WEBVTT - Introducing: Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to five hundred Greatest Songs, a podcast based on

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<v Speaker 1>Rolling Stones hugely popular, influential, and sometimes controversial list. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>Britney Spanos.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm Rob Sheffield. We're here to shed light on

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<v Speaker 2>the greatest songs ever made and discover what makes them

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<v Speaker 2>so great.

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<v Speaker 1>Every week, we'll pick a new song from the list

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<v Speaker 1>and talk about their placement on the Revapped twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 1>one list.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll break down the stories of these songs and the

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<v Speaker 2>stories behind the songs, as well as how they've influenced

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<v Speaker 2>our culture over time. We'll also have guests join us,

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<v Speaker 2>ranging from the artists themselves, to the producers or simply

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<v Speaker 2>other writers like ourselves who voted on them.

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<v Speaker 1>From classics like Fleetwood Max Dreams to The Rawnettes Be

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<v Speaker 1>My Baby and modern day classics like The Killer's Mister

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<v Speaker 1>Brightside and Britney Spears's Baby One More Time.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll also go deep on songs that recently changed our world,

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<v Speaker 2>like Taylor Swift's Blank Space, Drake's Hotline Bling, or Daddy

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<v Speaker 2>yankees Gosolina. There's so many interesting ways these songs changed

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<v Speaker 2>our culture.

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<v Speaker 1>We spend our lives discussing our favorite songs with each

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<v Speaker 1>other as well as our friends and colleagues, and it's

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<v Speaker 1>been so fun digging into them more.

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<v Speaker 2>There's so many fascinating stories that have been forgotten, like

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<v Speaker 2>midnight Train to Georgia starting with a phone call to

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<v Speaker 2>Farah Fawcet, or how the Yeah Yeah Yeahs inspired Kelly

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<v Speaker 2>Clarkson's banger since You've Been Gone and Beyonce's Hold Up.

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<v Speaker 2>Listen to Rolling Stone's five hundred Greatest Songs starting on

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<v Speaker 2>March thirteenth on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever

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<v Speaker 2>you get your podcasts.