I Never Wanna Hear You Say: The Story of Backstreet Boys' 'I Want It That Way'
Welcome to Season SEVEN of Encore with brand new host, Ruby Carr! Boy bands - they really don’t get much cred for being musicians, performers, and entertainers, am i right? From the Jackson 5 in the mid-1960s to the current global phenomenon that is K-pop, boy bands have been a big moneymaker in music for decades now. But at the same time, they have also been subjected to plenty of ridicule, disparagement and even hatred while girl groups like Destiny’s Child, Spice Girls and TLC have earned respect and admiration for their empowering and inspirational music. Some even say that the 'Boy Band' was essentially a music industry creation with the sole purpose of capitalizing on the love and devotion of young girls and their allowances. The boys in these bands were almost always reduced to being puppets to just sing and dance to music that was mostly written, recorded and - to use a dirty industry term - “manufactured” by professional songwriters and musicians. This music was designed to be a perfect product that girls of the tween and teen variety couldn’t resist. HOWEVER… there is one song that goes against the grain, that breaks all the rules, and for the past quarter century that has been an exception to everything I just said. It is a song that had the likes of grown men like Adam Sandler, Paul Rudd, Jerry Seinfeld and Jon Hamm singing along to it on live television like true stans when it was performed at the Saturday Night Live 50th anniversary concert this past February. It has been used countless times in movies and TV shows, covered, sampled and parodied to no end. Let's face it, because you can’t deny it, it is the one true boy band song that virtually everyone on Earth gives a pass to - Even more so, it’s a song that everyone flat out loves - whether they will admit it or not. That song is “I Want It That Way” by Backstreet Boys. With Newly Unearthed audio from the Backstreet Boys & a NEW Interview with Howie D!
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Box Set 3: Mariah Carey, Amy Winehouse, Adele & Lady Gaga's Biggest Hits!
It's the Best of Encore Seasons 1-6 with a jam-packed Vocal Powerhouses BOXSET. Listen to 4 episodes of Encore featuring the stories behind Mariah Carey's We Belong Together, Amy Winehouse's Rehab, Adele's Rolling in the Deep, and Lady Gaga's Bad Romance. Listen to NEW Episodes of Encore: The Stories Behind The Songs You Love every Thursday on iHeartRadio or wherever you get your Podcasts coming soon!
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Box Set 2: Green Day, Sum 41, MCR & Jimmy Eat World's Biggest Hits!
It's the Best of Encore Seasons 1-6 with a jam-packed Pop-Punk BOXSET. Listen to 4 episodes of Encore featuring the stories behind Green Day's American Idiot, Sum 41's Fat Lip, My Chemical Romance's Welcome to the Black Parade and Jimmy Eat World's The Middle! Listen to NEW Episodes of Encore: The Stories Behind The Songs You Love every Thursday on iHeartRadio or wherever you get your Podcasts coming soon!
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Box Set 1 : Taylor Swift, Britney Spears, Nelly Furtado & Christina Aguilera's Biggest Hits
It's the Best of Encore Seasons 1-6 with a jam-packed POP BOXSET. Listen to 4 episodes of Encore featuring the stories behind Taylor Swift's We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, Britney Spears' Toxic, Nelly Furtado's Promiscuous and Christina Aguilera's Dirrty! Listen to NEW Episodes of Encore: The Stories Behind The Songs You Love every Thursday on iHeartRadio or wherever you get your Podcasts coming soon!
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Colours of the World : The Story of Spice Girls' 'Spice Up Your Life'
Way back in Season 2 of Encore we talked about the United Kingdom’s rich history of introducing some of the most iconic Boy Bands of all time into the world. From The Beatles to Wham! Westlife to One Direction, Pop Music is littered with some fine British Exports. But of course, that’s really only half the story isn’t it? Because through all the Boys noise there’s one incomparable group of Girls that rocked the world in the mid-to-late-nineties. Sporty, Scary, Baby, Ginger, and Posh - The Spice Girls! This is the Story of Spice Girls’ Spice up your Life! With newly unearthed audio from the girls themselves!
About Encore: The Stories Behind The Songs You Love
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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