The Story Behind The Song
The Story Behind the Song finds host Peter Csathy digging into some of the most iconic songs of all time with the artists who made them. Others may scratch the surface, but we go deeper than anyone into the musician’s fascinating creative journey of how their most lasting songs came to be – and the moment that sparked their inspiration.
Latest Episode
Pavement - "Kennel District" with Scott Kannberg and Steve West (14.11.2025)
Previous Episodes
- Encore: The Police's Stewart Copeland - "Roxanne"
- Salt-N-Pepa's Salt - Let's Talk About Sex
- Encore: Blondie - "Rapture"
- Sublime - "Wrong Way" (with Bud Gaugh)
- Encore: Don McLean - "American Pie"
- The Bangles' Susanna Hoffs - "Eternal Flame"
- Encore: The Killers' Brandon Flowers - "All These Things That I've Done"
- Gloria Gaynor - "I Will Survive"
- Encore: Devo - “Whip It”
- DEVO - "Girl U Want"
- Encore: Air Supply - "All Out of Love" with Graham Russell
- Counting Crows - "A Long December"
- Encore: Heart - "Crazy On You" with Nancy Wilson
- Heart - "Barracuda"
- Encore: Violent Femmes - "Blister in the Sun"
- Mike Campbell of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - “Refugee"
- The Story Behind The Song Is Back for Season 4!
- Encore: Rick Astley - "Never Gonna Give You Up
- Encore: Garbage - "Only Happy When It Rains"
- Moby - “Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad"
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