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Song of the Day #4,757: ‘Going to Pasalacqua’ – Green Day

Green Day made it into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility, the only member of the 2015 class to do so.

The punk pop band has sold more than 85 million records worldwide and seen more than half of their 13 studio albums reach Gold, Platinum or Diamond status. They are credited — for better or worse — with taking punk rock mainstream in the 90s. They also tried their hand at rock opera quite successfully, turning their opus American Idiot into a Tony-winning Broadway show.

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Song of the Day #4,756: ‘Dedicated to the One I Love’ – The “5” Royales

Vacation is over! I hope you enjoyed the two weeks of clips from movie musicals.

Getting back into the swing of things, I’m returning to my Rock & Roll Hall of Fame series, wherein I feature a recent class of inductees. I’ve covered the five classes between 2016-2020, so that brings me to the eight members of the class of 2015.

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Song of the Day #4,755: ‘Small Town’ – John Cougar Mellencamp

Going strictly by the numbers, ‘Small Town’ is tied for John Mellencamp’s fifth-biggest hit.

The first is 1982’s ‘Jack & Diane,’ his only song to reach #1 on the Billboard charts. ‘Hurts So Good,’ from the same album (American Fool) reached #2. The amusingly titled ‘R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. (A Salute to 60s Rock),' from 1985's Scarecrow, made it to #2 as well.

Mellencamp’s Van Morrison cover ‘Wild Night,’ a duet with Me’Shell Ndegéocello, made it to #3 in 1994.

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Song of the Day #4,754: ‘May Street’ – Shea Seger

Shea Seger last popped up on the blog on another Random Weekend, seven years ago, with the song ‘Walking on Rainbows.’

In that post, I pondered why her official website would be absent of updates since early 2011, especially if she was still performing in any capacity. Frequent commenter Dana chimed in to report that she was active on Twitter.

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