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Encore: The Stories Behind The Songs You Love

Encore: The Stories Behind The Songs You Love

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Do you remember where you were the first time you heard Outkast tell you to 'Shake it like a Polaroid Picture'?

How about when Nickelback told you to 'Look at this Photograph'?

Or when Taylor Swift provided the soundtrack to your Love story?

Join Ruby Carr as she takes you through the biggest songs in the world - with new interviews and newly unearthed archive footage from the artists themselves.

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  • A Titanic Hit: The Story of Céline Dion's 'My Heart Will Go On'
    Oct 16 2025

    Céline Dion's 'My Heart Will Go On' is Arguably the most iconic ballad of the past 30 years. Despite everything Céline Dion has accomplished in her incredible career, which spans 45 years, if you can believe it, 'My Heart Will Go On' is without a doubt the song that everybody knows by her - and if you can believe it - it was recorded in one take.

    This is the story of Céline Dion's 'My Heart Will Go On' with newly unearthed audio from Céline Dion herself.

    Written by Cam Lindsay for iHeartRadio.

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    31 mins
  • Brighter Than The Sun: The Story of fun.'s 'We Are Young'
    Oct 1 2025

    Success in the music industry is a funny thing isn’t it?

    Whether you’re a Legendary Icon of the industry, or a One Hit Wonder, Pop Music truly feeds on a ‘what have you done for me lately’ model, where you’re almost always only as popular as your last hit.

    When you hit a certain level of success as an artist and it’s time to follow that successful project up - even if you’ve blown every realistic expectation of success out of the water - you’re still gonna try something right?

    Not necessarily.

    Which brings us to the curious case of fun.

    This is the story of fun.'s 'We Are Young'.

    Written by Clayton Taylor for iHeartRadio

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    30 mins
  • It's Been... The Story of Barenaked Ladies' 'One Week'
    Sep 25 2025

    It’s beeeeennnn… one week since the last episode of Encore, and now here we are with another one. Our 79th episode in total - yes we counted.

    Now, in music, novelty acts don’t tend to last very long. In fact, the average best before date of a novelty act lasts only about as long as a box of Kraft Dinner, sometimes less. Back when Barenaked Ladies first emerged from the depths of Scarborough, they were widely considered a novelty act, largely because they mixed such a heavy dose of comedy into their genre-bending music.

    Unlike so many official or unofficial novelty acts, Barenaked Ladies have resonated with millions and millions of music lovers for more than 35 years now. What started out as a bunch of guys singing jokey songs about becoming millionaires and being back in grade 9, developed into one of Canada’s most beloved and successful musical acts in that time span. They’ve had #1 hits all over the world, one of the best-selling independent releases in Canadian history, and made Prince’s favourite album of 1998… maybe.

    This is the story of Barenaked Ladies' One Week - with newly unearthed audio from BNL!

    Written by Cam Lindsay for iHeartRadio.

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    31 mins
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