Words chosen well. Story behind the song.
Hosted by The Telegraph's Alice Vincent, this new six episode podcast from The Telegraph interviews artists from a range of musical genres to understand how some of their most well-known songs came to be.
Episodes
Story behind the song. Lily Allen.
For our final episode in series two, Alice catches up with Lily Allen, to find out the story behind her hit The Fear
26/06/18•8m 3s
Story behind the song. Biffy Clyro.
In episode four, Alice speaks to Scottish legends Biffy Clyro, to talk about their newly released acoustic remake of Mountains
26/06/18•13m 30s
Story behind the song. John Newman.
In the latest epiosde of Words chosen well, story behind the song, Alice meets John Newman at his home studio as he describes the emotion and inspiration behind hit song, 'Love me again'
17/05/18•12m 30s
Story behind the song. Ash.
On episode two Ash talk about Nineties hit 'Girl From Mars', the song that catapulted the band into the charts
17/05/18•12m 12s
Story behind the song. Will.i.am
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Series two of Story behind the song sees Alice talks to Will.i.am about one of Black Eyed Peas greatest hits 'Where is the Love' and how he is enjoying making new music with the band
17/05/18•26m 33s
Story behind the song. Craig David.
For our final episode, Craig David fills us in on 7 Days and looks ahead to his new album release in 2018.
05/10/17•17m 43s
Story behind the song. Charli XCX.
This week we speak to Charli XCX about her track Boom Clap and how she made the amazing video for the international hit, Boys.
28/09/17•11m 26s
Story behind the song. Jessie Ware.
In episode four of Story behind the song, we speak to Jessie Ware about her latest track Alone and delve into how motherhood has inspired her music.
21/09/17•10m 16s
Story behind the song. Miranda Cooper.
In this episode of Story behind the song, Alice speaks to songwriter Miranda Cooper who penned Sound of the Underground - the track that launched Girls Aloud and changed pop music for a decade.
13/09/17•20m 0s
Story behind the song. Kodaline.
In episode two of Story behind the song, we talk to Steve and Mark from Kodaline to understand how they turned heartbreak into an international hit.
13/09/17•14m 14s
Story behind the song. Wretch 32.
In our first episode of Story behind the song, Alice speaks to Wretch 32 to uncover the fascinating way he crafts his lyrics without even writing them down. Wretch also reveals the story behind his number one hit, Don't Go.
31/08/17•16m 19s