1001 Songs That Make You Want To Die
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Want to request a song? Tell us your rating? Send us a Text Message right now! https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/977203/open_sms This week on , we take on “ZOMBIE” BY YUNGBLUD — a song that wants very badly to be important, emotional, and generation-defining… and somehow ends up sounding like a Hot Topic TED Talk. We dig into the song’s trauma-core lyrics, its earnest but exhausting messaging, and the strange space YUNGBLUD occupies between punk rebellion and motivational poster. Along the way we ask the real questions: is this raw honesty, manufactured angst, or just shouting feelings until they feel profound? There’s over-analysis, cultural side-quests, unnecessary hostility, and of course a fresh round of — because if you’re going to scream about society collapsing, you should at least be able to throw a punch. It’s emotional. It’s loud. It’s well-meaning. And it might make you want to lie down on the floor and stare at the ceiling. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=920737 Start for FREE Blessington https://blessington.co/ Support the podcast when you buy a Blessington watch! Use the promo code “1001songs” at checkout. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show https://www.patreon.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie/ Follow us on TikTok: @
Want to request a song? Tell us your rating? Send us a Text Message right now! https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/977203/open_sms This week on , we head straight into the fog with THE HILLS by THE WEEKND. A song that sounds like fame, paranoia, sex, and self-loathing all yelling over each other through blown speakers. It’s moody. It’s aggressive. It’s been blasted in cars at dangerous volumes since 2015. Joining us is JOE ORCHARD from the GET THE SHOT podcast by TAMRON, bringing strong opinions, zero fear, and the correct amount of chaos. We dig into the lyrics, the nihilistic flexing, the distorted production choices, and whether is a masterpiece of dark pop or just Abel yelling his problems at us very loudly. There’s talk of ego, excess, emotional damage, and of course a serious discussion about whether any of us could beat The Weeknd in a fight. Turn it up. Regret it later. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=920737 Start for FREE Blessington https://blessington.co/ Support the podcast when you buy a Blessington watch! Use the promo code “1001songs” at checkout. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show https://www.patreon.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie/ Follow us on TikTok: @
Want to request a song? Tell us your rating? Send us a Text Message right now! https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/977203/open_sms This week on , we put COOL KIDS by ECHOSMITH on trial. A song that was absolutely unavoidable in the 2010s. Radio loved it. Ads loved it. Everyone else slowly lost their mind. We break down the lyrics, the suspiciously manufactured vibe, the “are they saying or ?” theory, and whether this track was built purely to live forever in commercials. There’s also a deep dive into band lore, questionable industry decisions, and a surprisingly aggressive conclusion to Is harmless indie pop? A focus-grouped radio weapon? Or just another song that overstayed its welcome? Press play and decide for yourself. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=920737 Start for FREE Blessington https://blessington.co/ Support the podcast when you buy a Blessington watch! Use the promo code “1001songs” at checkout. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show https://www.patreon.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie/ Follow us on TikTok: @
Want to request a song? Tell us your rating? Send us a Text Message right now! https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/977203/open_sms This week on , we take on “HEROES” — a song that somehow manages to be genuinely beautiful, historically important, and still capable of making us argue for way too long. We dig into DAVID BOWIE in his Berlin era, the real story behind the kiss by the Wall, why this song sounds enormous even when it’s barely moving, and how became shorthand for triumph, hope, and stadium-sized emotion, whether it earned it or not. Along the way, we talk Cold War romance, production tricks that shouldn’t work but absolutely do, Bowie mythology versus reality, and whether repeated cultural overuse can turn even a great song into something… complicated. It’s respectful. It’s argumentative. And yes, someone still has to ask the question: could you beat David Bowie in a fight? DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=920737 Start for FREE Blessington https://blessington.co/ Support the podcast when you buy a Blessington watch! Use the promo code “1001songs” at checkout. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show https://www.patreon.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie/ Follow us on TikTok: @
