Hit Parade Music History and Music Trivia

Chris Molanphy traces how hit songs actually became hits, and the answer is almost never 'because the song was good.' Marketing timing, radio politics, chart manipulation, cultural moments, and sometimes just dumb luck. Each episode takes a chart phenomenon and reverse-engineers it with the precision of someone who genuinely understands how the music industry's machinery works. Music trivia with actual analytical depth rather than just fun facts. You'll never hear a #1 hit the same way after listening to Molanphy explain what really put it there.