PLAYLISTS

These are Spotify playlists I made of the songs referenced in The Song Machine, organized by chapter, listed in the order that they appear in the text. My hope is that the playlists will offer readers a parallel narrative listening experience that will save them the trouble of hunting down the songs themselves.

By Chapter: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24

By Producer: Denniz PoP | Max Martin | Stargate | Ester Dean | Dr. Luke

CHAPTER 1: You Spin Me Round

CHAPTER 2: A Continuity of Hits

CHAPTER 3: Inside the Box

CHAPTER 4: “The Sign”

CHAPTER 5: Big Poppa

CHAPTER 6: Martin Sandberg’s Terrible Secret

CHAPTER 7: Britney Spears: Hit Me Baby

CHAPTER 8: “I Want It That Way”

CHAPTER 9: My Ancestral Hit Parade

CHAPTER 10: Napster: The Dragon’s Teeth (No songs are mentioned in Chapter 10)

CHAPTER 11: The Doldrums

CHAPTER 12: American Idol

CHAPTER 13: “Since U Been Gone”

CHAPTER 14: “Gee”

CHAPTER 15: “Umbrella”

CHAPTER 16: Ester Dean: On the Hook

CHAPTER 17: Stargate: Those Lanky Norwegian Dudes

CHAPTER 18: “Rude Boy”

CHAPTER 19: Speed Chess

CHAPTER 20: Katy Perry: Altar Call

CHAPTER 21: Melodic Math

CHAPTER 22: Kesha: Teenage Nightmare

CHAPTER 23: The Moment Space

CHAPTER 24: “Roar”

DENNIZ POP

MAX MARTIN

STARGATE

ESTER DEAN

DR. LUKE