Want to request a song? Tell us your rating? Send us a Text Message right now! https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/977203/open_sms This week on , we put “COMPLICATED” under the microscope and ask the question nobody wanted answered in 2002: was this actually pop punk, or were we all aggressively gaslit by a necktie and some eyeliner? We dig into how AVRIL LAVIGNE was pitched as a skater-punk outsider while quietly being moulded in a boardroom, why sounds a lot more like country rock than Warped Tour, and how a song with zero pop-punk staples somehow became the face of the genre. Along the way, we cover industry plants, the Matrix songwriting factory, the unhinged Avril replacement conspiracy, questionable skateboarding technique, violent crimes against a supermarket hot-dog mascot, and the all-important closer: could Gavin beat Avril Lavigne in a fight circa 2002? It’s messy. It’s nostalgic. Several people’s piss is reportedly burning. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=920737 Start for FREE Blessington https://blessington.co/ Support the podcast when you buy a Blessington watch! Use the promo code “1001songs” at checkout. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show https://www.patreon.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie/ Follow us on TikTok: @
Want to request a song? Tell us your rating? Send us a Text Message right now! https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/977203/open_sms John Mayer’s “Your Body Is a Wonderland” should be a sweet little love song… but somehow it ends up sounding like a guided tour through a serial killer’s scrapbook. In this episode, we break down the lyrics, the deep-sea blanket metaphors, the miles of skin, the hand-only approach to intimacy, and the unbelievably cursed music video stare-downs. We also dig into the Grammy it somehow won, Mayer’s teenage songwriting origins, his watch obsession, and why this track might be the most dentist-waiting-room song ever written. If you’ve ever wondered how a “romantic pop song” turned into a psychological thriller, this one is for you. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=920737 Start for FREE Blessington https://blessington.co/ Support the podcast when you buy a Blessington watch! Use the promo code “1001songs” at checkout. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show https://www.patreon.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie/ Follow us on TikTok: @
Want to request a song? Tell us your rating? Send us a Text Message right now! https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/977203/open_sms For once, we’re not here to ruin anything. This Spotify Wrapped 2025 episode of flips the script. We’re diving into the songs we genuinely loved this year. The tracks we played to death, defended to the end, and didn’t skip even once. Each host runs through their Wrapped, explains why these songs stuck, and admits what they say about us as people. There are surprises, strong opinions, questionable patterns, and the occasional moment of self-reflection we immediately regret. No hate. No trials. Just the music that soundtracked our year. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=920737 Start for FREE Blessington https://blessington.co/ Support the podcast when you buy a Blessington watch! Use the promo code “1001songs” at checkout. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show https://www.patreon.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie/ Follow us on TikTok: @
Want to request a song? Tell us your rating? Send us a Text Message right now! https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/977203/open_sms “I SAW MOMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUS – THE JACKSON 5” Christmas is meant to be wholesome… until you look at the lyrics too closely. This week, the boys dig into by The Jackson 5 — a song that somehow manages to be festive, creepy, and deeply unhinged all at once. Was Mum having an affair with Santa? Was Dad in the corner with a cuck cage? Why is Michael begging his brothers to “believe him”? And why does the music video feature Santa shadow-fucking behind a curtain? We break down the lyrics, the cursed history, the Catholic Church meltdown, the Jackson family chaos, the bizarre video, the weird production trivia, and the net worths that make absolutely no sense. All the story, all the filth, all the Christmas nightmares. If you love chaos, Christmas, and disturbing song analysis, this is your episode. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=920737 Start for FREE Blessington https://blessington.co/ Support the podcast when you buy a Blessington watch! Use the promo code “1001songs” at checkout. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show https://www.patreon.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie/ Follow us on TikTok: @
Want to request a song? Tell us your rating? Send us a Text Message right now! https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/977203/open_sms This week we dive head-first into the late-90s bubblegum fever dream that is “DOCTOR JONES” BY AQUA. We break down the jungle-camp video, the chaotic lyrics, and why Aqua seemed determined to make every song sound like it was recorded inside a bouncy castle. From the Indiana Jones knock-off storyline to the hyperactive Eurodance production that could power a small town, we unpack every strange choice that somehow turned this song into a global hit. If you grew up with this on Video Hits or you’ve ever wondered how many “na-na-nas” it takes to get stuck in your head for a week… this episode is for you. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=920737 Start for FREE Blessington https://blessington.co/ Support the podcast when you buy a Blessington watch! Use the promo code “1001songs” at checkout. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show https://www.patreon.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie/ Follow us on TikTok: @
