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Encore: The Stories Behind The Songs You Love

Do you remember where you were the first time you heard Outkast tell you to "Shake it like a Polaroid Picture"? How about when Nickelback told you to "Look at this Photograph"? Or when Taylor Swift provided the soundtrack to your Love story? Join Ruby Carr as she takes you through the biggest songs in the world - with new interviews and newly unearthed archive footage from the artists themselves. Subscribe on iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcasts!

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37:47

We'll Carry On: The Story of My Chemical Romance's...

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2024/12/12

How many songs can you recognize by hearing the very first note? Just one note, nothing more. Usually when radio stations play that game where they will give you a prize if you can recognize a quick snippet of a song, they give you at least a few notes, even a few seconds. But there is one song out there, and maybe the only one that immediately comes to mind, where if you know that first note, you’d guess it every time. If you’re near a piano or keyboard try playing a G note. What

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BONUS: The Story Behind Sabrina Carpenter's...

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2024/12/06

Before Sabrina Carpenter became one of the biggest artists of 2024... She dropped a Christmas Album, naturally. This is the story of Sabrina Carpenter's 'Fruitcake' from our sister podcast Behind The Christmas Hits with Drew Savage!

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You Better Run: The Story of Florence + the Machine's...

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2024/12/05

A song - any song - when done right - can transport you to a different time, a different place, and take you on an emotional rollercoaster. It’s an exhilarating feeling isn’t it? Whether you’re driving down the highway, volume cranked - singing along, or maybe you’re doing chores at home, and the music transforms the mundanity into something worthwhile. Maybe it’s a killer headphone session with a perfectly curated playlist - by you, or any of the playlist geniuses that work at iHeartRadio Canada -

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My Life is Brilliant: The Story of James Blunt's...

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2024/11/28

What would you say is the worst song ever written? Like the absolute worst tune of all time that you and everybody you know hates. There is almost no way to get a general consensus, but a lot of people sure think it is “You’re Beautiful,” the 2005 single by English singer-songwriter James Blunt. When that song was released almost 20 years ago, it was everywhere. You couldn’t avoid it. The Gap, the grocery store, your dentist’s office? They were all playing it ‘round the clock. And when that happens

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32:30

Carry Me Home: The Story of blink-182's 'All The...

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2024/11/21

It’s really quite the honour to be thought of as the KINGS or QUEENS of a Genre - Think of the likes of The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Madonna, Beyoncé, or Taylor Swift - Artists that have completely become synonymous with the style of music in which they perform, whether it's through their contributions to innovation of the sound, or - quite frankly - through their track record of being the most popular artist or group to have ever done it. With that in mind, if I were to present the genre of Pop-Punk

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The Sound of My Heart: The True Story of Charli XCX's...

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2024/11/14

What does it mean to you when I say the word “brat”? What even is brat at this point? Are you brat? Am I brat? In 2024 we learned what brat was and wasn’t, thanks to Charli XCX - who had a major breakthrough in 2024, but it wasn’t exactly her first rodeo. She has been flirting with stardom since she was a teenager. As early as 2007, Charli took out a loan from her VERY UNDERSTANDING parents in order to make her first album, called 14. While promotional copies of 14 were shared with friends and

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28:33

This is What You're Craving: The True Story of Red...

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2024/11/07

Content Warning: This episode of Encore discusses struggles with addiction and mental health issues. Believe it or not, Red Hot Chili Peppers were formed all the way back in 1982 as ‘Tony Flow and The Majestic Masters of Mayhem’ - no idea why that name didn’t ever catch on. But, with all due respect to original members - the late great guitarist Hilel Slovak, and drummer Jack Irons; the current lineup that we all know and love formed some six years later in the final months of 1988. Joining original

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Destiny Fulfilled: The Story of Destiny's Child's...

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2024/10/31

After no less than 5 name changes, and a revolving door of band members, by the year 2000, budding R&B group Destiny's Child were finally in their most recognizable form as a three-piece. By the time the album cycle for their third record 'The Writing's on The Wall' Destiny’s Child had two #1 singles in “Bills Bills Bills” and “Say My Name,” while “Jumpin’ Jumpin’” would reach #3, and “Bug-A-Boo” would be recognized for its boundary-pushing production. The Writing’s On The Wall would go on to

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27:15

You Know What Time It Is: The Story of Limp Bizkit's...

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2024/10/24

Consider this your public service announcement - this episode is about the kings of nu-metal, the royalty of rap-rock, and the band responsible for the most red New York Yankee hats sold this side of the millennium - Limp Bizkit. If you’ve seen any of the footage from either of the Woodstock ‘99 Docs that came out a couple of years ago, or if you are of a certain age to have lived through it - you’ll know that Limp Bizkit - for better or for worse - were a BIG deal… like really big. You can head

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34:24

x Marks the Hit: The True Story of Ed Sheeran's...

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2024/10/17

Welcome to Season 5 of Encore! We'll have new episodes until the end of the year to keep you going with even MORE stories from the songs you love! Perhaps more than any artist so far on Encore, Ed Sheeran has been the most difficult one to determine just which song to feature. The guy is just such a consistent and reliable hitmaker. He’s also a bit of an outlier. Although he established himself as an acoustic troubadour, over the span of his two-decade career, he has evolved and adapted as an artist

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And This is Crazy: The Story of Carly Rae Jepsen's...

