The week of January 5, 1985, saw two repeats atop the Billboard Hot 100: Madonna’s ‘Like a Virgin‘ and Duran Duran’s ‘The Wild Boys.’
At #3 was a song decidedly less emblematic of the 1980s: The Honeydrippers’ cover of the 1959 hit ‘Sea of Love.’
The Honeydrippers was the brainchild of Led Zeppelin lead singer Robert Plant, who formed the group in 1981 to play some of his best-loved songs from the 50s. Band members rotated in and out, and included Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page.
The band released only one studio recording — 1984’s The Honeydrippers: Volume One — and that recording produced one hit single in today’s SOTD. ‘Sea of Love’ peaked at #3.
Plant sings the hell out of this song, delivering a version to rival Phil Phillips’ original. In fact, I remember believing this was a golden oldie when I heard it back in high school.
That’s the day I knew you were my pet
I wanna tell you how much I love you
Come with me, my love
To the sea, the sea of love
I want to tell you just how much I love you
Come with me, to the sea of love
Do you remember when we met
That’s the day I knew you were my pet
I want to tell you oh how much I love you
Come with me, to the sea of love
Come with me, my love
To the sea, the sea of love
I want to tell you just how much I love you
I want to tell you oh how much I love you
Meet Me In Montauk 
I had never heard of the Honeydrippers. I always assumed this was Robert Plant solo.
I remember this song and just checked that it was “featured prominently in the 1989 movie Sea of Love starring Al Pacino and Ellen Barkin. Sung by Phil Phillips and The Twilights” “A new version was sung by Tom Waits at the end of the movie and a saxophone solo version is featured in the background in another scene” BTW it’s a good movie!
The Tom Waits version is killer. The original is in a major key, but Waits reformatted the song and put it into Em and changed the entire feel of the song. Brilliant!