Want to request a song? Tell us your rating? Send us a Text Message right now! https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/977203/open_sms This week the boys dive into “Beez in the Trap” by Nicki Minaj and 2 Chainz — a track that somehow manages to be about money, slang, drug spots, and absolutely zero bees. And yet we spend half the episode talking about bees anyway. Chibs tries to decode the meaning of “I bees in the trap,” Gav has a full meltdown about the song never dropping a proper beat, Bevo accidentally turns into an apiarist, and Dan goes deep on what the hell is on your biscuit. We question geography verses, the clickiest finger snaps in hip-hop history, and whether 2 Chainz actually knows what a Lexus is. There’s net worth chaos, setlist shock, and one of the most unhinged YouTube comment sections we’ve ever found. Another absolute fever dream of an episode. Enjoy. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=920737 Start for FREE Blessington https://blessington.co/ Support the podcast when you buy a Blessington watch! Use the promo code “1001songs” at checkout. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show https://www.patreon.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie/ Follow us on TikTok: @
Want to request a song? Tell us your rating? Send us a Text Message right now! https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/977203/open_sms Bruce Springsteen might be The Boss, but in hes also… extremely calm about being absolutely covered in metaphorical (or maybe real?) flames. This week, we dive deep into one of the most quietly horny and confusing songs ever written. Is Bruce seducing someone? Is he literally combusting? Did he just wet the bed in three different ways at once? And why does this sound so romantic when the lyrics are basically an unhinged fever dream? We try (and fail) to make sense of it all, explore the strangest possible interpretations, and even manage to drag Creed into it. Because of course we do. Expect: __ __ All hail The Boss… but also, mate, are you okay? 🎧 Listen, follow, and leave us a review if youve ever been on fire and handled it worse than Bruce. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=920737 Start for FREE Blessington https://blessington.co/ Support the podcast when you buy a Blessington watch! Use the promo code “1001songs” at checkout. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show https://www.patreon.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie/ Follow us on TikTok: @
Want to request a song? Tell us your rating? Send us a Text Message right now! https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/977203/open_sms Doja Cat went full devil mode for “Paint The Town Red,” so we thought we’d dive straight into the chaos and see what the hell is going on. The crew tries to make sense of devil references, kidney-level anatomy, and why she’s only letting us watch her eat exactly ten more times. We also pitch a new T-shirt slogan, debate whether anyone actually looks better bald, and prove once again that four idiots can overthink anything if given a microphone. New episode of 1001 Songs That Make You Want To Die — find the full video version on YouTube and follow us wherever you scroll. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=920737 Start for FREE Blessington https://blessington.co/ Support the podcast when you buy a Blessington watch! Use the promo code “1001songs” at checkout. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show https://www.patreon.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie/ Follow us on TikTok: @
Want to request a song? Tell us your rating? Send us a Text Message right now! https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/977203/open_sms In this episode of 1001 SONGS THAT MAKE YOU WANT TO DIE, the boys take flight—literally and metaphorically—as they dive headfirst into R. Kelly’s delusional gospel-ballad-turned-Olympic-theme, From Space Jam nostalgia to the harsh reality of sex crimes, Chibbs, Bevo, and Dan Southern unravel the bizarre lyrics, ridiculous metaphors, and the twisted irony of a convicted criminal writing about purity, freedom, and everlasting arms. Expect chaotic tangents about flapping mechanics, bird burglaries, and which Matrix movie Neo actually flies in—all while trying to separate one of the world’s most infamous “sex perpetrators” from one of the most overplayed anthems of the ’90s. It’s one part pop-culture therapy session, one part roast, and entirely unhinged. 🔥 Highlights: __ __ ⚖️ Featuring: CHIBBS, BEVO, AND DAN SOUTHERN 🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts. 💀 New episodes weekly. 📲 Follow us on Instagram: @1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie https://www.instagram.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=920737 Start for FREE Blessington https://blessington.co/ Support the podcast when you buy a Blessington watch! Use the promo code “1001songs” at checkout. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show https://www.patreon.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie/ Follow us on TikTok: @
Want to request a song? Tell us your rating? Send us a Text Message right now! https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/977203/open_sms Hey team — it’s Bevo here (yep, Bevo). We’re cooking up a Q&A episode, and we want to be part of it. Ask us anything: Why do they call him Mad Dog? Which songs have we rated the worst so far? Did Chibbs ever pay Dan that eight grand? (You already know the answer.) Send your questions to https://www.1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie.com/contact, and you could score yourself a FREE 1001 SONGS T-SHIRT if we pick yours as our favourite. Fire away — we can’t wait to roast your questions on the show. Support the show https://www.patreon.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie/ Follow us on TikTok: @
