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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26 min
BONUS: Peter Peter and Scotty Taylor Talk the Music of 'Heated Rivalry'!
Thank you for listening to this special season of Encore! Peter Peter & Scotty Taylor sit down with iHeartRadio Canada’s Ruby Carr to talk about the music choices in “Heated Rivalr…
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24 min
HEATED RIVALRY Encore: The True Story of t.A.T.u's 'All The Things She Said' & Harrison Remix
Welcome to a special HEATED RIVALRY Edition of Encore, where we celebrate the most popular songs featured in the hit CRAVE Original Series! This week - we’ve got the story behind A…
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21 min
HEATED RIVALRY Encore: The Story Behind Wolf Parade's 'I'll Believe in Anything'
Welcome to a special Heated Rivalry edition of Encore, where we take you behind the songs you love from the show you love more than just about anything. This week we look at Wolf P…
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30 min
HEATED RIVALRY Encore: The Story Behind Feist's 'My Moon My Man' and SeaLion
Welcome to a special HEATED RIVALRY Edition of Encore, where we celebrate the most popular songs featured in the hit CRAVE Original Series! This week - we’ve got the story behind o…
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7 min
Behind The Christmas Hits: The Beach Boys' 'Little Saint Nick'
BEHIND THE CHRISTMAS HITS WITH DREW SAVAGE: After getting kicked out of the studio during the sessions for one of the most revered Christmas albums ever, Brian Wilson would create…
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7 min
Behind The Christmas Hits: The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)
More Stories from Behind The Christmas Hits! Some of the most popular animated characters of the last 60 years actually debuted in a Christmas song! This is the story of The Chipmu…
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6 min
Behind The Christmas Hits: Bryan Adams joins to talk about the REAL Story of 'Christmas Time'
BEHIND THE CHRISTMAS HITS: This week on Behind The Christmas Hits - Drew gives you a peek behind the curtain about what goes into making this podcast - and the story behind the Bry…
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11 min
Behind The Christmas Hits: Taylor Momsen on Singing with her 6yo Self, and 25 Years of The Grinch!
BEHIND THE CHRISTMAS HITS with Drew Savage: Taylor Momsen joins Drew Savage for a special edition of behind the Christmas Hits to talk about her new EP Taylor Momsen's Pretty Reckl…
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17 min
CanConCore 4: The Story of soulDecision's 'Faded'
Formed in Vancouver by Trevor Guthrie, David Bowman and Ken Lewko, Indecision would sign with Universal Music and rebrand themselves as soulDecsion (lowercase S, uppercase D) in 19…
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20 min
CanConCore 3: The Story of Sugar Jones' 'Days Like That'
Do you remember when days were like that? More specifically, do you remember Sugar Jones and their song “Days Like That”? If not, well, you are forgiven. Sugar Jones only existed f…
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7 min
Mele Kalikimaka - Behind The Christmas Hits Season 6!
Pack Your Bags - We're going to the South Pacific to explore the sunniest Christmas Standard ever. This is the story of Mele Kalikimaka on Behind the Christmas Hits with Drew Savag…
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26 min
CanConCore 2: The Story of Bran Van 3000's 'Drinking In LA'
Last week on Encore - the CanConCore special edition - we focused on an absolutely absurd teeny-bopper anthem from the year 2000 - and a real crown jewel of obscure Canadian Pop Mu…
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22 min
CanConCore 1: The Story of B4-4's 'Get Down'
Welcome to a special episode of Encore where we take a look at some of the iHeartRadio team’s favourite Canadian songs that you may have forgotten about. We’re calling it CanConCor…
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30 min
More Than You Bargained For: The Story of Fall Out Boy's 'Sugar We're Goin' Down'
Ah the many faces of pop punk… Here on Encore we’ve explored a wide range of songs that fall under the genre’s umbrella; from the sounds of Green Day’s Rock-Opera-Political thrille…
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31 min
A Titanic Hit: The Story of Céline Dion's 'My Heart Will Go On'
Céline Dion's 'My Heart Will Go On' is Arguably the most iconic ballad of the past 30 years. Despite everything Céline Dion has accomplished in her incredible career, which spans 4…
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30 min
Brighter Than The Sun: The Story of fun.'s 'We Are Young'
Success in the music industry is a funny thing isn’t it? Whether you’re a Legendary Icon of the industry, or a One Hit Wonder, Pop Music truly feeds on a ‘what have you done for me…
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31 min
It's Been... The Story of Barenaked Ladies' 'One Week'
It’s beeeeennnn… one week since the last episode of Encore, and now here we are with another one. Our 79th episode in total - yes we counted. Now, in music, novelty acts don’t tend…
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26 min
Her Everything: The Story of Ariana Grande's 'One Last Time'
There are few artists that truly define ‘pop’ music and popstardom like one Ariana Grande; One of the most streamed artists of all time. She is, after all the first female artist t…
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34 min
Cool Kids Never Have The Time: The Story of The Smashing Pumpkins' '1979'
A great pop song can evoke a universal feeling that just about every listener out there feels. You can make a case for just about any song and any feeling, but has a song ever enca…
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27 min
Don't Say Maybe: The True Story of Wheatus' 'Teenage Dirtbag'
Nostalgia is one hell of a drug - and music is the best carrier of that magic elixir directly into our brains. While pretty much any song can be propped up as a totem of days past…