ONE HIT WONDERLAND: "The Night Chicago Died" by Paper Lace

How about we cover a real blast of '70s lameness sure to make you irritated for the rest of the day! Get ready for "The Night Chicago Died," the world's happiest song about gang murders!
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[@GhostedJackal]

If people hated 1974 so much, why was there a 1975? Checkmate, Todd.

[@ezwriter5589]

Probably the same reason there's an Eric Trump.

[@Visplight]

Because seven ate nine.

[@kaydwessie296]

If I had my way we will absolutely not get a 2020

[@grimjack148]

No! We must have 2020. And please, everyone sane vote this time.

[@PhoenixFireZero]

To wash the taste out of our mouths

[@altromonte15]

"I've got you a new job in chicago, east side" seems like the kind of joke you would put in a gangster movie, as a throwaway line, and then at the end of the movie the character gets thrown in the lake with cement shoes, and the people watching go "oh, of course, there is no east side, he meant the lake, it was foreshadowed from the beginning"

[@celinak5062]

Tell it to the fishes

[@kauswekazilimani3736]

That would actually be clever.

[@cati2011]

There is an east side, it is more south east side but it called east side. It is not well know except for people who live in around the area.

[@SmaMan]

@@cati2011 Which seems unlikely that a British band would know of it enough to be consciously referring to it as such.

[@butterrfly1312]

@@cati2011 I live in east side Chicago. When todd said it didn't exist I got so confused lol

[@morgancunningham1153]

Now I kinda wanna see Todd talk about the 10 worst songs of 1974

[@MissChase86]

oooh! Sounds good!

[@tylerhackner9731]

Yess’ that’d be a great one to do!

[@MrSilnev]

He did one of 1976.

[@Avrysatos]

That's horrible. How dare you limit him to 10?

[@Filmation77]

I know,RIGHT??

[@tafua_a]

I don't think the lyric "she threw the letter away" means that she moved on, I interpreted it as her being disgusted by the attitude towards her boyfriend's "heroism". She told him not to be a hero, and the officials are all like "Your man was a hero! Be happy!" and she was like "Fuck his heroism, he's dead!"

[@Jurgan6]

My thoughts exactly, she’s disgusted by the hollow patriotism that got him killed. It’s like Dan Olson said when discussing The Wall: “People killed in war don’t ‘die for their country,’ they just die.”

[@phastinemoon]

Either way - it’s a fucking dark note to end on.

[@tomflorio3639]

Yeah, I always looked at it the same way. It was a sad ending - not a cynical one. She wasn't forgetting Billy and moving on with her life.

[@musicdaydreams2506]

I agree. She was upset that he didn’t listen to her about keep his head down. I think she was bitter that the army took him from her.

[@Kaunte]

Agreed, that was a weird interpretation

[@atlanticmadman8115]

Oh no, 100 people got killed! *kazoos intensify*

[@andrewpappas9311]

“Oh no! …Anyway”

[@SavageGreywolf]

"The Night Chicago Died" is pure 70s kitsch and operates on a non-American 7-year-old's understanding of mob violence, based on silver-age superhero comic books and b-movie mobster films. So yeah, it almost definitely should be in Guardians 3.

[@andysorensen1737]

SavageGreywolf Guardians already has Chicago references with Lake Shore Drive, so it fits perfectly.

[@gabingston3430]

The Guardians soundtrack got my little brother into 70s Soft Rock. So help me God...

[@gravenightghoul]

As a huge fan of the Guardians films, you're 100% right. not only that but i bet it's going to be played during a scene in which Adam Warlock watches his people die.

[@fanime1]

Funny you mention that, because I've wanted "Tie A Yellow Ribbon" to appear in Guardians 3 since I saw the second film. And after Endgame, it only fits even more! If you haven't heard it, I highly recommend and please read the lyrics. You'll see what I mean.

[@daishoryujin95]

Oh hi, DnD greg

[@ToddintheShadows]

I am told I say "Nottingham" wrong... damn you Disney and Roger Miller

[@gamestation2690]

The Looney Tunes cartoon “Rabbit Hood” is also guilty of that.

[@Jayyemi]

It's more like 'Notting-um'. Same goes for Birmingham. Tons of British place names where like half the letters aren't pronounced

[@nargris4048]

Just wait until you get to some of our more interesting to pronounce place names like Loughborough, Cheltenham, Gloucester and the old chestnut that is Worcestershire. To be honest there is nothing wrong with your pronunciation of Nottingham. Just we usually drop the 'h' sound due to regional accents.

[@twentywordsorlessYT]

@@nargris4048 You forgot 'Leicester' :D

[@overlookers]

Long time no see, Kage boi

[@PuppetMasterIX]

apology for poor english when were you when chicago dies? i was sat at home with my mama when pjotr ring ‘100 cops is kill’ ‘no’

[@flipflopski2951]

Brilliant!..

[@StuartLynx]

Honestly the poor English only enhances this comment

[@rockinbobokkin7831]

Bad english made this waaaaay better

[@elijah4168]

@@StuartLynx the apology was from a meme comment

[@JennaLeigh]

Outstanding. The broken English made it better!

[@SugaredViolette]

“What is she supposed to do with his death notice, frame it on the wall?” *sweats over the old WWII death notice for one of my great-grandfathers hanging on the wall*

[@Annafyz]

I think it's european thing. My family also keeps my great-grandfathers death notice, cause it's only thing that he has left after him (not counting my grandma). Maybe one day we'll find the place where he was buried.

[@nate567987]

@@Annafyz sad

[@lillianward2810]

Yeah, my dad’s family has his brother’s death notice framed.

[@drdarkeny]

Well, there are "gold-star mothers" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Gold_Star_Mothers ), the mothers of service personnel who die while on active duty in a war zone, and hang flags in their windows with gold stars for each family member who died. So it's not an unheard-of practice in the U.S....