Want to request a song? Tell us your rating? Send us a Text Message right now! https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/977203/open_sms Taylor Swift’s new song has arrived — and the boys are asking the big questions: Is it about love? Superstition? Or… Travis Kelce’s actual wood? 🌲😳 Join Chibbs, Bevo, Gav, and Mad Dog as they unpack every ridiculous lyric, dissect the , and debate whether Taylor’s officially gone full Katy Perry. From Daisy mutilation to redwood comparisons, this one spirals faster than Donald Duck in a fistfight. It’s pop culture chaos, unfiltered banter, and just enough Swiftie outrage fuel to get us cancelled again. 🎧 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. #TaylorSwift #Wood #1001SongsPodcast #ComedyPodcast #MusicPodcast #SongBreakdown #Swifties #FunnyPodcast #PopCulture DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=920737 Start for FREE Blessington https://blessington.co/ Support the podcast when you buy a Blessington watch! Use the promo code “1001songs” at checkout. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show https://www.patreon.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie/ Follow us on TikTok: @
Want to request a song? Tell us your rating? Send us a Text Message right now! https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/977203/open_sms Was It Must Have Been Love by Roxette really a heartbreaking ballad… or the world’s most elegant song about farts? 💨 In this episode of 1001 Songs That Make You Want To Die, the boys dive into Roxette’s biggest hit, famous from Pretty Woman. We uncover: The lost Christmas version of the song 🎄 Why it might secretly be about prostitutes & noxious gas How the lyrics are mistranslated into unintentional comedy 🤯 Richard Gere, Julia Roberts, and the 1990s cocaine-fuelled movie machine 🎥 Plus the wildest YouTube comments, pink eye theories, and fart funnels you’ll ever hear. If you love bad songs, unhinged tangents, and ruthless roasts of classic hits — this episode is for you. 👉 Subscribe for more songs so bad they make you want to die. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=920737 Start for FREE Blessington https://blessington.co/ Support the podcast when you buy a Blessington watch! Use the promo code “1001songs” at checkout. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show https://www.patreon.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie/ Follow us on TikTok: @
Want to request a song? Tell us your rating? Send us a Text Message right now! https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/977203/open_sms was one of the biggest hits of the 90s — but does it actually hold up, or is it just a sloppy, tear-soaked mess? In this episode, we rip into Hootie & the Blowfish’s overblown ballad, from the melodramatic lyrics to the vocal delivery that made Darius Rucker a household name. Is this song a heartfelt classic, or the definition of cringe? Listen in as we tear it apart and decide whether deserves its place among the worst songs of all time. 👉 Subscribe for weekly breakdowns of songs you love to hate, and drop your thoughts in the comments — are we too harsh, or not harsh enough? DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=920737 Start for FREE Blessington https://blessington.co/ Support the podcast when you buy a Blessington watch! Use the promo code “1001songs” at checkout. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show https://www.patreon.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie/ Follow us on TikTok: @
Want to request a song? Tell us your rating? Send us a Text Message right now! https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/977203/open_sms Alex Warren tried to pour his heart into — but did he just give us a beige anthem for the TikTok era instead? We pull apart the lyrics, the delivery, and the over-produced vibe to see why this song feels less “relatable” and more… painfully average. Join us as we debate whether is a harmless pop track or an earworm that should’ve stayed on mute. 👉 New episodes every week. Don’t forget to rate, follow, and share if you love watching sacred cows get roasted. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=920737 Start for FREE Blessington https://blessington.co/ Support the podcast when you buy a Blessington watch! Use the promo code “1001songs” at checkout. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show https://www.patreon.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie/ Follow us on TikTok: @
Want to request a song? Tell us your rating? Send us a Text Message right now! https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/977203/open_sms Naughty By Nature’s was a 90s hip hop anthem — catchy, controversial, and confusing as hell. But what does O.P.P even mean, and does the song actually hold up? In this episode of 1001 SONGS THAT MAKE YOU WANT TO DIE, we break down the lyrics, the innuendo, and why this track had parents panicking while kids sang along without a clue. Expect comedy, wild tangents, and more shade than a bucket hat in 1991. 👉 Follow us on socials: @1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie 👉 Hear the full back catalogue on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=920737 Start for FREE Blessington https://blessington.co/ Support the podcast when you buy a Blessington watch! Use the promo code “1001songs” at checkout. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show https://www.patreon.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie/ Follow us on TikTok: @
