Introducing Hit Parade from Slate: "What’s 1984 Got to Do with It Edition Part 1"
Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond
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4.5 • 4.2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2024
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
This week we're sharing an episode from one of Slate's podcasts called Hit Parade. A decade ago, Rolling Stone magazine called 1984 “Pop’s Greatest Year.” A bold statement…but a lot of critics agree. A confluence of factors—the comeback of dance music, the peak of MTV, the Second British Invasion and the emergence of metal and hip-hop—made the radio a great place to be.
Join Chris Molanphy in this episode of Slate's Hit Parade as he dissects eight reasons why 1984 was awesome for pop fans and walks through all 20 of the year’s No. 1 hits: from “Jump” to “Hello,” “Karma Chameleon” to “Caribbean Queen,” “Let’s Go Crazy” to “Like a Virgin.”
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| 1:11.0 | Hey there, it's Justin Richmond. |
| 1:12.8 | I want to take a moment to share a podcast with you that I think you'll enjoy. |
| 1:15.9 | It's called Hit Parade, a show from Slade about chart-topping hits and what makes a song a smash. |
| 1:22.3 | It's hosted by pop chart analyst and our friend, Chris Malamfi. |
| 1:26.6 | Twice a month, Chris tells tales from more than half a century of pop chart analyst and our friend Chris Malanfi. Twice a month, Chris tells tales from more than |
| 1:29.1 | half a century of pop chart history. Through storytelling, trivia, and song snippets, |
| 1:34.2 | he dissect how artists you love or hate dominated the airwaves and shaped your memories forever. |
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