[@braxtongreenwell5482]

We keep my grandmothers death notice framed on the wall as a reminder of how relieved we are that she's finally God damn dead!

[@newperve]

I'm so glad Bob Ross gave up his music career and took up painting.

[@thwiftlythwept7023]

Didn't have to scroll far to find this one!

[@jimmymelendez1836]

Bob Ross had a music career?

[@lionturbulence]

@@jimmymelendez1836 Nah they're just saying that Phil Wright (the singer) kinda looks like bob ross!

[@marcrubin8844]

Good one mate!

[@burningcloudbeats4186]

I would like but it has 365 likes and that number should be more memed

[@daigle1396]

If 1974 was so bad, maybe it'd make a great Top 10 Worst Songs list?

[@littlekingtrashmouth9219]

JimmySteller Yeah, ROCK.

[@littlekingtrashmouth9219]

With choices like “I Love,” “I Honestly Love You,” “Wildwood Weed,” “You’re Having My Baby,” “Seasons In The Sun,” and “The Streak,” it’d be hard to NOT do a top 20 worst. Granted, “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number,” “Bennie and the Jets,” and “Living for the City” are all on there, but that’s only because we’re still in the 70s

[@haleymist09]

I'm sure they take a lot of work, but i love them.

[@Henshingod]

@@littlekingtrashmouth9219 Exactly, and if you look at the top 100, the only good Rock songs on there are "Takin Care of Business" and "Radar Love". At #63 and #64 respectively.

[@Doctor-Infinite]

He would just play all that years song and the video would be 8 hours long

[@isabellamorris7902]

I did not get that from the "She threw the letter away" line, though it's still dark af - I read it as an act of defiance, like "my fiance should not have died and idgaf about how proud you think I should be"

[@robinchesterfield42]

Or "...tell me something I DIDN'T already know in my gut." (toss) (get on with life, numbly, because you have to do SOMETHING.)

[@chrismulwee4911]

@strontiumXnitrate Agreed sounds like she didn't really give a damn about him in the first place

[@fallingpetunias9046]

@@chrismulwee4911 I took it as anger towards the system that put her loved one in harms way in the first place - she threw away the hollow words of the army because it'd never make up for the loss on Billy - but I'm liking this white feather take.

[@jenniferschillig3768]

I always read it as her being angry at Billy for throwing his LIFE away after she begged him not to.

[@ZX-zw3ge]

Hard to be proud of a loved one who was drafted into war. I'd be mad as fuck at the government if my boyfriend/ girlfriend died. My boyfriend is in the marines btw.

[@tysonmichie3835]

"Billy was a cop, on the east side of Chicago." - Also known as Lake Michigan. "Just a city boy, born and raised in south Detroit." - Also known as Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

[@tomflorio3639]

haha, DADDY was a cop, not Billy! you're mixing your Paper Lace songs! 😄

[@staidenofanarchy]

Fun fact, theres actually a part of the state called "East Chicago," though it's down near Indiana No "East Side" though. It's there with "South Detroit" which is just Toronto

[@kingoutback]

how does a city not have a north/south/east/west side? isnt it just the bit most in that direction? is the city a straight line? i dont get it

[@dodolurker]

@@kingoutback I know, right? 😀

[@dirtbagdeacon]

In an alternate universe, there is a Chicago with an East Side and a South Detroit.

[@aaronclift]

"The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde" sounds exactly like one of those Mad TV parodies of Randy Newman's music.

[@Musicradio77Network]

It was his only hit by Georgie Fame in 1968, and I still have the 45.

[@otaking3582]

I'm just reminded of Bunny and Claude

[@eddiedingle767]

The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde They were a girl and a guy They got in trouble all over But er'y night Bonnie would say come a little closer She loved him and he loved her they would tell each other as they committed murder Bonnie and Clyde together forever Bonnie and Clyde apart for never

[@MiklaneTrane]

I can absolutely hear it in Will Sasso's dopey Randy Newman impression, 10/10

[@jmckenzie962]

Fun fact: "Billy Don't Be A Hero" has 3.7 million spotify streams as of writing. This was a number one hit, yet it has less streams than "What You Want" by My Bloody Valentine (3.9 million streams as of writing), the least streamed song from Loveless. That's kinda wild to me. A deep cut from a band you would never expect to hear on the radio ever is more popular than a song that was once a number 1 hit. It's the ultimate proof of how the only true test of a song's quality is the test of time.

[@calmbbaer]

That said, MBV is an album band and Loveless alone was many, many times more influential than the entire history of Paper Lace.

[@jmckenzie962]

@@calmbbaer Oh definitely. Especially in the streaming era, people aren't as bound by what is or was popular regarding their music taste as they were before the internet where you were stuck with what the radio played. Increasingly, people are now relying on simply what their friends and people on the internet tell them is good. And Loveless, being one of the greatest albums ever made, is thus going to be popular to some degree simply through word of mouth.

[@reflectsonlife]

IMO it is more a sign of the demographics of who uses Spotify.

[@TheTundraTerror]

Boomers still get all their music from (satellite) radio.

[@daviebananas1735]

Oh come one. Surely you have some idea that the fact there a big difference in time between the songs, and that the styles of music appeal to different demographics? It’s just that MBV are more relevant to the type of people who use Spotify. Also, the fact that most people who remember Paper Lace from the time are in their 60s or 70s at least now, if they’re not dead.

[@LindsayEllisVids]

GENERALISSIMO CAPONE

[@CarlsCozyCorner]

XD

[@CarlsCozyCorner]

@@theautisticguitarist7560 yep

[@Smrt927]

It's nice to see one youtuber i watch interact with another one, reinforcing my confidence in my choices :p

[@Reagan1984]

@@Smrt927 Well, these two have quite a history.

[@MrKenichi22]

@@Reagan1984 Yep

[@redsman4486]

Nottinghamite here, the name 'paper lace' is probably a reference to Nottingham's historical importance as a centre for lace production in the UK.