Want to request a song? Tell us your rating? Send us a Text Message right now! https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/977203/open_sms Bob Dylan’s is called a masterpiece of folk music — but does it really deserve the hype? In this episode of 1001 SONGS THAT MAKE YOU WANT TO DIE, we tear apart the lyrics, debate the meaning, and ask if Dylan was a genius poet or just mumbling nonsense with a guitar. Expect comedy, hot takes, and a lot of shade thrown at one of the most “important” songs in music history. 👉 Follow us on socials: @1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie 👉 Listen to the full back catalogue on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=920737 Start for FREE Blessington https://blessington.co/ Support the podcast when you buy a Blessington watch! Use the promo code “1001songs” at checkout. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show https://www.patreon.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie/ Follow us on TikTok: @
Want to request a song? Tell us your rating? Send us a Text Message right now! https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/977203/open_sms GOLDEN – HUNTR/X SCORE: 7.4 Huntr/x’s arrives like a motivational poster you’d find hanging in a gym bathroom, but set to a synth line that sounds vaguely like it was borrowed from a video game character’s redemption arc. It’s a song that insists on optimism with the ferocity of a Labrador that’s just discovered a tennis ball. Musically, shuffles between indie-pop earnestness and Spotify algorithm-friendly polish. There’s enough reverb to make you think the band recorded it inside an abandoned cathedral, and a beat that wouldn’t feel out of place on a Peloton playlist called “Empowerment Vibes Vol. 3.” The lyrics are all about light, resilience, and that vague sense of self-actualisation you get after buying overpriced crystals from a weekend market. Where the track succeeds is in its sheer audacity to believe in something. Huntr/x doesn’t just tell you life can be ; they practically kick down your door and hand you a scented candle to prove it. It’s aspirational music, but aspirational in the way a suburban vision board is: sincere, slightly chaotic, and maybe exactly what you need at 2 a.m. BEST MOMENT: when the chorus drops and you briefly believe you might, in fact, be the main character. WORST MOMENT: the realisation that you’re listening to earbuds you bought off Wish. FINAL VERDICT: not quite solid gold, but definitely gold-plated — shiny enough to keep you dancing until you start questioning your life choices. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=920737 Start for FREE Blessington https://blessington.co/ Support the podcast when you buy a Blessington watch! Use the promo code “1001songs” at checkout. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show https://www.patreon.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie/ Follow us on TikTok: @
Want to request a song? Tell us your rating? Send us a Text Message right now! https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/977203/open_sms CRY FOR YOU – SEPTEMBER SCORE: 8.1 In 2006, Petra Marklund, better known by her Europop nom de guerre , released , a track that felt less like a song and more like a government-mandated vaccination against sadness. Somewhere between a breakup anthem and an IKEA flat-pack instruction manual for melancholy, the Swedish queen of cry-while-dancing gifted the world a chorus that managed to be both nihilistic and euphoric, like Robyn if she’d been trapped inside a Ministry of Sound compilation CD for three months. “Cry for You” is built on a trance-lite backbone that sounds like it was engineered specifically for provincial nightclubs where the carpet is sticky and the smoking area is just a bench. Lyrically, September delivers existential devastation with all the emotion of someone reading out loud from a bus timetable — and that’s exactly why it works. Her stoicism turns heartache into a communal ritual: we’re not crying for him, we’re crying for ourselves, for 2000s fashion, for the tragic return of shutter shades. Pitchfork has long maintained that pop music is at its best when it convinces you that your heartbreak is part of a collective European experience. achieves this in under four minutes, which is more than you can say for most PhD theses on postmodern ennui. Is it high art? No. But like all essential dancefloor classics, it turns personal despair into a group hug where everyone smells vaguely of Jägerbombs. BEST MOMENT: the chorus, which sounds like the soundtrack to every MySpace breakup ever. WORST MOMENT: realising you actually cry for him. FINAL VERDICT: September gave us the perfect reminder that tears and glitter coexist. And sometimes, that’s enough. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=920737 Start for FREE Blessington https://blessington.co/ Support the podcast when you buy a Blessington watch! Use the promo code “1001songs” at checkout. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show https://www.patreon.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie/ Follow us on TikTok: @
Want to request a song? Tell us your rating? Send us a Text Message right now! https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/977203/open_sms We want to give a shout-out to a brand new podcast from a friend of the show: MOOSE ON THE LOOSE. If you love the unfiltered chaos of , you’ll want to add this to your list. It’s funny, it’s wild, and it’s worth your time. 👉 Search wherever you get your podcasts and hit follow/subscribe to support a mate of the pod. https://open.spotify.com/show/2uCopui2iToh9B8t7elKXf?si=1d67a2030ea948b7 DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Support the show https://www.patreon.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie/ Follow us on TikTok: @
