Song of the Day #5,296: ‘Don’t Forget Me’ – Harry Nilsson

The title cut from Lana Del Rey’s upcoming album, featured yesterday, includes this verse:

“Harry Nilsson has a song, his voice breaks at 2:05 / Something about the way he says “Don’t forget me” makes me feel like / I just wish I had a friend like him, someone to get me by / Lennon in the back, whisperin’ in my ear / “Come on, baby, you can thrive” / But I can’t”

The song she’s referencing is Nilsson’s ‘Don’t Forget Me,’ which appeared on the John Lennon-produced 1974 album Pussy Cats.

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