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2024/09/12

Welcome to the Season Finale Of Encore! What would you say is the catchiest song of all time? You know that one earworm that you hear once and then for the rest of the day it plays over and over in your head? Well, according to researchers at St. Andrews University in Scotland a song needs to have five things to make it an earworm: surprise, predictability, rhythmic repetition, melodic potency and, most importantly, the listener must be receptive to the creation on a basic level. In their study they

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You Make Me Feel Like: The Story of Bruno Mars'...

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2024/09/05

There aren’t too many global superstars out there who got their start impersonating Elvis at the age of 2, but that’s exactly how Bruno Mars began his career in music. Yes, you heard me right, Bruno Mars began entertaining while he was still in diapers - and I’m gonna assume it all happened pre-potty training! That is apparently what it takes to become one of the biggest musicians in the world: gyrating your hips and dancing to the jailhouse rock in your nappy. But all of that hard work so early on

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Once in a Lifetime: The Story of Eminem's 'Lose...

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2024/08/29

It’s probably safe to say that by late 2002, Eminem was the most popular rapper in the world. With three full-length solo albums under his belt, Slim Shady had come quite a long way in the four years since taking the world by storm with The groundbreaking Slim Shady LP in 1999 - introducing the world to his devil-may-care madcap rhymes that ranged from insightful, to absurd, to downright offensive; sometimes all at once. There was no denying Marshall Mathers’ talent on the mic - combining the

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The Princess of R&B: The Story of Aaliyah's 'Try Again'

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2024/08/22

When your name means “The highest, most exalted one, the best” you know you’re destined for great things. And Aaliyah definitely achieved great things in her life. An icon of ‘90s R&B, Aaliyah immediately became one of the genre's biggest artists at the young age of 14, eventually redefining the role of what an artist in that genre could be, breaking through into the hip-hop and pop charts. Since her untimely death in 2001, the proclaimed “Princess of R&B” has left behind a legacy in which,

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Stripped: The True Story of Christina Aguilera's...

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2024/08/15

In many ways, the mid-to-late 1990s were the golden age of so-called ‘bubblegum pop’. As technology began to evolve, so did the world’s pop stars, with what seemed like an endless supply of perfectly groomed, perfectly styled, young, boy and girl-next-door type pop stars that smoothed off all of the edges found in contemporary Rock, Hip Hop, and R&B, leaving fans with a slew of safe pop idols to worship. There would always be innuendo in pop music - with a sparkle in the eye of a singer belting

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Flip It And Reverse It: The True Story of Missy...

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2024/08/08

Disclaimer: This Episode contains discussions of physical and sexual abuse. To skip past these discussions skip to (4:54) There is no shortage of innovators in Hip-Hop, though for the most part the genre has been a world dominated by male artists. But from her mind-bending, award-winning music videos to her experimental approach to producing, Missy Elliott has changed the game. She has been one of the most forward-thinking minds in hip-hop since she first made her debut in 1997 - regardless of

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EXCLUSIVE: Finger Eleven Reflect on the Day they...

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2024/08/04

Scott and James from Finger Eleven sit down with Encore's Myles Galloway for an exclusive retrospective on the band's biggest international hit 'Paralyzer'!

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Struck by You: The Story of Finger Eleven's 'Paralyzer'

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2024/08/01

Rainbow Butt Monkeys. No, you didn’t catch me doing my vocal warmups, and our editor forgot to cut this part out - and no, I haven’t been partaking in some pre-podcast psychedelics… Rainbow Butt Monkeys happens to be the name of one of Canada’s preeminent rock bands of the 2000s. OK I’m bending the truth JUST A BIT - it’s only the FORMER name of one of Canada’s preeminent rock bands of the 2000s. You may be more familiar with them by their multiplatinum name; Finger Eleven. Yes, the hard rocking

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The Best of Foos: The Story of Foo Fighters' 'Best...

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2024/07/25

Choosing a song that truly defines the Foo Fighters in the 2000s is somewhat of a Herculean task: Dave Grohl and his Merry Band of Rock Stars have been putting out such consistently solid Rock N Roll since the mid 90s, one might be forgiven for having a hard time choosing just one. After all, in the 2000s alone there’s the last hurrah of the 90s with the anthemic and sentimental ‘Learn to Fly’. In 2002/2003 there a dose of heavy and the heartfelt with the back to back smash hits ‘All My Life’ and

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Why Can't You See Me? The True Story of Robyn's...

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2024/07/18

How many pop songs can you name that are universally adored? There aren’t many, are there? I think I can name one though: “Dancing On My Own” by Robyn. In case you’re unfamiliar with it, the 2010 banger was widely acclaimed by critics but not so much by the public. In fact, the only country it reached #1 in was Sweden - Robyn’s homeland. But man, oh man, if you can name a song from this millennium that has encapsulated pop music better than “Dancing On My Own,” well, I wouldn’t believe you. It is

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