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TnT's Hit Songs From Mars

TnT's Hit Songs From Mars

By: Tom Thompson Tyler Ralston
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TnT's Hit Songs From Mars seeks to unravel the stories behind some of pop's most unlikely hits. From simple curiosities to songs that changed the world, we examine the sociopolitical and cultural factors that contributed to the success of these surprising outliers, and the impact these songs had on society.© 2025 TnT's Hit Songs From Mars Music
Episodes
  • Christmas in Hollis - Run DMC
    Dec 10 2025

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    In this episode, the boyz say YO!... Ho, Ho, Ho from Hollis, Queens as they unwrap Run DMC's "Christmas in Hollis" in this very special XXXMas episode. As they pull their presents from (Back Door) Santa's sleigh, they unwrap a bounty of New York Christmas classics (both naughty and nice).

    Songs:

    The Reverb Syndicate - Better Dancing Through Technology

    Run DMC - Christmas in Hollis

    Sting - Gabriel's Message

    Stevie Nicks - Silent Night

    Madonna - Santa Baby

    Run DMC feat. Aerosmith - Walk this Way

    Run DMC - King of Rock

    Clarence Carter - Back Door Santa

    Clarence Carter - Slip Away

    Etta James - Tell Mama

    Clarence Carter - Strokin'

    ZZ Top - Legs

    Kiss - Lick it Up

    Bon Jovi - Back Door Santa

    The Black Crowes - Back Door Santa

    Boogie Down Productions - Illegal Business

    Louis Armstrong - Christmas Night in Harlem



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    42 mins
  • Ghost Town - The Specials
    Oct 30 2025

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    In this very special Hallowe'en episode, our beloved rude boys put on their drainpipe trousers and kick back to the spooky sounds of The Specials' #1 hit "Ghost Town." As they skank down the streets of Coventry they make a stop at Elvis Costello's bordello before clashing with the locals in Brixton. While they are by no means condemning the condom, they marvel at the many, MANY special public service announcements imploring the youth to keep a generation gap...by wearing a CAP! So, put on your checkerboard patent leather shoes and start stompin'...with TnT! Happy Halloween, everybody.

    Songs:
    The Reverb Syndicate - Better Dancing Through Technology

    The Pogues - A Pair of Brown Eyes

    The Specials - Ghost Town

    Robert Preston - Seventy-Six Trombones

    The Specials - Do the Dog

    The Clash - The Guns of Brixton

    Linton Kwesi Johnson - New Craas Massahkah

    Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue

    The (English) Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom

    Victor Romero Evans - At the Club

    The Specials - Friday Night, Saturday Morning

    The Specials - Why?

    Fun Boy Three - The Lunatics Have Taken Over the Asylum

    Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy

    The Specials - Free Nelson Mandela

    The Specials - Little Bitch

    The Specials - Gangsters

    The Specials - Stupid Marriage





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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve
    Sep 9 2025

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    In this episode, the lads uncover a song...within a song...within a song...within a song as they excavate the layers of The Verve's 1997 hit "Bitter Sweet Symphony". As they descend into the musical mine they find The Rolling Stones, The Staples Singers, discuss magical musical moments in London, marvel at the bittersweet results of an international hit, and wretch at the often inequitable distribution of royalties. Put your hard hats on, light your headlamps up and join the boyz as they descend into the depths.

    Songs:
    The Reverb Syndicate - Better Dancing Through Technology

    Ozzy Osbourne (feat. Elton John) - Ordinary Man

    The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony

    Killing Joke - Frenzy

    The Rolling Stones - The Last Time

    The Andrew Oldham Orchestra - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

    The Andrew Oldham Orchestra - Time is on My Side

    Richard Cheese - Enter Sandman

    The Andrew Oldham Orchestra - As Tears Go By

    The Andrew Oldham Orchestra - The Last Time

    The Staples Singers - This May Be My Last Time

    The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Little Miss Strange

    Caetano Veloso - London, London

    New Radicals - You Get What You Give

    The Verve Pipe - The Freshmen

    Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Lucky Man

    The Verve - Lucky Man

    Oasis - Cast No Shadow

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    55 mins
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