How Bands Pay Bribes To Get Stuck In Your Head

IMPORTANT: None of the musicians or individuals depicted in this video are being accused of a crime. While sources suggest some of them had engaged in payola via their record labels or independent promoters, that doesn’t mean the artist did anything illegal.

A huge shout out to Kerry Seagrave’s “Payola In The Music Industry” which provided the historical basis for much of this video. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4503637-payola-in-the-music-industry

ALL MUSIC IN THIS VIDEO
0:00 NoMBe – Zodiac Structures
1:19 In The Hall Of The Mountain King
3:03 Charles K Harris – After The Ball
7:04 Chuck Berry – You Can’t Catch Me
7:31 Chuck Berry – Wee Wee Hours
7:46 Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys – Ida Red
8:40 Chuck Berry – Maybellene
10:30 Little Richard – Long Tall Sally
11:18 Barbie Gaye – My Boy Lollypop
13:23 Barbie Gaye – Say You Understand
17:17 Irving Berlin – It’s a Lovely Day Today
17:24 Conway Twitty – It’s Only make Believe
18:01 The Beatles – I Feel Fine
20:13 Earth Wind & Fire – Shining Star
20:29 The Isley Brothers – Live It Up
20:34 Al Green – Tired of Being Alone
23:23 Paul McCartney – Coming Up
23:42 Mötley Crüe – Smokin’ In The Boys Room
24:10 Bandsplaining Theme
24:30 Limp Bizkit – Counterfeit
25:14 Audioslave – Light My Way
25:18 Nas – Tupac cover
25:22 Bowow – My Baby
25:25 311 – Lovesong
25:33 Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out
28:48 Billie Joe Armstrong – I Think We’re Alone Now
29:24 Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello – Senorita
30:45 Fleetwood Mac – Oh Well
31:23 Macintosh Plus – Lisa Frank 420 / Modern Computing
33:36 Bandsplaining Theme

Special thanks to Josh Amparan and Mike Fornari for editing assistance.

Written by 92.9 The Torch