Very 'Special' Billboard Hot 100 Singles of the Past Which You Must Hear Because...Wow

this somehow cracked the top 40 in 1990

https://youtu.be/-yAse1tL-mk

I remember!

RIP Poppy Bush Interzone.

Here, let me serenade u about the troubles of the world, after which I will spend a few minutes flipping through the bible and citing random passages that have very little to do with the scenario at hand. Wait, why are you backing out of the room?

― Feed Me Wheat Thins (Old Lunch),

One of the most terrible R&B hits ever.

The Neil Diamond and Styx songs up there I had relegated to some forgotten part of my mind. Kinda reeling tbh.

You probably wouldn't expect a song from the '50s to cover such steamy ground, but brace yourself: 'Let's Be Lovers' by the Playmates is just as raw and sensual as it sounds. It's nothing less than unrestrained sexual energy captured on vinyl. Try to refrain from pawing yourself while listening.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9zFMc0SaRM

Those shrill "la-LA-la's" are kind of a turn-off, tbh

Just a reminder that the seats in the Playmates' beloved little Nash Ramblers folded back into beds.

https://i2.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Rambler-1957-bed.jpg?resize=352%2C319

morrisp, you may just need to recalibrate your ears, as that's an unfiltered expression of raw animal lust that you're hearing.

I've been to paradise but I've never been to whatever world Charlene and Stevie are pining for

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd2dWHtbWlg

I had never heard this late-period Grand Funk song before last weekend on community radio. Made it to #69 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1976. Allegedly written by Mark for his then-paramour Sally Kellerman.

Stick with it, the more times he sings "SAAAAAAALLLLLAAAAYYYY BAAAAY-BAYYYYY" the funnier I find it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9OLWXyGzY4