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How Pop Songs Work

Conductor Charles Hazlewood hosts a celebration of the magic of pop music and explores the skill and musical dexterity that goes into writing, performing and producing hit records.

Celebration of the magic of pop music and the skill and musical dexterity that goes into writing, performing and producing hit records. Conductor Charles Hazlewood explores the mechanics of pop songs such as Imagine, Tomorrow Never Knows and Back to Black by breaking them down into six key areas, aided by contributions from a cast of writers, producers and arrangers including Guy Chambers, Martin Fry, Steve Levine, Richard Niles, Nick Ingman, John Altman and Rob Davis.

59 minutes

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Sat 1 Oct 2022 01:40
大象传媒 Four

Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:00

    Queen

    We Are The Champions

  • 00:04

    Jimi Hendrix

    Hey Joe

  • 00:06

    Sugababes

    Push The Button

  • 00:11

    Harold Faltermeyer

    Axel F

  • 00:11

    The Clash

    Rock The Casbah (Album Version)

  • 00:11

    The Clash

    Rock The Casbah

  • 00:14

    ABBA

    Knowing Me, Knowing You

  • 00:15

    ABBA

    Knowing Me, Knowing You

  • 00:19

    Amy Winehouse

    Back To Black

  • 00:19

    Amy Winehouse

    Back To Black

  • 00:21

    The Streets

    Dry Your Eyes

  • 00:24

    The Jam

    Going Underground

  • 00:24

    Rihanna, Jay-Z

    Umbrella

  • 00:25

    Pretenders

    Brass In Pocket

  • 00:25

    The Jam

    A Town Called Malice

  • 00:26

    Frankie Goes to Hollywood

    Two Tribes

  • 00:26

    The Jam

    A Town Called Malice

  • 00:26

    Frankie Goes to Hollywood

    Two Tribes

  • 00:27

    Lily Allen

    Smile

  • 00:28

    Arctic Monkeys

    When The Sun Goes Down

  • 00:35

    Madonna

    Vogue

  • 00:36

    Sin茅ad O鈥機onnor

    Nothing Compares 2 U (2009 Digital Remaster)

  • 00:45

    Manic Street Preachers

    A Design For Life (Album Version)

  • 00:46

    Manic Street Preachers

    A Design For Life

  • 00:46

    Gerry Rafferty

    Baker Street

  • 00:48

    The Beatles

    Tomorrow Never Knows

  • 00:47

    Oasis

    Whatever

  • 00:51

    Rihanna, Jay-Z

    Umbrella

  • 00:52

    Mark Ronson, Amy Winehouse

    Valerie (Version Revisited)

  • 00:53

    Mark Ronson

    Valerie (feat. Amy Winehouse)

  • 00:53

    Mark Ronson, Amy Winehouse

    Valerie (Version Revisited)

  • 00:53

    OutKast

    Hey Ya!

  • 00:54

    OutKast

    Hey Ya!

  • 00:55

    Backstreet Boys

    Everybody (Backstreet's Back)

  • 00:55

    Queen

    Bohemian Rhapsody

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