[@monophone903]

That's a tragedy. I'm sorry for your loss

[@brazenlilhussy5975]

@@monophone903 Very very sad for Nottinghamites

[@aaaron152]

"East Side of Chicago" ranks up there with "South Detroit" ("Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey) as famous non-existent parts of American cities. Unless you want to consider Windsor, Ontario as South Detroit

[@irishhuskie2585]

“East Side of Chicago” is also known as “Lake Michigan.”

[@gabingston3430]

@@irishhuskie2585 or Gary, Indiana.

[@CineHAMic]

He took the midnight train from South Detroit to the East Side of Chicago

[@junkiejackflash]

Okay hear me out, I just finished the Sopranos for the first time a little bit ago, so just hearing Don't Stop Believing is giving me anxiety I came here to forget about.

[@cati2011]

There is an east side of Chicago, It is the southeast but to locals call it eastside

[@jonahfalcon1970]

You misinterpreted the ending of Billy Don't Be A Hero. It's similar to the When the Tigers Broke Free by Pink Floyd. She doesn't forget him -- she thinks the letter is no compensation for her loss.

[@comettamer]

Yup.

[@SemperErato]

Honestly, the letter pissed me off on her behalf. "You should be *proud* he died that way." He died like an idiot and eff you, telling me how to manage my grief.

[@Crusader1089]

100%, my great-grandmother was infamous in my local village as "The Woman you Do Not Sell a Poppy Too - no, no, this woman you ***do not sell a poppy to***" because any attempt to raise funds for the British legion would result in an angry, tearful condemnation of nationalism, war mongering and its on-going legacy. Her brother, my great--great uncle was motivated to join the First World War by the jingoism and public shaming despite being 15. He survived a full year of war and died two days after the Armistice from trench foot, and my great-grandmother never forgave the nation that allowed it to happen, or those who claimed he died a noble death.

[@sboinkthelegday3892]

ALso, read through that same hateful cynicism of 70's protest songs - it's pretty obvious that Chicago Died is about mocking American conceitedness. The whole point is to say that this shit happens all the time and you would care if it happened in Chicago. It IS an allegory for war, especially proxy war. This is how people acted morally superior before twitter. But, maybe saying "buh whuh? what a weird tone issue, why the kazoos?" and then pretending it all only started with Twitter is easier to digest. That's the issue with sarcasm, if it really deserves to land, it won't, and the thing about sarcasm is if you choose that narrative format you probably don't deserve to be on that high horse where you get to say it. It will be just two abysmally smug sides mocking each other fromt he side of their mouths.

[@jonahfalcon1970]

@@sboinkthelegday3892 Eh, no. "The Day Chicago Died" was just a great melody and percussive beat that had some rando lyrics attached. :D

[@nasariku]

"33 murders ... that's not really that many" - Todd

[@The_Faceless_No_Name_Stranger]

“Your Honor, I didn’t even crack triple digits! Why should I stand trial for these murders”

[@paulhilton6426]

Things only an American would say.

[@joeyjoejoe1394]

It’s much less than 100 in one night let’s be fair to Alphonse

[@simonusc849]

not for Todd at least. Now we know why he is in the shadows

[@Saintnick90]

How can you say east side of Chicago doesn't exist? They had that gang war with South Detroit 40 years back, remember?

[@dougbennett8592]

And they took the midnight train going anywhere.

[@Solanuma]

They warred each other so hard the whole east side sank into lake michigan. A very tragic day in history.....

[@Karmy.]

I love this comment thread

[@sandrasanders706]

There is an EAST side of Chicago...lived there...

[@icee711]

@@sandrasanders706 lake Michigan?

[@magicdance4273]

How dare you compare Capone to Nixon. Capone was at least honest about his criminal activity.

[@blairbutler4940]

@@JimmySteller I think he was telling a joke

[@blairbutler4940]

@@JimmySteller fair enough

[@viscountrainbows6452]

Capone just wanted to fuck his city. Dick wanted to fuck the whole wide country. Alright I'm out. 🖖🏿

[@thejake1453]

@@JimmySteller I mean, he was right. The justice system was corrupt, after all half the justice system was on his payroll!

[@garrettnorth3771]

@@JimmySteller Sounds like Trump

[@wyattcorbin1629]

Let’s just take a moment to appreciate how ridiculously prolific Bowie’s 70s output was: 1970: The Man Who Sold the World 1971: Hunky Dory 1972: Ziggy Stardust 1973: Aladdin Sane 1974: Diamond Dogs 1975: Young Americans 1976: Station to Station 1977: Low 1977: Heroes 1979: Lodger All of these are good albums, and at least five qualify as truly great.

[@christophervaldez8746]

Wyatt Corbin All fueled by cocaine.....

[@ezwriter5589]

Station to Station, Low, Heroes, and Lodger is a pretty damn stellar 4-album run. And so is Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, and Diamond Dogs. Too bad Young Americans wasn't a better album (even though it had the hits and the presence of John Lennon) or it would have been 8 masterpieces, or near masterpieces, in a row.

[@wyattcorbin1629]

EZ Writer I’m not a big fan of Lodger, but I would say the the release of Station to Station, Low, and Heroes in 631 days (with the latter being record in the period) is among the greatest achievements in musical history, and definitely the best three-album streak out there.

[@unrulysimian3897]

Wyatt Corbin - some people with finely honed musical taste in this thread.

[@mikes6970]

@duckiedale80 if you know cocaine you know station to station ... i love it .... 😄😃😂😅😆😈😈

[@seamusburke639]

Supposedly Paper Lace sent a copy of his song to Chicago mayor Richard Daley. He hated it so much he recommended the band soak their heads in Lake Michigan and not come back up for air. As a Chicagoan, never thought I'd agree with Daley on something.

[@tafua_a]

This way they can see the east side of Chicago in all of its splendor!

