Behind The Song

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141 Episodes

  1. Down Under by Men At Work: the song that made vegemite famous

    Published: 7/20/2022
  2. Bruce Springsteen wrote "Hungry Heart" for who?

    Published: 7/6/2022
  3. How “Sweet Emotion” helped put Aerosmith on the Mount Rushmore of Rock

    Published: 6/22/2022
  4. The Bob Dylan song that Jimi Hendrix made his own

    Published: 6/8/2022
  5. How The Romantics went from Motor City Rockers to MTV darlings

    Published: 5/25/2022
  6. Judas Priest's "Living After Midnight:" Metal Gods riding the razor’s edge of British Steel

    Published: 5/11/2022
  7. Billy Idol’s “Rebel Yell”: from punk rocker to pop star

    Published: 4/27/2022
  8. The Cars’ biggest hit was a pop oddity

    Published: 4/13/2022
  9. The Thrill Ride of Van Halen's "Panama"

    Published: 3/30/2022
  10. Investigating Elvis Costello’s “Watching The Detectives”

    Published: 3/9/2022
  11. How Deep Purple’s classic song was born out of flames

    Published: 2/23/2022
  12. The J. Geils Band’s hit song about love gone wrong

    Published: 2/9/2022
  13. The song Simple Minds didn’t want to record for The Breakfast Club soundtrack

    Published: 1/26/2022
  14. The story behind Paul Simon’s “Still Crazy After All These Years”

    Published: 1/12/2022
  15. A Look Back At 2021: Revelatory Moments in Classic Rock from Behind The Song

    Published: 12/22/2021
  16. “Wonderful Christmastime” by Paul McCartney: the $15 million song

    Published: 12/8/2021
  17. Led Zeppelin's "Thank You" is a love letter from a grateful Robert Plant

    Published: 11/17/2021
  18. "Eminence Front" by The Who: Pete Townshend's midlife crisis

    Published: 11/3/2021
  19. How John Lennon's death inspired Red Rider's "Lunatic Fringe"

    Published: 10/20/2021
  20. The story behind Rod Stewart's "Maggie May"

    Published: 10/6/2021

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Dig into the lyrics of classic rock songs and the storytellers that created them in "Behind The Song," a podcast of essays by The Drive's Janda Lane. Hear what was happening behind the scenes while some of the most iconic songs in rock history were being written.