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 Wo...

Let Her Cry 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...

Alex Warren tried to pour his heart into Ordinary — 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 m...

Naughty By Nature’s O.P.P 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 br...

Bob Dylan’s Mr. Tambourine Man 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 ...

Golden – Huntr/xScore: 7.4Huntr/x’s Golden 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 r...

Cry for You – SeptemberScore: 8.1In 2006, Petra Marklund, better known by her Europop nom de guerre September, released Cry for You, a track that felt less like a song and more like a government-mandated...

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 1001 Songs That Make You Want To Die, you’ll want to add this to your list. It’s funny, ...

Keith Urban & Pink – One Too ManyScore: 3.4It takes a certain kind of courage to title your duet One Too Many when the song itself sounds like it was written after exactly that number of beers. Keith...

Sabrina Carpenter — “Manchild” Pitchfork Score: 5.8On “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, beca...

Benson Boone — “Beautiful Things” Pitchfork Score: 6.4Benson 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—specifica...

Pitchfork Review – Katy Perry: Waking Up in Vegas Score: 7.9 (Best New Hangover)If Hunter S. Thompson had written Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas as a sugar-coated rom-com, Waking Up in Veg...

Pitchfork Review – Joe Dolce: Shaddap You Face Score: 8.7 (Best New Meme)Joe Dolce’s Shaddap You Face is the kind of song that makes you question not only the nature of music, but the nature o...

Simple Plan – “Shut Up!” Lava Records; 2004 2.1/10If 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 p...

Black Eyed Peas – “Shut Up” Interscope; 2003 1.4/10There’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 th...

🚨 It’s Shut Up Month on the podcast! 🚨All August, we’re reviewing songs with “Shut Up” in the title — the loud, the weird, and the unintentionally hilarious. From Rihanna’s speeding metaphors to Reece Mastin’s shouty romance, no...

🎙️ Shut Up Month Continues on 1001 Songs That Make You Want To Die 🎙️ All month long, we're celebrating songs that open with attitude and close with confusion — all united by one shared desire: that someone, so...

🚨 It’s Shut Up Month on the podcast! 🚨All August we’re reviewing songs with “Shut Up” in the title — the loud, the weird, and the unintentionally hilarious. From Rihanna’s speeding metaphors to Reece Mastin’s shouty romance, not...

🎙️ Welcome to “Shut Up Month” on 1001 Songs That Make You Want To Die 🎙️ This July, we’re diving headfirst into songs that told the world to pipe down — whether they meant it romantically, rebelliously, or just...

Becky G: "Shower" ★☆☆☆☆ By Someone Who’s Been Held Hostage in a Sephora for 36 HoursThere are songs that change lives. There are songs that move culture. And then there is “Shower” by Becky G—a song that boldly as...

Silentó – “Watch Me (Whip / Nae Nae)” TurnUp Records / Capitol – 2015 1.6By the time Silentó commands us to “watch me whip,” a full seven seconds into the track, you already know you’ve boarded a train boun...

Kelly Osbourne: “Papa Don’t Preach” Epic Records, 2002 Pitchfork Rating: 3.7In a move that can only be described as “aggressively Y2K,” Kelly Osbourne—daughter of Ozzy, wearer of neon hair, and survivor of ...

Matchbox Twenty – "Unwell" Atlantic; 2003 3.2By: Dax Mumberson, Pitchfork ContributorThere are songs that define an era, and then there’s “Unwell” by Matchbox Twenty—a song that limply gestured at de...

Divinyls – “I Touch Myself” (1990) ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Genre: Sexy Pop-Rock with a Side of Subtle ShoutingIf you’ve ever wanted to tell the entire world you’re into yourself—like, really into yourself—but with an A...

Chamillionaire – “Ridin’” [feat. Krayzie Bone] Universal; 2006 6.4 (but only if you're in a Dodge Charger with illegal tints)“Ridin’” is the rare kind of song that makes you feel both like a criminal and a ...