Song of the Day

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BAILEN - Send Me Off

#18 trending · Music Commentary

Today’s Song of the Day is “Send Me Off” from BAILEN’s album SWIM!!!, out now.

Oct 6
3 min

Susanna Hoffs - Casablanca

#35 trending · Music Commentary

Today’s Song of the Day is “Casablanca” from Susanna Hoffs’ album The List, out now.

Oct 5
3 min

The Tubs - Who's Gonna Love You Now

Today’s Song of the Day is “Who's Gonna Love You Now” from The Tubs’ album Hard Life, out now. The Tubs will be performing at Cloudland Theater on Friday, October 23.

Oct 2
2 min

Party Dozen - Euro Stomper

Today’s Song of the Day is “Euro Stomper” from Party Dozen’s album 21 Bum Salute, out November 6.

Oct 1
4 min

Anamanaguchi - Yeah I Guess

Today’s Song of the Day is “Yeah I Guess” by Anamanaguchi.

Sep 30
3 min

green star - lush

Today’s Song of the Day is “lush” from green star’s EP silver + dust, out October 9.

Sep 29
3 min

Bonobo - Fire on the Water (feat. Arooj Aftab)

Today’s Song of the Day is “Fire on the Water (feat. Arooj Aftab)” from Bonobo’s album Distance in Static, out now. Bonobo will be performing at First Avenue on Tuesday,

Sep 28
3 min

Sheryl Crow - Freedom Bus (feat. Jesse Welles)

Today’s Song of the Day is “Freedom Bus (feat. Jesse Welles)” from Sheryl Crow’s album Pick You Up, out October 9. Sheryl Crow will be performing at US Bank Stadium on S

Sep 25
4 min

Jonathan Personne - Rêve américain

Today’s Song of the Day is “Rêve américain” from Jonathan Personne’s album Répertoire, out now.

Sep 24
3 min

Armlock - Half Time

Today’s Song of the Day is “Half Time” by Australian duo Armlock.

Sep 23
3 min

Todd Snider - Solid Country Gold

Today’s Song of the Day is “Solid Country Gold” from Todd Snider’s album My Second Rodeo, out October 9.

Sep 22
3 min

BALTHVS - Sunday Forecast

Today’s Song of the Day is “Sunday Forecast” from BALTHVS’ album Manifest, out October 7.

Sep 21
3 min

SNACKTIME - Can't Imagine Why You'd Stay

Today’s Song of the Day is “Can't Imagine Why You'd Stay” by SNACKTIME.

Sep 18
3 min

Jack Blocker - Brand New Name

Today’s Song of the Day is “Brand New Name” from Jack Blocker’s album Big Jefe, out November 6. Jack Blocker will be performing at Turf Club on Wednesday, September 23.

Sep 17
3 min

Futurebirds - Fly On

Today’s Song of the Day is “Fly On” from Futurebirds’ album Far Out Country I&II, out now.

Sep 16
3 min

Allah-Las - Vini da Gama

Today’s Song of the Day is “Vini da Gama” from Allah-Las’ album Sirenas, out now.

Sep 15
3 min

Working Men's Club - Devout

Today’s Song of the Day is “Devout” by Working Men's Club.

Sep 14
3 min

Lake Street Dive - You're Never Around

Today’s Song of the Day is “You're Never Around” from Lake Street Dive’s EP Laundry Day Overalls / You're Never Around, out now.

Sep 11
2 min

Empanadas Ilegales - Agua e’ Coco

Today’s Song of the Day is “Agua e’ Coco” from Empanadas Ilegales’ album Laboratorio Tropical, out now.

Sep 10
2 min

untitled (halo) - aimee lou wood freestyle

Today’s Song of the Day is “aimee lou wood freestyle” from untitled (halo)’s album untitled (halo), out November 6.

Sep 9
2 min

Chart trend

Position in the Music Commentary chart (US), last 90 days.

#1#45#88JulAugSepOct

#25

all-time peak

450

days in the top 50 since Nov 2024

Chart positions

Where Song of the Day ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Oct 6, 2026).

#50 — Music Commentary US

What listeners say

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Kind of like listening to the radio version of the current, I find all kinds of little gems of songs with Song of the Day, leading to many pleasant new discoveries! Like it’s brother/sister radio stations across the country, I’m glad a station like this exists, playing music that otherwise wouldn’t find an audience like me.

John V from NH · Jan 2022

I'm a bit of a super-user of song of the day podcasts. I subscribe to The Current (Twin Cities), KEXP (Seattle), and KCRW (Los Angeles). The Current's podcast is, of course, extra good at Minnesota music. In terms of national acts, KEXP usually uncovers the hot new content a month ahead of The Current. Literally, the Current is often publishing the same songs a month after KEXP. And their bit rate is lower, too.

Andy, AKA Andy · Jul 2018

As a sustaining member of MPR including The Current, I am grateful for such an amazing radio station with an awesome playlist! Having the song of the day is an extra special daily treat...

430915 · May 2012

I've been following this podcast for quite some time, and have liked it quite a bit. They have great mix of interesting music that isn't widely available. Unfortunately, the past 5-6 episodes have had a strange drop in the quality of the audio- think like you're actually listening to it through an AM radio station and that approximates it. The songs are still encoded at 128kbps, but the sampling is down to 16 kHz. If they can fix that, they'll get me back up to 5 stars, otherwise it's a 3 for me.

ZackBH · Sep 2011

I've been listening to this podcast for at least a year now and I love almost every episode. The music is, as other reviewers say, refreshing and out of the ordinary, in the best of ways. My problem, however, is that the audio quality has recently suffered for whatever reason! iTunes tells me that the recent podcasts, in comparison to older ones which I have saved, are of a lower bit rate. This results in a very low quality sound more akin to listening to the songs over AM radio than as an mp3 download. This is really frustrating, and I've deleted several episodes after only going 30 seconds in because the audio fidelity was so unbearable. Please fix this! I don't want to unsubscribe, but I will! I give 2 stars because MPR deserves 5 stars for song selection and 1 star for audio quality, then minus 1 from that average for not doing anything about it!

samdtall · Oct 2011

This used to be one of my favorite music podcasts. MPR introduced you to a wide range of musical artists. Now they stick an ad before every song. Do they have no idea what is like to listen to 5 songs in a row, and you get an ad, the same ad, before every single one. I am now unsubscribed from this one.

Docmurdoch · May 2021

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