155: "Kryptonite" vs. "Hanging by a Moment" (with Chris Payne!)
Song Vs. Song
Todd Nathanson
4.7 • 781 Ratings
🗓️ 24 September 2025
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
It's the year 2000, mom is taking you to soccer practice and the radio station is playing two quasi-rock adult contemporary songs over and over and over again! But which minivan rock song of Y2K still holds a dear place in our hearts, 3 Doors Down's "Kryptonite" or Lifehouse's "Hanging by a Moment"?
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Todd Nadenson. |
| 0:03.8 | And I'm Lena Morgan. |
| 0:05.2 | And this is Song versus Song. |
| 0:08.2 | This week we are going back to the wonderful, magical year of Y2K 2000. |
| 0:15.4 | And we are going to talk about the best rock songs of the decade. |
| 0:23.6 | We are talking about |
| 0:25.0 | three doors downs |
| 0:26.7 | kryptonite versus |
| 0:29.0 | lifehouses |
| 0:30.4 | hanging on a moment |
| 0:32.2 | and oh. Hanging by a moment. |
| 0:34.5 | Hanging by a moment. God, I've gotten it wrong |
| 0:36.5 | every single time. We have a song so iconic, I've gotten it wrong every single time. |
| 0:38.1 | We have a... |
| 0:38.4 | The song's so iconic, people don't know its name, even though they all know it very well. |
| 0:45.0 | All right, we have a guest in the studio, as you can hear. |
| 0:47.3 | But first, listeners, I want you to know that Lena is making such a face. |
| 0:52.0 | Lena is making such a face. Lena is making such a face. |
| 0:55.4 | Lena was making such a face when I announced it at the end of last episode. |
| 0:59.8 | And as far as I know, it has not gone away in the two weeks since we recorded it. |
| 1:04.3 | Well, keep in mind that I've had a lot of surgery on this face. |
| 1:07.1 | So like once I make it, it's like, you know, when you're a little kid, it gets stuck there. |
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