The Pusherman vs. the cat that won't cop out when there's danger all about! Which blaxploitation theme is more badassssss?

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40: "Theme from Shaft" vs. "Superfly"

In the early-mid-'90s, two women captured the hearts of every weird art girl alive. But only one can come up triumphant, so let us now debate which tribute to strangeness is the greatest, Tori Amos's "Cornflake Girl" or Bjork's "Human Behaviour"!

56': "Cornflake Girl" vs. "Human Behaviour" (with Angie Meehan!)

Time for some sad soft indie-boy music! We have one guitar and a lot of complaining but which song will change our lives, "New Slang" by The Shins or "I Will Follow You Into the Dark" by Death Cab for Cutie?

55: "New Slang" vs. "I Will Follow You Into the Dark" (with Dan Olson!)

The Hot Topic girls are coming in 2007 to steal your boyfriend! But who gets him first? Will Avril Lavigne becomes his new "Girlfriend" or will Paramore will be open for "Misery Business?

54': "Girlfriend" vs. "Misery Business" (with Sarah Z!)

It is finally time to do some nu-metal, and if you don't like that, you can stick it up your (yeah!)! Korn and Limp Bizkit were the kings of late '90s rock, but only one can come out victorious here, so which angry white boy anthem reigns supreme, "Freak on a Leash" or "Nookie"?

53: "Freak on a Leash" vs. "Nookie" (with Lindsay Ellis!)

It's the last episode of 2020 so we here at Song vs. Song wanted to put out the year with one of its biggest songs! But wait... wasn't there a rap song named "Rockstar" just a couple years ago? It's DaBaby's "Rockstar" vs. Post Malone's "Rockstar," which rapper will capture rock stardom?

52: "Rockstar" vs. "Rockstar" (with Daren "Rap Critic" Jackson)

It's Christmas time and that means it's the time of the year we give back, so we are doing the big star-studded charity singles of the '80s? But can Band Aid's holiday perennial "Do They Know It's Christmas" compete with the overwhelming American star power of USA for Africa's "We Are the World"?

51: "Do They Know It's Christmas" vs "We Are the World"

We may all be trapped in our houses but that doesn't mean we can't party like we're at the lamest wedding reception of all time! Let us get on the floor and decide which lightly-funky early '80s party jam is superior, Kool & the Gang's "Celebration" or Lionel Richie's "All Night Long (All Night)"!

50: "Celebration" vs. "All Night Long (All Night)"

Song vs. Song goes hipster! We welcome back Billboard editor Andrew Unterberger to discuss two of the late '90s giants of indie rock! Which mopey acoustic love song shall reign supreme, "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" by Neutral Milk Hotel or "The Book of Love" by The Magnetic Fields?

49: "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" vs. "The Book of Love"

It's Halloween and that means it's time for every appropriately-distanced Halloween gathering to play "Ghostbusters"! But: Is it superior to the other ridiculous just-the-plot-of-the-movie action comedy theme song, Will Smith's "Men in Black"? Who ya gonna call? Woo, ha ha!

48: "Ghostbusters" vs. "Men in Black"

Todd and Dany welcome country music expert Grady Smith to discuss the whipping boy genre of the 2010s, bro-country! Is there anything redeemable about this controversial genre, and which of its towering, game-changing early '10s smashes is the defining song of its moment, Jason Aldean's "Dirt Road Anthem" or Florida Georgia Line's "Cruise"?

47: "Dirt Road Anthem" vs. "Cruise"

A Song vs. Song for the ages! A rap battle etched into history! Though 2Pac and Biggie were taken from us too early, we can now settle the beef by deciding which of their signature tunes was the greatest, "California Love" or "Mo Money Mo Problems"!

46: "California Love" vs. "Mo Money, Mo Problems"

It wouldn't be the '90s without some gently earnest female pop-rock! Whose wistful breakup ballad ruled the decade, Lisa Loeb's "Stay (I Missed You)" or Natalie Imbruglia's "Torn"?

45: "Stay (I Missed You)" vs. "Torn"

The quarantine has finally given the MTV Video Music Awards a reason to exist as we desperately rely on our televisions for entertainment! Gaga, BTS and Ariana all showed up, but was the show any good?

The (Covid-Ruined) 2020 MTV Video Music Awards Bonus Coverage!

It's an episode of ass-kicking rock and roll! Which is the greatest metal song of 1980, Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train" or AC/DC's "Back in Black"? (Also, is Todd wrong about calling AC/DC "metal"? All this and more on the podcast!)

44: "Back in Black" vs. "Crazy Train"

It's two of the biggest love songs of the '60s from two of the decade's biggest groups of fake hippies! Will the Monkees' fairy tale ending beat Sonny and Cher's real-life love anthem? Also: Shrek vs. Beavis and Butthead?

43: "I'm a Believer" vs. "I Got You Babe"

Hosted by Todd (in the Shadows) Nathanson and SyFy's Dany Roth, Song vs. Song pits two similar songs of an era against each other with controversial outcomes.

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40: "Theme from Shaft" vs. "Superfly"

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