You Wanted a Hit!
Hosted by Theo and Michael · Michael Smith & Theo Beidler
4.9from 60 ratings
- 108
- Episodes
- 7
- Transcribed
- 60
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About You Wanted a Hit!
A discussion of unlikely, perplexing, and positively bizarre hit songs that swept the nation, and often the world. Have you ever heard a classic song and thought, "why on Earth was this popular?" Or "How did this even get played on the radio?" Well, we're here to answer these questions for you. Each episode we will explore the backstory, creation, and success of one unlikely smash hit. The catch? Only one host knows which song will be the topic. Hosted by music fanatics and pop culture enthusiasts Michael Smith and Theo Beidler. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- Michael Smith & Theo Beidler
- Category
- music · music · music
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 1 Feb 2021
- Latest episode
- 1 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
7 of 108 episodes have a transcript.
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Kim Wilde "Kids in America"
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Kim Wilde "Kids in America"
Published 1 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Hmm. Now, Kim has a slightly different take. She said, my dad's head went into a fantasy. This idea of everything being better in America. Of course, for his generation. She said, of course, for his generation, that was very true. Everyone was going to drive-in movies and drinking milkshakes and having hamburgers in America. We weren't doing things like that in the UK. I think a lot of that got caught up in the lyrics. All the kids in America are having a better, more interesting, more dangerous time than we are here. The milkshakes were more dangerous than the pints. Well, yeah, probably so. You know, we're a lot better than English, though. […]
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 31 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 29 ratings
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- 19
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 77
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Theo and Michael host the show. Published by Michael Smith & Theo Beidler.
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