How Pop Songs Work
Conductor Charles Hazlewood hosts a celebration of the magic of pop music and explores the skill and musical dexterity that goes into writing, performing and producing hit records.
Celebration of the magic of pop music and the skill and musical dexterity that goes into writing, performing and producing hit records. Conductor Charles Hazlewood explores the mechanics of pop songs such as Imagine, Tomorrow Never Knows and Back to Black by breaking them down into six key areas, aided by contributions from a cast of writers, producers and arrangers including Guy Chambers, Martin Fry, Steve Levine, Richard Niles, Nick Ingman, John Altman and Rob Davis.
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Queen
We Are The Champions
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Jimi Hendrix
Hey Joe
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Sugababes
Push The Button
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Harold Faltermeyer
Axel F
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The Clash
Rock The Casbah (Album Version)
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The Clash
Rock The Casbah
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ABBA
Knowing Me, Knowing You
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ABBA
Knowing Me, Knowing You
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Amy Winehouse
Back To Black
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Amy Winehouse
Back To Black
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The Streets
Dry Your Eyes
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The Jam
Going Underground
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Rihanna, Jay-Z
Umbrella
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Pretenders
Brass In Pocket
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The Jam
A Town Called Malice
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Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Two Tribes
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The Jam
A Town Called Malice
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Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Two Tribes
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Lily Allen
Smile
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Arctic Monkeys
When The Sun Goes Down
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Madonna
Vogue
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Sinéad O’Connor
Nothing Compares 2 U (2009 Digital Remaster)
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Manic Street Preachers
A Design For Life (Album Version)
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Manic Street Preachers
A Design For Life
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Gerry Rafferty
Baker Street
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The Beatles
Tomorrow Never Knows
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Oasis
Whatever
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Rihanna, Jay-Z
Umbrella
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Mark Ronson, Amy Winehouse
Valerie (Version Revisited)
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Mark Ronson
Valerie (feat. Amy Winehouse)
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Mark Ronson, Amy Winehouse
Valerie (Version Revisited)
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OutKast
Hey Ya!
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OutKast
Hey Ya!
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Backstreet Boys
Everybody (Backstreet's Back)
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Queen
Bohemian Rhapsody
Broadcasts
- Wed 9 Jan 200822:00
- Thu 10 Jan 200800:30
- Thu 10 Jan 200803:00
- Sun 13 Jan 200802:10
- Sun 20 Jan 200823:00
- Fri 29 Feb 200800:00
- Fri 17 Apr 202020:00
- Sat 18 Apr 202003:00
- Fri 14 May 202119:00
- Sat 15 May 202100:10
- Fri 1 Apr 202223:30
- Fri 30 Sep 202219:00
- Sat 1 Oct 202201:40
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