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Song of the Day #5,750: ‘Lose Control’ – Teddy Swims

I haven’t done a ‘What the Kid are Listening To’ series since last August (not counting January’s year-end installment), so I figured it’s high time to dive into the current Billboard Hot 100. This week and next, I’ll look at nine songs topping the chart the last week of March.

At #1 is the song ‘Lose Control’ by Teddy Swims, a Georgia-based singer-songwriter whose blend of country and soul earned him a fanbase through YouTube. This song is the second single from his debut album, I’ve Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 1).

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Song of the Day #5,749: ‘Canto Gregoriano Católico’ – Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos

I’ve really enjoyed my Throwback Weekends, especially when I get the chance to dig into the hits of the 50s and 60s. The farther I throw back, the more interesting the results.

With that in mind, I’ve decided to throw way back this month… as in 9th century Europe. Today marks the beginning of a monthlong deep dive into the fascinating world of Gregorian chants.

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Song of the Day #5,748: ‘Footloose’ – Kenny Loggins

Footloose (1984) is one of the great soundtrack movies, a kind of film we were treated to far more often in the 80s. Think Top Gun, Flashdance, Dirty Dancing, and any number of John Hughes movies.

Six of this soundtrack’s nine songs reached Billboard’s Top 40, and three reached the top ten. Of those, two made it to #1 — Deniece Williams’ ‘Let’s Hear it for the Boy’ and the title track by Kenny Loggins, today’s featured Throwback Weekend song.

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Song of the Day #5,747: ‘Dark Lady’ – Cher

When Cher was last featured on Throwback Weekends, it was for her #1 hit ‘Half-Breed,’ which topped the charts in October of 1973. The video for that song found her dressed in a bikini and a Native American headdres.

Given that history, I was a little nervous when I saw that her next release, which reached #1 the week of March 23, 1974, was titled ‘Dark Lady.’ Fortunately, though the no-longer-acceptable word “gypsy” does appear a few times in the song, it’s nowhere near as bad as I feared.

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Song of the Day #5,746: ‘I’ll Have to Say I Love You in a Song’ – Jim Croce

Jim Croce finished recording his fifth album, 1973’s I Got a Name, just a week before his death. On September 20, he and friend Maury Muehleisen (and four others) died in a plane crash while flying between gigs in Louisiana and Texas.

He died a day before the title track of the new album was released. One of the few covers he recorded since his debut album, the track reach #10 on Billboard’s Hot 100. The album made it to #2, right behind You Don’t Mess Around With Jim, which saw a resurgence in sales following his death.

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