[@freddieperkins6953]

Just some context for the terrible name of the band, Nottingham is a city that used to produce a lot of lace during the industrial revolution, the city center is still called the Lace Market today. You can imagine why we chose Robin Hood as our recognisable icon instead of lace

[@alexddragame]

What I got from this video: 1-I need Top 10 Worst Songs of 1974 2-I REALLY need Top 10 Worst Songs of 1974

[@gabingston3430]

Well, Sean from Diamond Axe Studios is doing a Worst (and Best) Songs of 1975 list soon.

[@Wired4Life2]

You're asking TITS to go through hell.

[@alexddragame]

@@Wired4Life2 It wouldn't be fist time)

[@Flowtail]

I’d like to see a best list from 1974, maybe

[@choclytgremlins]

@@Flowtail porque no los dos

[@brendan6555]

I really hope Lizzo is the next pop song review, it would be hilarious to see Todd try and discuss that song and artist.

[@sirsardine7788]

Brendan Knight Yeah!

[@crazyluigi6664]

@@sirsardine7788 I think it belongs to whoever beats Old Town Road.

[@kleptrep94]

I mean if he ain't gonna do BTS then I doubt he'll do Lizzo considering they're both as dope as each other an' all.

[@catplayingapiano2799]

Wished he would talk about Ava Max too

[@xww6849]

Bliss If he hasn’t already covered Sweet But Psycho yet, there’s no way he’s covering Ava Max. But Truth Hurts is a big hit now and getting bigger. Plus, the context behind it is weird and Lizzo is a wonderful personality.

[@ReadingMartin]

I grew up listening to the spanish version, never knew the original was in English. Always found it fucking depressing tho, but it fits really well with our (Mexican) narco-corridos, which are horrid songs that are neither happy nor sad which just glorify drug-dealers.

[@stephenleblanc4677]

Umm...she threw the letter away because she didn't value that he died a hero...not because she did not value Billy. She valued Billy as a living breathing human, not as a memory or a point of honor. You're great, BTW, thank you for all these videos.

[@karrihart1]

Like on Mad Men when Joan's husband Greg volunteered to go back to Vietnam and Joan was rightfully pissed and kicked him out.

[@daviebananas1735]

No, she was just allergic to paper.

[@CWB342]

Ok here's how "Billy don't be a hero" could fit in a war movie. Slow it down, pitch it all woozy. Add wet reverb. Basically have a vaporwave version of it play for a sec while showing a dreamy montage of soldiers saying goodbyes to their loved ones.

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

Have Céline Dion sing it too

[@StormyKopaAMVs]

You make turn it into movie trailer music?

[@Carkitty12]

To me this feels like the British version of "Cotton Eyed Joe" / Rednex in general. Foreign act creates their whole identity on American folklore to the tune of an incredibly catchy song? Anyone else hearing that deja vu bell too?

[@Wyndsang]

Rednex aren't British ;)

[@Masterblaze0]

@@Wyndsang No one said they were lol. "The British version of" applies to Paper Lace, and "foreign act" was applied to both Rednex and Paper Lace in relation to American folklore.

[@shamelesshussy]

Cotton-eyed Joe is an old, old song though. Todd’s talking about original, contemporary songs.

[@GameBubbles]

Some of those mediocre 70s songs also end up over the Ikea radio terrorizing the employees. Like me

[@scifikoala]

I work at a grocery store and they terrorize us with it too

[@gabingston3430]

@@scifikoala I was terrorized with Sheryl Crow when I worked at a grocery store.

[@videobeagle]

@@gabingston3430 Next time you'll remember to keep the soy milk in stock!

[@gabingston3430]

@@videobeagle Soy Boy? It's not 2017 anymore. I'm not exactly a leftist, just so you know.

[@vocalcalibration8033]

My condolences.

[@galrjkldd]

I have to disagree with Todd. I don't believe he gets drafted, I believe he volunteers, and thus the first chorus, in my mind, represents her asking him not to go.

[@galleryofrogues]

galrjkldd Yeah that’s totally what happened. Surprised he got that wrong.

[@Awesomesufff]

todd lacks basic lyrical comprehension

[@thetooginator153]

Todd in the Shadows - Here’s something to consider: there was a lot of nostalgia for the twenties and thirties back in the early seventies - The Sting; The Great Gatsby; The Waltons; etc. It would be interesting if you considered how popular nostalgia might explain some hit songs. I’ve noticed that nostalgia tends to set in about twenty to thirty years after the period of nostalgia. The twenties nostalgia seemed to be a little late - probably because the thirties had very little to be nostalgic about.

[@zombiedodge1426]

That co-existed with a huge wave of fifties nostalgia - Grease, Happy Days, American Graffiti (which was set in 1962, but everything before the Kennedy assassination was really an extension of the fifties, kind of like how the nineties as we know them didn’t really get under way until Nevermind came out in late ‘91).

[@TheAlexSchmidt]

Weird to think the 70s are to now what the (19)20s were to then but I can't imagine anyone treating the 70s the way the 20s was treated in what you mentioned. And I imagine the reason why 50s nostalgia was bigger in the 70s than probably any other "2 decades nostalgia" fad has been before or since is that the 50s was kind of a polar opposite of the 70s as a time of American optimism.

[@davidwoods8181]

I think you’re onto something there. Although a lot of movies from the 50s set in the 20s

[@husk3715]

I think the same but the time might be shortening

[@UFBMusic]

The 20s remaining popular for longer than usual in the 70s could be like how 80s/90s nostalgia is sticking because nobody wants to remember the 2000s.

[@SixthFonist]

I think she threw the letter away because she was mad that they tried to spin his death.

[@DanPantzig]

"Everyone knows rock attained perfection in 1974, it's a scientific fact" - Homer J. Simpson I'm still not sure if that line is a joke.

[@browngirlinaclownworld2077]

Rock actually did quite well in '74. It was pop that was such a god awful mess. There were quite a few classic rock albums from that year. Diamond Dogs from David Bowie, Sheer Heart Attack from Queen, Apostrophe from Frank Zappa, Kimono My House from Sparks, etc.

