A.V. Undercover
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A.V. Undercover was an American live music web series created by The A.V. Club, distributed on their website. The series premiered on March 16, 2010,[1] ending after the 8th season in 2017.
A.V. Undercover | |
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Genre | Live Music |
Created by | The A.V. Club |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 7 |
No. of episodes | 310 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Running time | 2ā10 minutes |
Original release | |
Release | March 9, 2010 (2010-03-09) ā November 7, 2017 (2017-11-07) |
The concept of the show is that each season, a list of 25 songs is compiled. Bands are then invited to choose a song to cover.[2] Once a song has been played, it gets crossed off the list. The later a band comes on, the fewer songs they have to choose from. The first season, The A.V. Club staff picked the songs.[3] The remaining seasons, readers of The A.V. Club voted for them.[4] At the end of a season, there was an online vote for the favorite video.[5]
In between season, there were mini seasons of Holiday Undercover (where each artist chose a song with a holiday theme)[6][7] and Summer Break,[8] where artists covered "songs having to do with summer".[9]
In 2010, NPR selected "Wye Oak Covers the Kinks" as one of "Five Great Cover Songs from 2010 (So Far)".[10] It was a 2011 Honoree for a Webby.[11]
All episodes have since been deleted from YouTube.[citation needed]
The song that plays during the introduction is "Someone Has to Die" by Maritime.[citation needed]