Want to request a song? Tell us your rating? Send us a Text Message right now! https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/977203/open_sms KEITH URBAN & PINK – SCORE: 3.4 It takes a certain kind of courage to title your duet when the song itself sounds like it was written after exactly that number of beers. Keith Urban and Pink, two pop-country-adjacent titans, come together here not so much in harmony as in a musical custody battle over who can out-melodramatise the other. Spoiler: nobody wins. On paper, the song is about drinking too much and dialling up an ex—a theme as old as both Nashville and karaoke machines. In practice, it’s a chorus so sticky it could double as the lining of a barroom coaster. Urban strums an acoustic that sounds like it was fished out of a Spotify “Acoustic Coffeehouse” playlist, while Pink delivers vocals with the intensity of someone who thought she was cutting a demo for a compilation. The production is its own beast: a Frankenstein’s monster of Top 40 gloss, faux-folk earnestness, and something that might be steel guitar if you squint hard enough. It’s as if Max Martin got locked in a room with a Nashville songwriter and the only way out was to produce something that would make both Walmart shoppers and wine-aunt Facebook groups nod in approval. Lyrically, is a Hallmark card taped to a whiskey bottle. “I’ve had one too many,” they sing, a phrase repeated so often it feels less like confession and more like the Terms & Conditions you’re forced to accept before entering Keith Urban’s radio rotation. It’s supposed to be messy and relatable, but instead it lands with the authenticity of a corporate brand tweeting about “getting lit on Taco Tuesday.” That’s not to say it isn’t catchy—it is, in the same way a car alarm is catchy when it’s been going off for an hour. It will lodge itself in your brain, make you hum it against your will, and then leave you wondering why you suddenly have the urge to buy boxed rosé and an Urban Outfitters cowboy hat. In the end, isn’t a disaster so much as it is aggressively fine: the sonic equivalent of warm domestic beer. It won’t ruin your night, but you’ll definitely wish you had something better in your hand. BEST MOMENT: When it ends and you realise Spotify auto-play has queued up literally anything else. WORST MOMENT: Realising you’ll still be humming it tomorrow. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=920737 Start for FREE DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Blessington https://blessington.co/ Support the podcast when you buy a Blessington watch! Use the promo code “1001songs” at checkout. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show https://www.patreon.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie/ Follow us on TikTok: @
Want to request a song? Tell us your rating? Send us a Text Message right now! https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/977203/open_sms SABRINA CARPENTER — “MANCHILD” On “Manchild,” Sabrina Carpenter trades in her usual sugary pop flair for what feels like a subtweet set to music. The song drips with sarcasm, which is fitting, because it sounds like it was written directly after seeing an ex-boyfriend post a thirst trap captioned “rise and grind.” Carpenter takes aim at the boy-men of the world: guys who Venmo you $7.43 for half a burrito but still call themselves entrepreneurs, who post inspirational quotes with typos, who think playing pickup basketball counts as cardio. Her lyrics are clever in spots, but often teeter on the edge of being too pleased with themselves, like a barista who insists on telling you their stand-up routine while you’re just trying to get a flat white. Production-wise, “Manchild” is all glossy minimalism—like a synth-pop beat that dressed up in Zara to impress its girlfriend’s parents. It’s catchy, but you can’t shake the feeling you’ve heard it before, probably on the soundtrack of a Netflix rom-com where the protagonist realizes her boyfriend is, in fact, a manchild. Still, Carpenter delivers with a wink and a smirk, and the song thrives in its pettiness. It’s not her boldest work, but it does provide excellent background music for sending passive-aggressive texts or deleting your Hinge app for the seventh time this month. BEST FIT FOR: playing loudly in your apartment while rehearsing a speech about how you’re “so over him,” only to check his Instagram again five minutes later. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=920737 Start for FREE Blessington https://blessington.co/ Support the podcast when you buy a Blessington watch! Use the promo code “1001songs” at checkout. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show https://www.patreon.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie/ Follow us on TikTok: @
Want to request a song? Tell us your rating? Send us a Text Message right now! https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/977203/open_sms BENSON BOONE — “BEAUTIFUL THINGS” Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things” is the kind of song that sounds like it was carefully engineered to play during the end credits of a Netflix teen drama—specifically the episode where the main character finally kisses their crush, only for it to start raining in cinematic slow motion. Boone’s voice trembles with the sincerity of someone who just discovered his first heartbreak on Tumblr circa 2012, and the production swells like an Imagine Dragons B-side that got baptized in holy water. Lyrically, Boone circles around the idea of cherishing love before it slips away, which is both touching and about as revolutionary as finding out water is wet. Every line sounds like it was workshopped by a support group for people who cried too hard at . “Please