[@robinchesterfield42]

HOMER definitely meant it sincerely, since we kinda know his taste in music. ...the writers, however...

[@christopherconard2831]

There was AM/top 40 radio. And there was FM album oriented rock. Since then it has been fused into one category of 70's rock. People forget that many of the biggest bands from the era never hit the singles charts.

[@kevinr.3542]

I cou!d quite happily only listen to music from 1974 or earlier. You still get so much amazing music. It's crazy how far music production came between 1969-1974.

[@soultrax101]

Todd actually addresses that line in the One Hit Wonderland video about Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo I believe

[@idnyftw]

It may be about American characters, but Billy Don't Be A Hero is an awfully British song.

[@zahrahkhalid6333]

Jim Tiberius that whistling

[@newmanoutdoors1564]

bo Donaldson and the Heywoods actually came from cincinnati ohio

[@jeanmichellelaurent]

It's got UK Community Centre Springtime family disco vibes,

[@BenCol]

The night Chicago died. Well, bye bye, Miss Illinois Pie. Drove Bluesmobile to the levy, but the levy was dry.

[@galleryofrogues]

_Fix the cigarette lighter._

[@gregoryeatroff8608]

EMI wanted the Beatles to record a Mitch Murray song called "How Do You It?" as their first single. The Beatles did NOT want to do it. Winning that fight was a key moment in the Beatles becoming THE BEATLES, complete with thudding capitals. And yeah, Paper Lace is wearing Civil War era US army uniforms -- you can see the "US" clearly on the drummer's belt buckle in the "Billy, Don't Be a Hero" video.

[@DC_Prox]

Minor quibble: there are no kazoos in this song. That bit near the end is the guys singing "nananaa nananaa nana na na naaa" while brass instruments play the same notes they're singing. The distortion of a kazoo has the same dynamic as a saxophone reed, so that playing at the same time as matching vocals give the illusion of a kazoo. It's like if you have a piano and a clean electric guitar playing matching notes, it sounds a little like a xylophone.

[@phastinemoon]

So… they managed to auto tune themselves, before auto tune was a thing?

[@anarchyandempires5452]

"we've been at war for almost 20 years, and nobody even gives a demand no more..." I never thought 16 words could give me such a depression flash.

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

Biden says he's ending the war. Hopefully that happens on time. The Biden admin has some of the most qualified people for foreign policy so I'm hoping they know what they're doing compared to W. or Obama.

[@hunterlee8383]

@@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep This didn't age well...

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

@@hunterlee8383 I mean. It's not good but I'd say it's not the disaster I was expecting.

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

@MrCrowley1018 I still don't think I was wrong. The troops left. America took the L to prevent more of their people dying. Anyway now Russia is invading Ukraine and that could escalate anyway so 🙃

[@kawaiilotus]

​@@BonJoviBeatlesLedZepthe people in Afghanistan aren't exactly happy about it. Especially the woman. One of the few wars doing actual good and they bloody well stopped it!

[@whizwart1]

I think it would be interesting if Todd covered "Ballad of the Green Berets". It was the longest running number one of 1966 and the guy who sang it went nuts

[@igorsdonjon2271]

No he did not . He was ran over by a drunk. After coming home from the war .

[@whizwart1]

@@igorsdonjon2271 actually, no. He shot a man stalking his girlfriend then planted a gun to bolster his claim of self defense. He got convicted of voluntary manslaughter. He later shot himself, or was shot by someone else dependin who you ask, in Guatamala and died a year later.

[@Musicradio77Network]

It was Sgt. Barry Sandler who had his only chart topper.

[@billslocum9819]

@@Musicradio77Network Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler had two hits, though. "Ballad Of The Green Berets" and "The A-Team," which went to #30. Todd's covered two-hit wonders before, though.

[@bcubed72]

How about _Napalm Sticks to Kids_ by the USAF? I DARE him...

[@Asaji05]

I stayed until the end to listen the cover song, and it was the regional mexican cover, I was not disappointed, 10/10

[@drpibisback7680]

Not even a metal cover for these guys. Although that Mexican cover is pretty good.

[@ChristHBK]

I grew up with the Spanish version and never even knew the original until I was an adult... XD

[@Asaji05]

@@ChristHBK same, but it was about 10 years ago

[@Mermaidbelle88]

Alejandro Salas as soon as I heard it I had flashbacks listening to this as a kid. I never knew it was a cover. Lol.

[@Saintnick90]

Are you sure "Feel Like Makin' Love" isn't about Watergate? It could be about people celebrating the end of Nixon's reign by making out.

[@nickrustyson8124]

That's dumb because who the fuck wanted General Ford?

[@Taalsman]

I have been binging King of the Hill recently and all of a sudden in a flashback episode Hank, Dale and Bill stole Boomhauers car and they blasted this song and i was like "Holy shit, is that Paperlace!?" Thanks Todd!

[@CuleChick11]

I like "story songs" but if you're going to base your stories on history you should do at least SOME research and TRY to be accurate. I feel like if Paper Lace and researched Al Capone as well as Todd researched Paper Lace, they'd have a much better song.

[@trexpaddock]

If you are doing history research by listening to pop music, you get what you deserve.

[@joebobby1412]

trexpaddock that is a very good response. I sympathize with the idea that the artist making the song should try keep their message relatable to the feeling, the setting of the song, evokes. If it’s poorly written, it’s poorly written. But back to your point- for the person listening to the song, reliable history lessons are a rare priority.

[@Fickji]

Starts singing Toto's Africa....

[@capngeeoff]

@@trexpaddock But I based my entire essay on Rasputin on the Boney M song...

[@bificommander7472]

You still got the essay with the nice red F on it?

[@morphman86]

"Hell yeah, the good guys won! WOOHOO!!!!" Wades through the corpses of his 100 comrades to go kiss his wife and ruffle the hair of his son, then laughs through the sunset while 5 men with odd haircuts pretend to play kazoos....

