Song Vs. Song

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177: "Peg" vs. "What a Fool Believes" (ft. Altamira!) Oct 07, 2026

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Song vs. Song enters the Michael McDonald-iverse! It's Yacht vs. Yacht as we take on two of the smoothest white-boy tracks of the '70s, but will the kings of snark Steely Dan win with "Peg," or will the Doobie Brothers take them down a peg with "What a Fool Believes"? And much thanks to super Dan fan Altamira to help us figure this one out, check out her music here!

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BONUS EPISODE: Please put the VMAs out of its misery Sep 28, 2026

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The VMAs are now a zombie I.P. that only exists to give tribute to the old and dead, and has never felt more like an afterthought.

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176: "Shut Up and Dance" vs. "Cake by the Ocean" (w/Molly Mary O'Brien!) Sep 23, 2026

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They were two of the biggest one-hit wonders of the mid-2010s, but do these vaguely throwback-y pop rock songs hold up, and which does it better? Pitchfork's Molly Mary O'Brien joins us to help us take sides between Walk the Moon's "Shut Up and Dance" and DNCE's "Cake by the Ocean"!

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175: "White Rabbit" vs. "White Room" (w/Steven Hyden!) Sep 09, 2026

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We're back and we're taking a hit of the bad acid as we head back to the '60s and cover two towering hippie classics with suspiciously similar names! But which of the two tracks will get us to Wonderland, will we follow the "White Rabbit" with Jefferson Airplane or will we get locked in the "White Room" with Cream?

Special thanks to the Ween of American Rock Critcs Steven Hyden, check out his new book "Is This It: The Never-Ending Rise and Fall of The Strokes (And Rock 'n' Roll)" here!

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Bonus Episode: The Muppets (2011) with Dan Olson! Aug 16, 2026

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While we are on break, a little taste of our bonus episodes on Patreon! And much thanks to Dan Olson for helping untangle the attempted, only partially successful Jim Henson reboot "The Muppets" from 2011! Song vs. Song Patreon here! Please donate, we need you

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174: "Hung Up" vs. "Can't Get You Out of My Head" (w/Jason Lipshutz!) Jul 28, 2026

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Two of the biggest international pop stars of the '80s and '90s ascended into world-conquering dance divas in the '00s, but which will shall reign supreme, Madonna's "Hung Up" or Kylie Minogue's "Can't Get You Out of My Head"? Billboard's Jason Lipshutz joins us to help get us less hung up.

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173: "Hungry Heart" vs. "Uptown Girl" Jul 14, 2026

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Two guys from the suburbs of NYC loved old doo-wop and '60s girl groups! Which bridge-and-tunnel legend's catchiest song is the better classic pop song, Bruce Springsteen's "Hungry Heart" or Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl"?

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172: "Lovefool" vs. "Kiss Me" Jun 30, 2026

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Teen movies of the '90s needed a cute little twee song for teenagers to kiss to, but which was the most romantic of the two? Todd and Lina argue between "Kiss Me" by Sixpence None the Richer and "Lovefool" by the Cardigans!

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171: "Dreams" vs. "You're So Vain" (w/Andrew Unterberger!) Jun 17, 2026

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Two of the finest and most devastating kiss-off tracks of the '70s, the songs that basically created the Main Pop Girl era five decades ahead of time, but which of these is the most heartbreakingly brutal burns of the '70s, "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac or "You're So Vain" by Carly Simon?

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170: "Say So" vs. "Levitating" (w/AJ Marks!) May 26, 2026

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It's the pandemic and the dance floors are all closed but disco lives on! We invite Main Pod Girl's AJ Marks into the studio to help us debate which is the finest of the 2020 dance songs with the problematic optional guest rapper, Doja Cat's "Say So" (ft. Nicki Minaj) or Dua Lipa's "Levitating" (ft. DaBaby)!

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