It’s Christmas week! My tradition is to spend this week posting new or classic Christmas songs, or a mixture of both. And that’s what I shall do!
Kicking things off is a track from Ben Folds’ just-released Christmas album, Sleigher.
Song of the Day #6,014: ‘The Wild Boys’ – Duran Duran
My apologies to daily commenter Dana, who thought he dodged a bullet when this song’s Throwback Weekend feature was passed up for a special 6,000th Song of the Day post a couple of weeks ago.
But no, Duran Duran’s ‘The Wild Boys’ was still at #2 on the Hot 100 the week of December 22, 1984. It sat behind Madonna’s ‘Like a Virgin,’ which has already been covered on the blog.
Song of the Day #6,013: ‘Cat’s in the Cradle’ – Harry Chapin
Throwing back to the week of December 21, 1974, we find Harry Chapin atop the Billboard Hot 100 with his father-son saga ‘Cat’s in the Cradle.’
This was the only #1 of Chapin’s career, and in fact his only appearance in the top 20. It spent one week in the top spot just before Christmas.
This song started out as a poem written by Chapin’s wife, Sandy. She based it on the estranged relationship between her former husband and father-in-law.
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