The chorus was once the part of the song that brought us together, the place we gathered to sing. Now it's the most engineered thirty seconds in music. Legendary producer Trevor Horn and hip-hop icon B-Real of Cypress Hill help Charlie and Nate answer the question on their minds: when everything's a hook, is anything a chorus?

CREDITS

Reanna Cruz: Producer
Iris Gottlieb: Illustrator
Charlie Harding: Host, Executive Producer
Dion Lee: Art Director
Brandon McFarland: Audio Engineer
Nick Ripps: Video Editor
Nate Sloan: Host
Lissa Soep: Editor
Zach Tenorio & Jocie Adams: Theme Composers

Switched On Pop is a co-production of Vox Media Podcast Network, Vulture, and Rock Ridge Productions.

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Songs discussed:

Whitney Houston, "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
Bruce Springsteen, "Born in the U.S.A."
Handel, "Hallelujah Chorus" (from Messiah)
Pete Seeger, "Oh! Susanna"
Odetta, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic"
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, “Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
Handel, "Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted" (from Messiah)
Joan Morris & William Bolcom, "After the Ball"
Judy Garland, "Over the Rainbow"
Chuck Berry, "Johnny B. Goode"
The Beatles, “Yesterday"
The Beatles, "Getting Better"
Otis Redding, "Respect"
Aretha Franklin, "Respect"
Dolly Parton, "I Will Always Love You"
Whitney Houston, “I Will Always Love You"
The Buggles, "Video Killed the Radio Star"
Prince, "I Wanna Be Your Lover"
Katy Perry, "Roar"
Calvin Harris, “I Need Your Love" (ft. Ellie Goulding)
Britney Spears, "(You Drive Me) Crazy"
Katy Perry, "Teenage Dream"
Maroon 5, "Payphone" (ft. Wiz Khalifa)
Bad Bunny, “Si Veo a Tu Mamá"
Drake, "Janice STFU"
Lykke Li, "I Follow Rivers"
Charli xcx, "Rock Music"

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