Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - The Bridge: Queens Bey, Rih and Robyn Reign Different Kingdoms
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🗓️ 13 December 2019
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
In this mid-month mini-episode of Hit Parade, host Chris Molanphy is joined by The Bridge producer Asha Saluja to discuss the most recent full-length episode of Hit Parade, an exhaustive analysis of the top-charting singles of the 2010s. Chris tells Asha why Beyoncé, indisputably one of the decade’s most influential artists, didn’t make it into the episode. Then Chris and Asha talk about a few of their favorite singles of the decade--some made it onto the Billboard Hot 100, and others didn’t. Chris quizzes a Slate Plus listener with some music trivia, and the contestant turns the tables with a chance to try to stump Chris with a question of his own. Then, Chris teases the upcoming full-length episode of Hit Parade, which will be a look at Christmas music’s record on the Hot 100--including a record that just might be broken this year if a beloved holiday tune by a certain chart-running pop diva hits No. 1. And finally, Chris corrects the record on some mistakes he’s made in Hit Parade this year. Anyone remember “meekrat”?
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening ad-free on Amazon Music. |
| 0:03.7 | If you're going to love me down, let me down gently, don't pretend that you don't want me. |
| 0:10.0 | I'm loving water under the bridge. |
| 0:13.8 | Hey, everybody. |
| 0:15.2 | This is Chris Malanfi, host of Hit Parade, Slate's podcast of Pop Chart History. |
| 0:20.6 | Welcome to The Bridge. That's Water |
| 0:24.1 | Under the Bridge by Adele from her blockbuster 2015 album 25. Adel was one of the decade's top |
| 0:32.7 | artists, and this was one of her dozen Hot 100 hits in the 2010s. |
| 0:37.9 | It was a decade of major shifts in hit music, from EDM to dance pop to hip-hop. |
| 0:44.2 | But Adele commanded the charts regardless of prevailing trends. |
| 0:49.8 | Water Under the Bridge, which reached number 26 in 2017, is Adele's most recent top 40 hit, |
| 0:57.6 | though surely not her last. |
| 1:04.1 | And these mini episodes Bridge are full-length monthly episodes, give us a chance to catch up |
| 1:10.0 | with listeners, and enjoy some |
| 1:11.8 | hit parade trivia. And this episode, some trivia about hit parade, including some corrections |
| 1:18.1 | to the record. Stay tuned for that. This month, I'm pleased to welcome back to the mic, my regular |
| 1:24.7 | producer for these mini episodes, Asha Saluja. Hey, Asha. Hey, Chris. Happy end of the |
| 1:30.4 | decade. Happy end of the decade. So we're just coming out of my hits of the 2010s episode. I got a lot of |
| 1:36.4 | interesting feedback on the episode, but there is one question that I got more than any other by far. |
| 1:42.7 | What happened to Beyonce? This question came in on Facebook. It came in on |
| 1:48.6 | Twitter. You know, the Bajiancy did not blindfold me and throw me into the back of a moving van. |
| 1:53.7 | Thank God. Yeah. So I survived it. Nobody was nasty about it. But several people asked and a few even said, |
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