Behind The Song Episode 51: Heart 'Barracuda'

In this episode of the Behind The Song podcast, host Janda Lane takes a deep dive into the lyrics of "Barracuda" by Heart, a song written in response to Ann and Nancy Wilson's treatment by the music industry.

Music: Christian Lane
Video Director: Michael Collier

About Janda:

Behind The Song podcast host and creator Janda Lane is a radio DJ at WDRV-FM in Chicago, the city she now calls home with her husband and podcast partner, Christian Lane, and their two cats, Ollie and Liam. She is a transplant from Los Angeles, where she was a video director at Fender, Executive Producer at Yahoo Music, playlist curator for ITunes, worked in rock management with artists like the Foo Fighters and Beck, was on the radio at KCRW, and she was a DJ at online radio pioneer site Soundbreak. She has not worked a day in her life.

[talos]

Very well delivered Lady. I've been listening to Heart since 1977-78 and still listening to Heart. Crazy on you and Barracuda are my favorites and Alone.

[barbarabenedict]

Well done Janda!
And very inspiring!
Love it when the little ❤️porpoises❤️win in the end!
🙌🏼✨💕🎶

[alozzzy]

Loving your videos. Heart will always be a favorite of mine.

[barbaralenox]

Thanks for that. I LOVE this band and never heard this before.

[timtv]

Thanks for doing these. Very cool and very interesting. I saw Heart in 1978 in a small auditorium in La Crosse Wi. They rocked that place out and Ann's vocals shook the building. Been a fan ever since.

[tammyreed]

Love hearing this background, , love this channel ❤

[jontnoneya]

Huh....interesting. I never knew all this but LOVED Heart and this song in particular. They were such a part of my growing up and such an iconic band. Well done and may I just say, I love your smile.

[randyroubal]

Nice job, I enjoyed listening to you tell the story of Heart

[BethWhite-nq]

Good information, Love it! HEART my favorite rock girl band!!!

[j-zy]

Update 2025, inspiring, well done and thank you!
Behind the riff: the band Nazareth and their song This Flight Tonight, were acknowledged by Nancy in 2021 as having created the Barracuda riff first. The endless story of copying music as a whole or in small parts, riff, solos, rythms or effects, is always a pain, but understandable after listening to you, given the poisonous business spirit of such sharks.
Long way to go for the musicians.

[halohat]

Wow, Mushroom records sound like real sleezz bags. Glad they went out of business while Heart became legends.

[Caperhere]

I don’t understand why the union lawyers don’t get together and draw up a standard fair contract; one that is fair to musicians, so no musician is allowed to be ripped off. If they all stuck together and agreed to not sign a lesser contract, they would force the business to give them a decent start and more control over their future.

Rick Beato did a video explaining how the producer makes money from every single step of making a recording. It was just sickening.

[DonJoyce]

So FINALLY we know who let the dogs out!