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The best of the rest of the British Invasion, the birth of modern metal guitar, and The Pit of Disco Despair. This week we look at Glad All Over, originally by The Dave Clark Five, covered by Quiet Riot and by Pet Shop Boys.

Outro music is Cum On Feel The Noize, by a post-Rhoads Quiet Riot.

We say this a lot, but this episode has everything: The formative moment of modern country music, the improbably invention of jazz-country, an utterly avant garde take on a classic, and frog-related childhood trauma. Your Cheatin Heart, originally by Hank Williams, covered by Leon Redbone and by Beck.

Outro music is the theme from Mr. Belvedere, also by Leon Redbone, who did more with that song than you probably realized during the 80s.

A classic song created by a bunch of crypto-non-Australians, popularized in the evolution of punk rock, and brought to heel by the quintessential Spice Girl. I Want Candy, originally by The Strangeloves, covered by Bow Wow Wow, and by Melanie C.

Outro Music is Punk Rock Girl by The Dead Milkmen.

It shouldn't be a surprise that a song with such a universal sentiment was picked up by other musicians. This one stayed universal in an entirely different musical universe. Take This Job and Shove It, originally by Johnny Paycheck, covered by The Dead Kennedys and by the supergroup of Bobby Bare Sr., Radney Foster, Buck Owens, and Jeff Tweedy.

Outro music is Just Call Me Lonesome by Radney Foster.

The 80s-est song that ever 80s-ed didn't do so well when it tried to 64 . This week we look at Tainted Love, originally by Gloria Jones, covered by Soft Cell and by Marilyn Manson.The 80s-est song that ever 80s-ed didn't do so well when it tried to 64 . This week we look at Tainted Love, originally by Gloria Jones, covered by Soft Cell and by Marilyn Manson. Outro music is Toxic by Britney Spears.