don’t take these beautiful things that I’ve got” could be poignant if it didn’t also sound like a panicked plea to a landlord. The song itself builds toward a dramatic chorus that is supposed to soar, but mostly just floats politely, like a balloon that refuses to fully commit to either rising or popping. It’s polished, safe, and inoffensive—Spotify playlist glue for people who still write Instagram captions about “living in the moment.” Still, Boone knows his audience, and in that lane, “Beautiful Things” works. It’s heartfelt enough to make teenagers clutch their pillows at 2 a.m., but slick enough to slide onto Top 40 radio without scaring off your mom. Is it groundbreaking? No. But if you need a soundtrack for your next PG-13 existential crisis, Boone has you covered. BEST FIT FOR: crying in your car after an argument where you definitely weren’t wrong. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=920737 Start for FREE Blessington https://blessington.co/ Support the podcast when you buy a Blessington watch! Use the promo code “1001songs” at checkout. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show https://www.patreon.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie/ Follow us on TikTok: @
Want to request a song? Tell us your rating? Send us a Text Message right now! https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/977203/open_sms PITCHFORK REVIEW – KATY PERRY: If Hunter S. Thompson had written as a sugar-coated rom-com, would be the soundtrack. Katy Perry delivers a glitter-fuelled ode to bad decisions, late-stage capitalism, and the kind of hangover that makes you question both your life choices and whether you’re wearing someone else’s pants. The production is a strange hybrid of ‘80s arena rock bombast and Disney Channel pep rally — Max Martin and co. essentially weaponise cymbal crashes and four-on-the-floor drums until you feel like you’ve just mainlined a slot machine jackpot. Perry’s vocals bounce between faux-indignant girlfriend and motivational speaker who’s had three vodka Red Bulls for breakfast. Lyrically, it’s a manifesto for the YOLO generation before YOLO was a thing. Lines like ” and feel less like pop hooks and more like your friend’s drunken Instagram captions from 2010. This is not a song about Vegas so much as it’s a song about waking up anywhere with glitter in your teeth and an inexplicable hotel charge. When Perry shouts , it’s not just a chorus — it’s a philosophy. The song is basically a musical dare, telling you to make the bad choice, own the bad choice, and then write a three-minute pop banger about it. By the end, you’re not sure if you’ve listened to a breakup song, a pro-gambling PSA, or a piece of subtle anti-tourism propaganda from the Nevada Health Department. But like a $4.99 all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet, it’s cheap, loud, and will haunt you for days. VERDICT: The perfect soundtrack to putting $50 on black at 3am, losing, and telling yourself it was “part of the experience.” DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=920737 Start for FREE Blessington https://blessington.co/ Support the podcast when you buy a Blessington watch! Use the promo code “1001songs” at checkout. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show https://www.patreon.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie/ Follow us on TikTok: @
Want to request a song? Tell us your rating? Send us a Text Message right now! https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/977203/open_sms PITCHFORK REVIEW – JOE DOLCE: Joe Dolce’s is the kind of song that makes you question not only the nature of music, but the nature of civilisation itself. In 1980, while the rest of the world was contemplating the looming nuclear winter, Joe Dolce decided to weaponise a mandolin and a catchphrase to wage war on taste. Dolce’s delivery—equal parts comedy uncle, regional theatre understudy, and man who’s just been told “the karaoke machine’s broken, can you sing it a cappella?”—is the song’s driving force. The accordion wheezes like a pensioner after walking up three steps, while the rhythm plods along with all the swagger of a Fiat Panda in second gear. It’s not music you dance to so much as music you to, preferably while wearing a checked tablecloth as a cape. Lyrically, it’s a work of minimalist genius. Dolce doesn’t waste time with metaphors or subtext—every line is a conversation between him, his mama, and an imagined chorus of Australian radio listeners in 1981 who were too polite to turn it off. The repeated hook, “What’s-a matter you?” isn’t just a question—it’s an existential howl, a postmodern critique of the immigrant experience, or maybe just a man yelling at a cloud. When it was released, dethroned John Lennon’s on the UK charts. Yes, Joe Dolce beat a Beatle. That’s like if Subway released a tuna melt that outsold the Mona Lisa. It’s a reminder that sometimes, the masses don’t want enlightenment—they want an accordion, a bad accent, and a chorus that gets funnier the more you sing it. In the end, is not a song you listen to because you want to—it’s a song you listen to because it will find you. In the supermarket. In a taxi. In your brain at 3am. And you will sing along, because resistance is futile. VERDICT: A masterpiece of cultural persistence. Like herpes, but with a mandolin. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=920737 Start for FREE Blessington https://blessington.co/ Support the podcast when you buy a Blessington watch! Use the promo code “1001songs” at checkout. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show https://www.patreon.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie/ Follow us on TikTok: @
