Hit Parade: I Got Five on It Part 2

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🗓️ 29 April 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Five years ago this month, Hit Parade launched on the Slate podcast network. What have we learned in that half-decade? And what episodes did you love the most? We asked you to vote—and the results may surprise you. Sure, you enjoyed our shows about Madonna, Nirvana, Whitney, Mariah, Bruce, Stevie and Janet. But even more than that, you loved our nerdy deep dives about the producers behind “Le Freak”…the rules for One-Hit Wonders…the college-rockers from Athens, Ga.…the man behind Meat Loaf…the smooth players behind Yacht Rock…and that explainer about why you had to pay top dollar for CDs in the ’90s with only one good song. Join host Chris Molanphy as he shares his founding principles for Hit Parade, and counts down your 20 favorite shows. Happy fifth birthday to us! We’re finally old enough for kindergarten. Podcast production by Kevin Bendis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	And now we go live to Tyrell's farm!
0:03.2	Down here in Heidefitscher, the folks are busy bringing in a bumper crop of local spuds.
0:08.8	And of course, when you have the finest potatoes,
0:11.5	only the tastiest ingredients will do.
0:13.7	That's where the tasting team come in.
0:15.7	Surely coming through!
0:16.8	All this ensures their crisps taste de-radi-licious.
0:22.1	In fact, the Tyrell's team have done such a spiffing job.
0:25.7	People across the land are calling their crisps terribly, terribly tasty.
0:30.0	Welcome back to Hit Parade, a podcast of pop-chart history from Slate magazine.
0:53.2	About the hits from Coast to Coast.
0:55.5	I'm Chris Malanfee, chart analyst, pop critic, and writer of Slate's Why is the Song No. 1 series.
1:01.8	On our last episode, we started the celebration of Hit Parade's fifth birthday,
1:07.7	with a recap of some core principles of our show,
1:11.5	and a spin through some of your favorite artists and musical factoids.
1:16.2	Now it's time for the moment of truth, the official countdown of your favorite episodes.
1:25.6	A few words about our survey.
1:30.5	We are not Billboard magazine, or Nielsen, or MRC, or Luminate,
1:36.8	or any of the other data collectors throughout chart history.
1:41.4	Our tally was not all that rigorous.
1:45.2	Some of you gave us a solid top five episodes list, exactly what we asked for.
1:51.6	Some provided, generously, a top 10, more than we asked for.
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