Number One With A Bullet

On another special episode of Number Two With A Bullet, Andrew and Dan examine the complex history of a flash in the pan hit with a massive cultural imprint that somehow failed to top the charts. Whether you pronounce it Whoomp, Whoop, or Whoot, it's undeniable that There It Is. 

This week, Andrew and Dan travel back to the mid-90s when the American people had one thing on their minds: Consensual sex! That's the only logical reason why the R&B vocal group from Philly dominated the top of the charts with this incredibly earnest ode to mutual boning. Enjoy!

This week, Andrew and Dan travel back to a time when America had bustin' fever. It made us feel good! Luckily, there was a man named Ray Parker Jr. who could put our collective feelings into song and accidentally get himself embroiled in a few lawsuits in the process. Enjoy!

It's a special week on Number One With A Bullet because we're going all the way back to the beginning of the Hot 100 chart. This is the week Billboard decided rock and roll isn't going away and it's time they acknowledge how hot these songs are. Also, Dan learns at least one fact about Ricky Nelson.

Finally a song that answers the eternal question, "Why do birds suddenly appear anytime you are near?" And it turns out the answer is, "Birds like you!" This week, Andrew and Dan dig into this and more as they learn about (Jesus And) The Carpenters.

In the early 1900 and 90s, an exciting genre of music was sweeping the nation. It was called "New Jacking Swing" and even guys from Hawaii could do it. This week, Andrew and Dan learn a little bit about one such guy named Glenn and his more experienced friend Bobby, both of whom like to complain about girls. 

The year disco "died" just so happened to be the same year the Queen of the genre busted out a double album of rock-infused, funky dance tracks that guaranteed disco would be apart of the culture for years to come. This week, Andrew and Dan revisit the very bad, bad girls of Donna Summer's smash hit. They also talk about the new Space Jam for, admittedly, too long.

Is it possible to write a message song that actually slaps? In the mid-90s, T-Boz, Left Eye, and Chilli tested that theory when they wrote a somewhat confusing banger that may or may not have ripped off Paul McCartney. This week, Andrew and Dan discuss!

Another one hit wonder from the early 80s tops the charts this week on NOWAB. Join Andrew and Dan as they learn about the weird jaunty origins of this smokey, barroom synth hit. And, of course, as they discuss the cavalcade of summer movies hitting the big screens this week!

This week, Andrew and Dan are coming to you live from inside your heaven where they are recapping decades old seasons of American Idol from memory, discussing a highly manufactured pop hit, and wondering "what the hell happened to a Bo Bice?" Join them, won't you?

Two weeks in a row talking about number twos! What is becoming of this podcast? Only time (clock of the heart) will tell. For now, Andrew and Dan are stuck discussing a hit single from British new wavers Culture Club that failed to reach the chart apex in the summer of 1983. Enjoy!

Andrew and Dan appear to be stuck in a time loop again. This week, they return, for the fourth or fifth time, to the year 1973. But this time they're forced into an episode of Number Two With A Bullet, in which they discuss a song for children and/or creeps. Enjoy!

This week on Number One With A Bullet, we've got a novelty country song with lyrics straight out of your high school textbook. Andrew and Dan invite listeners to take a little trip down the Mighty Mississip. Bring your bacon, your beans, and gators. And if you're not careful, you just might learn something. 

Grab your leather jacket and put your one earring in because it's time to take a trip to the late 1980s. This week, Andrew and Dan discuss an incredibly long, incredibly subtext-laden ballad from the one and only George "Wham Guy" Michael. Will they love it or will they hate it? Only time (and this episode) will tell!

In another classic "we got a big one" episode, Andrew and Dan discuss the first national number one hit from the original king of rock and roll, Elvis "Shake My Little Butt" Presley. Things we learn in this episode: All songwriters are liars, Hotels built on sadness struggle to stay in business, Zack Snyder just learned how to shoot movies out of focus. 

Apparently, Andrew and Dan are stuck in some sort of infinite time loop that is forcing them to discuss the year 1973 over and over again. Fortunately, this week they landed on a good one by our old pal Little Stevie. It's their first time discussing the Motown legend, but it won't be the last!

We're back in 2013. We're back talking about Macklemore. We're back to thinking music is bad. Everything old is new again on this week's episode of Number One With A Bullet! Tune in to learn how this sleeper hit potentially saved Macklemore from being "just the Thrift Shop guy" and so much more!

If you've ever been returning home after a long stint in prison or a tour of duty and been worried that your lover no longer wants to go steady, just follow these simple instructions from Dawn and Tony Orlando to know for sure. Or, just listen to Andrew and Dan talk about it for an hour. 

Love addiction is a serious issue, but only one artist in the entire history of modern music has been brave enough to discuss this topic in song. That man is England's own Robert Palmer. This week, Andrew and Dan discuss this one-hit wonder who actually had a pretty successful career before becoming an MTV darling. We also discuss Mortal Kombat.

To cap off a truly weird year without movies, the lunatics at the Academy decided to put on one of the weirdest award shows in recorded history. Coming to you live from a train station in Downtown LA, it's Andrew and Dan with a Very Oscars Special, in which we recap the mind-bending events of the 2020 Oscars Ceremony. Complete with terrible lighting, questionable scheduling decisions, and Glenn Cl...

We've discussed some real stinkers on this show, but this song is certainly up there with the stinkiest of them! Luckily, we learn some fun facts about a weird man's passion for children's puppet entertainment. And, we divulge our Oscar predictions before Hollywood's Biggest Night!

On this very special episode of NOWAB, Dan is joined by his old friend Connor Holmes to discuss pop superstar Bruno Mars and his love of saccharine '70s ballads. Andrew ain't here so you know what that means...pretty much nothing is different!

Our old pal Sir Elton returns to the pod with another of his weird songs that no one remembers. Unless you're from Philadelphia, in which case you probably have the lyrics to this song tattooed on your back. Or maybe you're a tennis legend of the 1970s, in which case you might know more than any of us. Tune in to find out which one you are!

When you think of 1950s America, you might imagine a very chaste and conservative time. Andrew and Dan certainly did! But this week they were scandalized to learn that the horniest song in history actually topped the charts this week in 1954. Gird your damn loins. Also, Godzilla fighted Kong and we talk about it.

Andrew and Dan have spent the majority of this podcast trying to outrun the Dorsey Brothers, but it seems the time of reckoning has finally come. This week, they discuss Big Band juggernaut Jimmy Dorsey and one of his many hits of the War Years. They also spend an inordinate amount of time talking about Zack Snyder's Justice League. Go figure!