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This week on 1001 Songs That Make You Want To Die, we head straight into the fog with The Hills by The Weeknd.

A song that sounds like fame, paranoia, sex, and self-loathing all yelling over each other through blown speakers. It’s moody. It’s aggressive. It’s been blasted in cars at dangerous volumes since 2015.

Joining us is Joe Orchard from the Get The Shot podcast by Tamron, bringing strong opinions, zero fear, and the correct amount of chaos.

We dig into the lyrics, the nihilistic flexing, the distorted production choices, and whether The Hills is a masterpiece of dark pop or just Abel yelling his problems at us very loudly. There’s talk of ego, excess, emotional damage, and of course a serious discussion about whether any of us could beat The Weeknd in a fight.

Turn it up. Regret it later.

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This week on 1001 Songs That Make You Want To Die, we put Cool Kids by Echosmith on trial.

A song that was absolutely unavoidable in the 2010s. Radio loved it. Ads loved it. Everyone else slowly lost their mind.

We break down the lyrics, the suspiciously manufactured vibe, the “are they saying cool kids or cookies?” theory, and whether this track was built purely to live forever in commercials. There’s also a deep dive into band lore, questionable industry decisions, and a surprisingly aggressive conclusion to Could You Beat Them In a Fight?

Is Cool Kids harmless indie pop? A focus-grouped radio weapon? Or just another song that overstayed its welcome?

Press play and decide for yourself.

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This week on 1001 Songs That Make You Want To Die, we take on “Heroes” — a song that somehow manages to be genuinely beautiful, historically important, and still capable of making us argue for way too long.

We dig into David Bowie in his Berlin era, the real story behind the kiss by the Wall, why this song sounds enormous even when it’s barely moving, and how Heroes became shorthand for triumph, hope, and stadium-sized emotion, whether it earned it or not.

Along the way, we talk Cold War romance, production tricks that shouldn’t work but absolutely do, Bowie mythology versus reality, and whether repeated cultural overuse can turn even a great song into something… complicated.

It’s respectful. It’s argumentative. And yes, someone still has to ask the question: could you beat David Bowie in a fight?

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This week on 1001 Songs That Make You Want To Die, we put “Complicated” under the microscope and ask the question nobody wanted answered in 2002: was this actually pop punk, or were we all aggressively gaslit by a necktie and some eyeliner?

We dig into how Avril Lavigne was pitched as a skater-punk outsider while quietly being moulded in a boardroom, why Complicated sounds a lot more like country rock than Warped Tour, and how a song with zero pop-punk staples somehow became the face of the genre.

Along the way, we cover industry plants, the Matrix songwriting factory, the unhinged Avril replacement conspiracy, questionable skateboarding technique, violent crimes against a supermarket hot-dog mascot, and the all-important closer: could Gavin beat Avril Lavigne in a fight circa 2002?

It’s messy. It’s nostalgic. Several people’s piss is reportedly burning.

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John Mayer’s “Your Body Is a Wonderland” should be a sweet little love song… but somehow it ends up sounding like a guided tour through a serial killer’s scrapbook. In this episode, we break down the lyrics, the deep-sea blanket metaphors, the miles of skin, the hand-only approach to intimacy, and the unbelievably cursed music video stare-downs.

We also dig into the Grammy it somehow won, Mayer’s teenage songwriting origins, his watch obsession, and why this track might be the most dentist-waiting-room song ever written.

If you’ve ever wondered how a “romantic pop song” turned into a psychological thriller, this one is for you.

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For once, we’re not here to ruin anything.

This Spotify Wrapped 2025 episode of 1001 Songs That Make You Want To Die flips the script. We’re diving into the songs we genuinely loved this year. The tracks we played to death, defended to the end, and didn’t skip even once.

Each host runs through their Wrapped, explains why these songs stuck, and admits what they say about us as people. There are surprises, strong opinions, questionable patterns, and the occasional moment of self-reflection we immediately regret.

No hate. No trials. Just the music that soundtracked our year.

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“I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus – The Jackson 5”

Christmas is meant to be wholesome… until you look at the lyrics too closely.
This week, the boys dig into I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus by The Jackson 5 — a song that somehow manages to be festive, creepy, and deeply unhinged all at once.

Was Mum having an affair with Santa? Was Dad in the corner with a cuck cage? Why is Michael begging his brothers to “believe him”? And why does the music video feature Santa shadow-fucking behind a curtain?

We break down the lyrics, the cursed history, the Catholic Church meltdown, the Jackson family chaos, the bizarre video, the weird production trivia, and the net worths that make absolutely no sense.
All the story, all the filth, all the Christmas nightmares.

If you love chaos, Christmas, and disturbing song analysis, this is your episode.

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This week we dive head-first into the late-90s bubblegum fever dream that is “Doctor Jones” by Aqua. We break down the jungle-camp video, the chaotic lyrics, and why Aqua seemed determined to make every song sound like it was recorded inside a bouncy castle.

From the Indiana Jones knock-off storyline to the hyperactive Eurodance production that could power a small town, we unpack every strange choice that somehow turned this song into a global hit.

If you grew up with this on Video Hits or you’ve ever wondered how many “na-na-nas” it takes to get stuck in your head for a week… this episode is for you.

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