Want to request a song? Tell us your rating? Send us a Text Message right now! https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/977203/open_sms SIMPLE PLAN – “SHUT UP!” 2.1/10 If teen angst were a currency, Simple Plan would be Canada’s largest export. And “Shut Up!” is perhaps their most shrill, sugar-coated contribution to the pop-punk economy: a three-minute tantrum in skinny jeans, flung onto CD like a Hot Topic receipt someone refused to recycle. Released in 2004, a golden era when every mall had at least one screaming adolescent with , “Shut Up!” captures the essence of adolescent rage with all the nuance of a fire alarm taped to a skateboard. It’s not a song—it’s an eye roll set to power chords. Frontman Pierre Bouvier delivers each line like he’s been grounded for the weekend and just discovered exists. “Don’t tell me who to be!” he cries, in the tone of someone who just got told to take their shoes off in the house. It’s an anthem for misunderstood kids everywhere—by which we mean, mostly kids who got a B in maths and think that counts as oppression. Musically, it’s the equivalent of punching drywall after being asked to do the dishes. The guitars chug dutifully, the drums go “boom-boom-tap,” and somewhere in the background, the ghost of sheds a single tear. There’s an attempt at a bridge that sounds like it was written in the back of a maths book, and it ends—mercifully—with more shouting. Its unclear whether the listener is supposed to feel empowered or just relieved its over. Lyrically, it’s as if every line was workshopped in an MSN chat room. “Just shut your mouth / Who do you think you are?” asks Pierre, clearly directing his ire at a very rude parent, teacher, or perhaps the concept of adulthood itself. It’s emotional depth, brought to you by a packet of Sour Skittles and a half-watched episode of . Still, “Shut Up!” did serve a noble purpose: it was the soundtrack to at least a dozen bedroom door slams per suburban household. And in that sense, it’s historically significant—if only to warn future generations of what happens when you give a Fender and a recording budget to five dudes who just hate being told what to do. BEST LYRIC: “There you go / You never ask why” — bold of them to claim introspection in a song called “Shut Up!” WORST LYRIC: “Don’t tell me how to live!” — accidentally sums up the entire album. FILE NEXT TO: Broken skateboards, discarded diary entries, and that hoodie you wore every day in Year 10. RIYL: Thinking the world doesn’t understand you (it probably does, and it’s fine). — DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=920737 Start for FREE Blessington https://blessington.co/ Support the podcast when you buy a Blessington watch! Use the promo code “1001songs” at checkout. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show https://www.patreon.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie/ Follow us on TikTok: @
Want to request a song? Tell us your rating? Send us a Text Message right now! https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/977203/open_sms BLACK EYED PEAS – “SHUT UP” 1.4/10 There’s a moment—roughly 43 seconds into “Shut Up”—when the listener is already wondering what unspeakable acts they committed in a past life to deserve this. This is not so much a song as it is a group therapy session that accidentally got auto-tuned, given a reggaeton-lite beat, and released to the public as punishment. Let’s be clear: was never , but “Shut Up” makes even the most obnoxious BEP singles feel like nuanced art-pop by comparison. It’s a musical lovers’ quarrel, except neither party is remotely loveable, and their quarrel is written in bold font by someone who just discovered the “rhyme” setting in Microsoft Word. Fergie and will.i.am exchange the kind of biting lyrical barbs usually reserved for year nine drama class improv exercises. “Shut up, just shut up, shut up,” they declare on loop—giving the phrase a semantic breakdown so thorough it starts to resemble a Gregorian chant written by emotionally immature robots. The production? Imagine a MIDI file got drunk, wandered into an Apple Store, and started slapping demo keyboards. The beat clunks forward like an old washing machine—no groove, no swing, just relentless plodding. Its music to argue over a broken Xbox to. Lyrically, “Shut Up” is relationship therapy by way of a text thread you should’ve left on read. Lines like “Why do we always gotta fight?” are delivered with all the depth of a motivational poster stapled to a dartboard. To be fair, the song does achieve one thing: it unites people. Not through shared joy, but through a mutual desire for silence. If the title is a request, we’re happy to comply. If it’s a command, we’re still complying. The real tragedy is that it ever started talking in the first place. BEST LYRIC: “We try to take it slow / But we’re still losin control” — tragically accurate if youre referring to the state of the music industry at the time. WORST LYRIC: “Shut up, just shut up, shut up” — a phrase now echoing in the heads of innocent listeners across the globe. FILE NEXT TO: That awkward couple at the bar you pretend not to hear. RIYL: Watching your friends argue on speakerphone. — DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=920737 Start for FREE Blessington https://blessington.co/ Support the podcast when you buy a Blessington watch! Use the promo code “1001songs” at checkout. DUBBY https://www.dubby.gg/ DUBBY is declaring WAR on big Energy! Use the promo code "1001songs" at checkout for 10% off! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show https://www.patreon.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie/ Follow us on TikTok: @
