BONUS: Peter Peter and Scotty Taylor Talk the Music of 'Heated Rivalry'!

Thank you for listening to this special season of Encore! Peter Peter & Scotty Taylor sit down with iHeartRadio Canada’s Ruby Carr to talk about the music choices in “Heated Rivalry” & if they will be taking part of season 2. Peter Peter and Scotty Taylor talk about what makes the soundtrack reall…

HEATED RIVALRY Encore: The True Story of t.A.T.u's 'All The Things She Said' & Harrison Remix

Welcome to a special HEATED RIVALRY Edition of Encore, where we celebrate the most popular songs featured in the hit CRAVE Original Series! This week - we’ve got the story behind ANOTHER one of the most beloved songs to feature in the series - TATU’S 2002 Hit ‘All The Things She Said’ and it’s mod…

HEATED RIVALRY Encore: The Story Behind Wolf Parade's 'I'll Believe in Anything'

Welcome to a special Heated Rivalry edition of Encore, where we take you behind the songs you love from the show you love more than just about anything. This week we look at Wolf Parade’s “I’ll Believe In Anything,” a song that has become a hit 20-plus years after its original release. In case you…

HEATED RIVALRY Encore: The Story Behind Feist's 'My Moon My Man' and SeaLion

Welcome to a special HEATED RIVALRY Edition of Encore, where we celebrate the most popular songs featured in the hit CRAVE Original Series! This week - we’ve got the story behind one of the most beloved songs in the series - Feist’s 2007 banger ‘My Moon My Man’ While the song has certainly taken …

CanConCore 4: The Story of soulDecision's 'Faded'

Formed in Vancouver by Trevor Guthrie, David Bowman and Ken Lewko, Indecision would sign with Universal Music and rebrand themselves as soulDecsion (lowercase S, uppercase D) in 1999 as to avoid conflict with an American band who had already squatted on the name. Styled and Marketed as a boyband f…

CanConCore 3: The Story of Sugar Jones' 'Days Like That'

Do you remember when days were like that? More specifically, do you remember Sugar Jones and their song “Days Like That”?   If not, well, you are forgiven. Sugar Jones only existed for a couple years at the beginning of the millennium. But in that short stint they dropped what is widely considered …

CanConCore 2: The Story of Bran Van 3000's 'Drinking In LA'

Last week on Encore - the CanConCore special edition - we focused on an absolutely absurd teeny-bopper anthem from the year 2000 - and a real crown jewel of obscure Canadian Pop Music - B4-4’s ‘Get Down’.  While it was a wild and wacky song (and video) in its own right - nobody would be rushing to…

CanConCore 1: The Story of B4-4's 'Get Down'

Welcome to a special episode of Encore where we take a look at some of the iHeartRadio team’s favourite Canadian songs that you may have forgotten about. We’re calling it CanConCore… get it?  This week we have the story of B4-4’s “Get Down”! Remember the year 2000? If we weren’t worried about Y2K…

More Than You Bargained For: The Story of Fall Out Boy's 'Sugar We're Goin' Down'

Ah the many faces of pop punk…  Here on Encore we’ve explored a wide range of songs that fall under the genre’s umbrella; from the sounds of Green Day’s Rock-Opera-Political thriller American Idiot to SUM 41’s metal-worshipping, Jackass-inspired Fat Lip, to Avril Lavigne’s quirky and jealousy ridd…

A Titanic Hit: The Story of Céline Dion's 'My Heart Will Go On'

Céline Dion's 'My Heart Will Go On' is Arguably the most iconic ballad of the past 30 years. Despite everything Céline Dion has accomplished in her incredible career, which spans 45 years, if you can believe it, 'My Heart Will Go On' is without a doubt the song that everybody knows by her - and if …