All right, it's all songs considered.

I'm Robin Hilton.

Stephen Thompson, as always here.

Stephen, welcome.

Hello, Robin.

So if you're new to the show, it's NPR's long-running music discovery podcast.

We're actually celebrating our 25th anniversary.

We started as a podcast in 2005, but we were an online-only streaming music program starting

in January of 2000. We're talking about our number one songs from each of the past years.

And, you know, as a reminder, these are not the number one songs from the Billboard charts or the most ubiquitous or even the most defining songs of each year.

These are the songs that helped define all songs consider specifically the show and the songs that sort of take us back and that meant a lot to us.

On this episode, we're talking about the year 2006.

Stephen, where do you want to start?

Well, one of the things that we've talked about in these segments is sometimes we'll talk about, you know, quote unquote, a song that started at all.

You know, we kicked off the 2000 segment.

You played the first piece of music that was ever played on all songs considered.

I'm going to play a different song that started a wonderful tradition.

Up with the sunrise, you'll be staring out through the window.

So it's Laura Gibson.

I'm blanking on the song name.

But she did it when she did the first ever tiny desk.

Shadowcast on the covers of your bed give me an hour waking morning shine against the solemn gray tell me the season's almost over i can wait This is almost over I can wait.

...