[@NotoriousLightning]

Brother, what a night it really was!

[@artistwithouttalent]

@@NotoriousLightning Glory be!

[@leonelmanzanares7044]

It needs to be said: That version Todd played at the end, the Regional Mexican version by Banda Machos, is way superior. And also, Mexico's ONLY exposure to that song until the Internet. I'm pretty sure a lot of people still think it's an original.

[@jesusperez-arteaga5437]

It's Banda Toro, not Banda Machos

[@kabronex9877]

I thought La Broma was a fucking mexican original by Pegasso.

[@Jandrodub2]

Banda Toro’s version was a way bigger hit... and so was Fue en un Cafe, Cuando Calienta el Sol and lots of other English songs covered in Spanish. Also Banda Toro was far from a one hit wonder

[@vegronica9006]

Literally laugh-cried at, "and then there were kazoos." Brilliant writing in this video, Todd!

[@grawakendream8980]

maybe he just said it

[@DerekDominoes]

"Billy Don't Be A Hero" (the Bo Donaldson version) and "The Night Chicago Died" were the first two 45s I ever bought and, honestly, I still like both songs.

[@jerfacekilla]

Same.

[@RicoBurghFan]

I still like cotton candy too.

[@musicdaydreams2506]

I still like them, too!

[@jakerboss3534]

Next one hit wonder - They’re Coming To Take Me Away Haha

[@mistersoupmannovember2263]

I that would be great

[@r0kus]

If Todd does it, I hope he includes side B.

[@Commager88]

Oh dear god no.

[@turgid_member8717]

Would be a great Halloween Spook-tacular Edition.

[@PennyAfNorberg]

1966

[@tskmaster3837]

Todd: "This fictional story song is historically incorrect in regards to Al Capone and Chicago." Damn it, I'll have to remove it from my list of sources for my book "Intolerance: Al Capone in Chicago."

[@lydiota]

I was DYING for the Banda Toro's "La noche que murió Chicago" to be the cover song at the ending, I was NOT disappointed at all. Thanks Todd.

[@theelectricindian]

"ME AND YOU AND A DOG NAMED BOO! Christ" that line made me laugh so hard.

[@easystreet123]

My memory is a little vague on this, but I think boo what is a nickname for marijuana.

[@SnowdropHill]

Please do "Puttin' on the Ritz" by Taco. It's an 80's one, but really rather unique.

[@Lazerbear1985]

I can’t explain why but that song creeped me out as a kid. Now is the time to face my fears!

[@flynnryan]

@@Lazerbear1985 Teh song? or the video? because Taco does have a creepy looking heavy make-up face worthy of the Joker .

[@Lazerbear1985]

flynnryan the song. For some reason it just sounded eerie to me.

[@Lazerbear1985]

Welp, just went and watched the music video. It’s as terrifying as I remember. He looks like if Slappy the dummy, from Goosebumps, became a real boy.

[@chrismulwee4911]

Puttin' On The Ritz is a really old song; first performed by Harry Richman in the 1930 movie of the same name. It was also a big hit for the Leo Reichman Orchestra that same year.

[@CULater000]

9:10 funny thing, my grandparents had a framed letter from the war office about my great-great-grandfather dying in WWI

[@Katsby83]

My dad was just talking about Billy Don’t be a Hero today so I had to show ‘em this. Apparently he listened to The Night Chicago Died on the radio all the time when he was little and couldn’t really understand the lyrics so he thought it was about the fire. Guess not.

[@aidanhargis7519]

Okay TECHNICALLY there is actually an East Chicago, but it's 30 miles south in Indiana, so...yeah the lyric is still wrong.

[@11094DEREK]

Yep

[@AdolfStalin]

They're British, forgive them

[@cr-pol]

No, East Side neighborhood is in the south side of Chicago.

[@gregm766]

Kind of like how South Detroit would be Windsor Canada.

[@dirgecry2047]

Remember, they were British. You know, the guys that talk about the Blitz like it was a good time. The Blitz where half of London was destroyed.

[@darganx]

The good old days of the 'Wowah'

[@KEVMAN7987]

IRA terrorism is referred to as "the Troubles"

[@nickrustyson8124]

You mean the song Ballroom Blitz? Because that isn't about the Blitz, they just say Blitz because there isn't that matter B words that has the same panic and crazy feel

[@paulhilton6426]

Nobody from Britain has ever talked about The Blitz like it was a good time. I don't know where the fuck you got that idea from.

[@garystack9537]

“Yeah Lil Nas X might wanna read these guys as a cautionary tale” Hey there Toddstradamus

[@DiamondAxeStudiosMusic]

As someone who's currently working on a list of the Worst Hit songs of 1975, that opening segment resonated with me on a deep, primal level.

[@gabingston3430]

All the interesting stuff in the 70s came out at the beginning and the end of the decade, the whole middle section sucked.

[@richarddorazi8565]

@@gabingston3430 Funny enough, my friend listens to the 70s on 7 Sirius station with his mom and he told me that his mom almost always skips the station when they play songs from 73-76.

[@gabingston3430]

@@richarddorazi8565 the time between the end of Vietnam and Saturday Night Fever was a dark age for pop music.

[@troodon1096]

Like Todd said, the good music of the 70's was still good, but the average music was terrible.

[@karelfinn2343]

I really hate that the Oldies stations are dying off. As you say, there's a lot of crap music from the 60's and 70's, but the good music is phenomenally good, and if you can find a station that knows the difference you're pretty much set.

[@zahrahkhalid6333]

Kurt Reinkemeyer unfortunately satellite radio is the only place keeping the oldies alive

[@daltondarko2016]

A Chicago rapper should sample this and make it part of an actually decent and memorable song.

[@witherblaze]

My sentiments exactly

[@ftyropek]

either polo g or vic mensa

[@hiimemily]

@@ftyropek Shit, Polo G could turn this into diamonds.

