Throwing back to the week of October 25, 1975, we find Neil Sedaka and John Denver holding on to the top two spots of the Billboard Hot 100 with ‘Bad Blood‘ and ‘I’m Sorry,’ respectively.
At #3, where it peaked, was Jefferson Starship’s ‘Miracles,’ a soft rock song inspired by the teachings of an Indian guru. The album version of the song ran nearly seven minutes and was trimmed to half that length for radio play (conveniently omitting the lyric “I had a taste of the real world when I went down on you, girl”).
This was the highest-charting song for either Jefferson Starship or Jefferson Airplane, the band’s previous moniker. A future split would lead to the formation of Starship, which had three #1 hits, including ‘We Built This City,’ often derided as one of the worst songs of all time.
How sadly appropriate that the band got progressively more popular as its music got progressively worse.
We’d get by
If only you believe in miracles, baby (If only you believe in miracles)
So would I
If only you believe like I believe, baby (If only you believe like I believe)
We’d get by
If only you believe in miracles, baby (If only you believe in miracles)
So would I
I might have to move heaven and earth
To prove it to you, baby (Baby)
So we’re makin’ love
And you feel the power
And I feel the power
Then there’s really nothing we can’t do
(You know we could, you know we could)
If we wanted to, baby
(You know we could, you know we could)
We could exist on the stars
It’d be so easy
Now, baby
All we gotta do (Baby, baby, baby, oh, baby)
Is get a little faith in you (Baby, baby)
Oh, I’ve been so many places
I’ve seen some things (Yes, I have)
I know love is the answer (Yes, it is)
Keeps holding this world together, yeah
Ain’t nothing better
Ain’t nothing better (Nothing’s better)
And all the answers to our prayers
Hell, it’s the same everywheres, baby (Just the same now)
Nothing ever breaks up the heart (Love’s a game now)
Only tears give you away (Ain’t it a shame now?)
Then you’re right where I found ya (Oh, baby)
With my arms around ya (Oh, baby)
O-o-o-o-o-o-oh, baby
Baby, baby
Love is a magic word, ooh, yeah (Baby)
Few ever find in a lifetime
But from that very first look in your eyes
I knew you and I had but one heart (Baby)
Only our bodies were apart (It’s making me crazy)
That was so easy (Baby)
So easy (Oh, baby)
I had a taste of the real world (Didn’t waste a drop of it)
When I went down on you, girl
Oh, if only you believe like I believe, baby (If only you believe like I believe)
We’d get by
If only you believe in miracles, baby (If only you believe in miracles)
So would I
If only you believe like I believe, baby (If only you believe like I believe)
We’d get by
If only you believe in miracles, baby (If only you believe in miracles)
So would I
I can hear windmills and rainbows
Whenever you’re talkin’ to me (Never say never)
I feel like swirling and dancin’
Whenever you’re walking with me (Whenever you’re walking with me)
You ripple like a river when I touch you (Let me touch you)
When I pluck your body like a string (Show you what I mean)
When I start dancin’ inside ya (Oh, baby)
You make me wanna sing (I love you so)
Yeah (I love you so)
Baby (I love you so)
Baby (I love you so)
Baby (I love you so)
Baby (Oh)
Oh, yeah (Oh, yeah)
All right (All right)
Baby, we’re sure doin’ it tonight (Baby, we’re sure doin’ it)
Every time you come by, let me try (Come on by)
Pretty please with sugar on it
That’s how I like it, ooh
I can’t even believe it with you
It’s like having every dream I ever wanted come true (Dream of a lifetime)
I picked up your vibes
You know, it opened my eyes (Dream of a lifetime)
But I’m still dreamin’, yeah (Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, oh)
And you’re right where I found ya (Oh, baby)
With my arms around ya (Oh, baby)
Oh, if only you believe like I believe, baby (If only you believe like I believe)
We’d get by
If only you believe in miracles, baby (If only you believe in miracles)
So would I
If only you believe like I believe, baby (If only you believe like I believe)
We’d get by
If only you believe in miracles, baby (If only you believe in miracles)
So would I
So would I
So would I
Oh, if only you believe like I believe, baby (If only you believe like I believe)
We’d get by
If only you believe in miracles, baby (If only you believe in miracles)
So would I
If only you believe like I believe, baby (If only you believe like I believe)
We’d get by
If only you believe in miracles, baby (If only you believe in miracles)
So would I
Meet Me In Montauk 
That lyric! Oh my!
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