1970 (The Blue Album) | |
| Stacy’s Mom | Fountains of Wayne | Welcome Interstate Managers | |
| A Letter to Elise | The Cure | Wish | |
| Come On Eileen | Dexys Midnight Runners | Too-Rye-Ay | |
| The Gates | Da Vinci’s Notebook | Brontosaurus |
S2E1: Metaverse Is Back! (January 28, 2023)
Theme: Songs with “Back” in the title.
| Song Title | Artist | Album | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Without Me | Eminem | The Eminem Show | |
| Back in Black | AC/DC | Back in Black | |
| Back to Black | Amy Winehouse | Back to Black | |
| Back in the U.S.S.R. | The Beatles | The Beatles (White Album) | |
| Back in the USA | Green Day | Greatest Hits: God’s Favorite Band | |
| Back to the Shack | Weezer | Everything Will Be Alright in the End | |
| Back That Thang Up | Juvenile ft. Mannie Fresh & Lil Wayne | 400 Degreez | |
| Back on the Chain Gang | Pretenders | Learning to Crawl | |
| Back Stabbers | The O’Jays | Back Stabbers | |
| Come Back...Be Here (Taylor’s Version) | Taylor Swift | Red (Taylor’s Version) | SD |
| Don’t Look Back | Boston | Don’t Look Back | |
| Don’t Look Back in Anger | Oasis | (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? | |
| Lean Back | Terror Squad | True Story | |
| Take Back the Power | The Interrupters | The Interrupters | |
| 1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back | Olivia Rodrigo | Sour | |
| The Boys Are Back in Town | Thin Lizzy | Jailbreak | |
| I Want You Back | The Jackson 5 | Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 | |
| Everything Back But You | Avril Lavigne | The Best Damn Thing | |
| Lookin’ Out My Back Door | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Cosmo’s Factory | |
| Comeback Kid | Brett Dennen | Loverboy | |
| Police on My Back | Billie Joe Armstrong | No Fun Mondays | |
| Baby Come Back | Player | Player | |
| I Won’t Back Down | Tom Petty | Full Moon Fever | |
| Going Back to Cali | LL Cool J | Walking With a Panther | |
| Get Back | The Beatles ft. Billy Preston | Let It Be | |
| Back on Track | DJVI | Geometry Dash (Soundtrack) |