History Podcast / SongVsSong

* "With Arms Wide Open" by Music/{{Creed}} vs. "How You Remind Me" Music/{{Nickelback}}

* "Smooth" by Music/{{Santana}} ft. Music/RobThomas vs. "[[Film/MysteryMen All]][[WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} -Star]]" by Music/SmashMouth

* "[[WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} I'm a Believer]]" by Music/TheMonkees vs. "[[Film/GroundhogDay I Got You Babe]]" by Sonny & Cher

* "Another One Bites the Dust" by Music/{{Queen}} vs. [[Film/RockyIII "Eye of the Tiger"]] by Music/{{Survivor|Band}}

* "Band on the Run" by Music/{{Wings}} vs. "Mr. Blue Sky" by Music/ElectricLightOrchestra

* ThirdTimesTheCharm: The show has generally not repeated acts (Aside from having two separate Beatles vs Rolling Stones matchups), although certain musicians pop up on repeat due to appearing in multiple acts. The duo notes in the 2021 Christmas episode that Music/PaulMcCartney is their first person to show up three different matchups (as part of Music/TheBeatles, part of Music/{{Wings}}, and a solo act).

* ChristmasEpisode: Todd and Alina pitted [[ChristmasSongs "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" against "Frosty the Snowman"]] for Episode 27 in honor of the holiday season, and [[CharityMotivationSong "Do They Know It's Christmastime" against "We Are The World"]] the following year. 2021 added [[Music/TheBeatles "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" taking on "Wonderful Christmastime"]].

* OneHitWonder: "She's So High" vs. "Teenage Dirtbag" is so far the only battle of the one-hit wonders on the show, although "Ice Ice Baby" vs. "U Can't Touch This", "867-5309 (Jenny)" vs. "Centerfold", "Wild Thing" vs. "Louie Louie", "Stay (I Missed You)" vs. "Torn", and "Jump" vs. "Jump Around" are all borderline cases.

** ''Billboard'' magazine editor Andrew Unterberger appears on "Lollipop"/"WhateverYouLike", "Stairway to Heaven"/"Free Bird" and "Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken"/"Another Sunny Day".

* Angelina Meehan (Lindsay Ellis' former writer and editor, and her replacement as the host of ''Musicalsplaining''), is featured on "Cornflake Girl"/"Human Behaviour", "Solsbury Hill"/"Wuthering Heights" and "Piano Man"/"Tiny Dancer".
* WebVideo/MicTheSnare appears on "Get Lucky"/"Uptown Funk" and "Fix You"/"Chasing Cars".

* OneHitWonder: "She's So High" vs. "Teenage Dirtbag" is so far the only battle of the one-hit wonders on the show, athlough "Ice Ice Baby" vs. "U Can't Touch This", "867-5309 (Jenny)" vs. "Centerfold", "Wild Thing" vs. "Louie Louie", "Stay (I Missed You)" vs. "Torn", and "Jump" vs. "Jump Around" are all borderline cases.

*** At one point Alina added a fourth question: Which song would Music/MeganTheeStallion listen to to get ready for a night of "hot girl shit?"

* SpecialGuest:
** ''Billboard'' magazine editor Andrew Unterberger is featured in Episode 32.
** Episode 39 features screenwriter C. Robert Cargill.
** Country music Youtuber Grady Smith comes in on episode 47 to fill in for Alina's relative lack of experience in country music.

** WebVideo/TheRapCritic is featured in the "Woo-Hah!! Got You All in Check"/"The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" and "Low"/"Get Low" episodes.

** Towards the end of the episode, the hosts discuss three hypothetical questions relating to the songs, partly for fun, but also to try and narrow down their choices in matchups where one or the other remains undecided as to which they prefer:

*** Alina recently added a 4th question: Which song would Music/MeganTheeStallion listen to to get ready for a night of "hot girl shit?"

* "[[Film/CityOfAngels Iris]]" by The Music/GooGooDolls vs. "[[Film/{{Armageddon}} I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing]]" by Music/{{Aerosmith}}

* "[[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Let It Go]]" by Creator/IdinaMenzel vs. "[[WesternAnimation/{{Moana}} How Far I'll Go]]" by Auli'l Cravalho