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Song of the Day #5,902: ‘Missing You’ – John Waite

Tina Turner had the #1 song the week of September 1, 1984, with ‘What’s Love Got to Do With It?‘ It was her first and only solo #1, and spent three weeks atop the Hot 100.

That week, the second spot was held by English singer-songwriter John Waite with his soft rock balled ‘Missing You.’ Waite would eventually replace Turner at #1, topping the chart for a single week. ‘Missing You’ was the only song in that great music year to spend only one week at #1.

Turner would cover this song 12 years later for her album Wildest Dreams.

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Song of the Day #5,901: ‘(You’re) Having My Baby’ – Paul Anka with Odia Coates

Throwing back to the week of August 31, 1974, we find Paul Anka atop the Billboard Hot 100 with ‘(You’re) Having My Baby,’ a song that spent three weeks at #1. It was Anka’s second and last chart-topper.

The treacly duet with singer Odia Coates has been widely derided in the years since its release, including being voted the worst song of all time in a 2006 CNN poll.

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Song of the Day #5,900: ‘Crazy in Love’ – Beyoncé

Top Ten Songs of the Summer
#6 – Beyoncé – ‘Crazy in Love’ (2003)

This is one of only three songs on my list from the current millennium — two from the 00s and one from the 20s.

The 2010s didn’t manage to land one song on the list, a dubious distinction that decade shares with the 90s. Technically, the 50s are unrepresented as well, but with only two qualifying songs that’s not much of a surprise.

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Song of the Day #5,899: ‘One of These Nights (Live)’ – Eagles

Top Ten Songs of the Summer
#7 – Eagles – ‘One of These Nights’ (1975)

The title track of the Eagles’ fourth studio album, ‘One of These Nights’ was the band’s second #1 hit and their only song to appear on the Song of the Summer charts.

This isn’t my very favorite Eagles song, but it’s definitely a great one. Written by Don Henley and Glenn Frey, and sung with sexy soulfulness by Henley, the song was a stylistic departure from the band’s country-rock roots, even finding room for a dash of disco.

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Song of the Day #5,898: ‘Where Did Our Love Go (Live)’ – The Supremes

Top Ten Songs of the Summer
#8 – The Supremes – ‘Where Did Our Love Go’ (1964)

Given that 1964 was the year of Beatlemania, I would have expected one of their massive hits to claim that year’s Song of the Summer throne. But the closest they got was ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ reaching #4 on the summer chart.

It’s all a matter of hitting a nerve between Memorial Day and Labor Day, the rest of the year be damned.

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