[@cappantwan2978]

Oh boy, my relatives have played the Spanish version of this song in parties recently. Hearing that again in the credits hit me with deja vu.

[@JDelwynn]

The Finnish cover was also a number 1 hit in 1975!

[@Matrim42]

“Kung fu movies were silly and innocent.” I mean, some of them were, sure, but a lot of them tackled issues like colonialism, racism, war, and such. There were some HEAVY kung fu films.

[@caydenmichael98]

Which king fu films had all that? You have my attention...

[@Matrim42]

Cayden Michael The first one that springs to mind is Fist of Fury (released in the west as The Chinese Connection). It was Bruce Lee’s second film (iirc), and basically boils down to one man’s personal war against colonial powers. There’s plenty others, you’ve just got to look.

[@caydenmichael98]

@@Matrim42 Thank you so much!

[@Matrim42]

Cayden Michael No trouble. Oh, and don’t get confused by the title. Bruce’s first film (The Big Boss) was released in the west as Fists of Fury, which is a good film, but less weighty thematically.

[@caydenmichael98]

@@Matrim42 I will keep that in mind when searching for that movie, thanks!

[@bmc757]

Singing Drummer? Must have had amazing cardio.

[@rollinggamer2582]

Phil Collins

[@noneofyourbusiness4616]

there is a defunct indie rock duo called "Viva Voce" in which the drummer not only sang but played the keyboard with one hand while drumming with the other

[@cursedgeorge939]

As a drummer who also sings, doing both together is not easily done. This dude is doing quite a simple beat, which helps.

[@AlexYorim]

Don Henley

[@webinfront]

AdeptDamage Lightning Bolt

[@lurch6969]

I did love "The night Chicago died" as a kid. It told a story and i loved that beat. It's still on my playlist

[@LustWaffel]

Wth I was waiting for this but I guess it is much more well remembered here in Finland since the "Finnish version" of this song topped the charts in mid 90s for no reason

[@bartholen]

Mikä biisi se on? Tää kuulosti jostain syystä tutulta, ja nyt mysteeri pitää selvittää!

[@LustWaffel]

@@bartholen JeanS "Kun Chicago Kuoli" Tai joku semmonen 😂

[@LustWaffel]

@@bartholen Näyttää siltä että se oli lähempänä 2000 kuin ysikytlukua. Äiti oli hirvittävä Jean S fani ni mä ainakin kuulin sitä ihan hemmetisti 😂

[@Outoinen]

Eka kerran tää on julkaistu suomeks vuonna 1975 Vicky Rostin ensisinkun b-puolella. Oli pakko tulla pätemään. 😂

[@samoria7530]

I never knew finnish had so much ä in it

[@jeffcobb2734]

I was 9 years old in 1974 and just discovering music. My first 45 rpm singles were the Carpenters, Abba, Donny & Marie and Barry Manilow. So I have a soft spot in my heart for these cheesy 70s songs. I love them.

[@tafua_a]

I have a similar soft spot for Nu Metal, so I totally get why you guys like this song

[@Hammerhead547]

Fun Fact: The drummer of Manfred Mann's Earth Band (Chris Slade) would go on to play in AC/DC on the Blow Up Your Video and The Razors Edge albums along with touring with Gary Moore on his 1989 After The War World Tour and working with David Gilmore and The Firm (Paul Rogers/Jimmy Page).

[@mramisuzuki6962]

MMEB was technically a "Super" Group that Manfred Mann put together and had an over produced cover of a Bruce Springsteen song. Most of that band formed the Buggles and Asia after.

[@Anonymous-js5zn]

@@mramisuzuki6962 Overproduced? MMEB's Blinded by the Light is the greatest song ever made

[@fumanpoo4725]

@@Anonymous-js5zn Except it's a Bruce Spingsteen song...

[@Anonymous-js5zn]

@@fumanpoo4725 I know it was originally by Bruce Springsteen, but Manfred Mann's Earth Band did it so much better

[@jonothanthrace1530]

This sounds like it could've been a song The Sweet wrote in 1972, then crumpled up and threw away before going on to write "Little Willy."

[@DPerez3573]

Seriously, Todd, How high does the Patreon have to go so you can give us the worst songs of 1974????? Asking for a friend!

[@robinchesterfield42]

Oh, sadly I don't think he does those anymore. At all. He said at one point that he was DONE with those, I mean it, no more, they tax me too much, they're too much work, NO. So I don't think there _is_ a Patreon tier for it. Not even a secret one. I'm still sad about it, though. Dammit I MISS those! I hope he changes his mind someday.

[@LunaWitcher]

"Unlike BILLY" I will use this with no context for now on.

[@freeparking301]

East Chicago, South Detroit, and “Early morning April 4” (it was evening, Bono) the holy trinity of inaccurate lyrics

[@catcookie6726]

I love 70's songs. They may be sometimes cheesy but, they sure were creative.

[@OFFICIALCOTNOB1]

How about some these for future One Hit Wonderland’s Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm by Crash Test Dummies Steal My Sunshine by Len Pass the Dutchie by Musical Youth Pop Muzik by M Bad Day by Daniel Powter

[@Jigglysaint]

Steal my Sunshine would be interesting. I actually watched Len perform that song live once on a talk show. First time hearing that song, and I kind of like it.

[@Dany_lop]

I've been patiently for todd to do pop muzik. Im surprised he hasnt yet.

[@breezy4852]

Musical Youth has a unsung episode and it was sad. I think it’s on KZbin.

[@bacht4799]

She Drives Me Crazy By Fine Young Cannibals .. or maybe they maybe not One Hit Wonder.. !

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

Pass the Dutchie's got a pretty neat story.

[@wstine79]

Why can't all "Songs of the ...." play music when you open it?

[@rosebyanyname]

Todd uploaded a video DURING THE DAY? Witchcraft!

[@trexpaddock]

Burn the Witch!

[@Flowtail]

trexpaddock burn away his shadowed veil

[@RegebroRepairs]

"How he killed the band Chicago!" Man, I almost spat out my whisky! Stop being so funny!

[@michaelferreri1256]

You are to be commended. You talked for over 20 minutes about Paper Lace. Longer than their period of popularity.

[@alluneedislessthan3]

Oh my GOD. My Michael Scott-esque dad used to play “billy don’t be a hero” for us all the time. Sometimes he would cry (he’s never been in the military). Never thought I’d hear about that song again. Wow.

[@floraposteschild4184]

It was my friend Janet's favourite song as a child. She did a whole dance routine to it.

[@EvanCWaters]

I feel like there was a 1920s-30s nostalgia thing going on in the 70s (that eventually was overshadowed by the 50s revival), hence the song's rinkytink arrangement and lack of concern for tone. Also it may just have been that the Godfather movies were big at this time so a song about gangsters seemed like it would work.

[@dadoctah]

20s revival? Guess that would explain "Oh Babe, What Would You Say?"

[@analogskullerosis5056]

This just sounds like the poor poor POOR man's version of The Eagles. You and all other critics are absolutely right. 1974 was a terrible year for pop music. This was an interesting episode nonetheless. I would love to see a Top 10 Worst Songs of 1974 should you ever decide to make that.

[@jessicazeller8060]

Blaise Kabbeko Ironically enough, the Eagles were flourishing in 1974. I’ve watched the 1976 video 10 times, so we need a 1974 video!

[@phillipwattsjr.4714]

"WHOOT--There It Is" (95 South) and "WHOOP--There It Is" (Tag Team) If Todd hasn't done a feature on these two one-hit wonders, he should!

[@racingphotographer8251]

Also "Boom Boom Boom" by the Outhere Brothers :-)

[@ftyropek]

he did

[@TemporustheEternal]

First of all, super extra bonus points for: "...since Alan a' Dale." Brilliant. Second, I have a memory of this song, from either the summer it came out, or the following summer. My family was on a trip cross country TO Chicago, and that song was on the radio CONSTANTLY. I must have been about 5, and the whole family sang the heck out of it the whole trip. I can't emphasize enough how popular this song was at that time. And then it just disappeared. I don't think I ever heard it again since that trip until I ran across this video.

[@thomasdeja523]

I remember grooving to this back in 74--granted, I was 10 years old at the time.... Of course, the biggest horror of this video was realizing that Captain and Tennille had MULTIPLE hits during this Dark Age.

[@RenaldyCalixte]

Love is sticking together is still a great song though.

[@Thraim.]

"It's just a version of a kid's song... also it's kind of blasphemous" Thanks Todd, I almost choked on my potato chips.

[@jeanmichellelaurent]

He said the line right as I saw your comment

[@Alex-cw3rz]

1974 wasn't to bad Waterloo by Abba came out and so did Kung Fu Fighting

[@danstiver9135]

Waterloo is godawful and I fucking love it

[@UnorthodoxIndividual]

Not to mention "Band On The Run" was a hit that year... and "Cats in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin was released in 1974... I have nothing else good to say about 1974

[@jakerboss3534]

Well, Elton John had a number one hit with Bennie and the Jets. That song is decent, right?

[@deacon6453]

And you got the Queen II and Sheer Heart Attack albums from Queen

[@aronpuma5962]

1974 has a number of songs that are good, or maybe even great. But if you look at the Year End List for 1974, there are basically only three songs that I think one would class as like, fantastic, all time amazing songs: Stevie Wonder's "Living For the City," Jim Croce's "Time in a Bottle," and MSFB's "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" (that's the Soul Train theme). Those first two songs were released in late 1973, which doesn't say great things about the year. I would contend that 74 is better than say, 1960, but that's not a high bar. (The best hit song of 1960 was probably Ray Charles "Georgia on my Mind," or maybe Sam Cooke's "Chain Gang")

[@tanpopopopo]

The cover of this song was a really huge hit in Estonia, which pretty much every person knows to this day

[@godzillafan4033]

I was 13 in 1974. I listened to Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin on an endless loop.

[@pinkwings8036]

I forgot how bad the 60s and 70s sounded once the very top songs get removed from the equation.

[@firstnamelastname7244]

I guess you could say the same about any era.

[@fanime1]

As a '90s kid whose parents raised me on '70s and '80s music, it's so easy to forget that every decade has bad music. Like, I really love disco music, but that's because I grew up with the good songs. I feel I understand the records burnings now.

[@VinchVolt]

@@firstnamelastname7244 Indeed you can; and oddly enough, some of the well-remembered songs from an era happen to be the bad or otherwise throwaway ones. For instance, "Take on Me" has a big fan following nowadays, but when you really start to compare it to the rest of the 80s' hits, it sounds awfully generic, as if A-Ha had only just discovered the presets on a DX7 and wanted to fiddle around with them as much as possible, like a kid learning a new big word.

[@pinkwings8036]

CommunistSquidward 420 I mean, the 80s and 90s were *aggressively* bad, but these are just... staid.

[@VinchVolt]

@@pinkwings8036 Well it's more that every era's music scene is 99% schlock, keeping in line with Sturgeon's Law. What matters to me isn't the mountains of garbage, but rather the 1% of diamonds in the rough.

[@dellayassine]

I always imagine that this song is a diss track to the band Chicago.

[@dwc1964]

Chicago were an awesome band - before they decided to completely suck They've done some of my all-time favorite music, and some of the absolute worst. Fuck 1974 forever.

[@60s70sVintageRock]

Some new comments on my post of this song brought me here, lol. Mitch Murray admitted on the Songfacts site that the lyrics re: Al Capone were not researched very well and that "The song was certainly a work of fiction, and as such, perhaps we should have used fictional gangster names." Also there IS an East Side of Chicago, but it is more of a smaller neighborhood bordering Indiana. Yes, there were some really cheesy soft pop songs starting in '74. Those and disco ruined the rest of the 70's! Btw, your videos are very entertaining... good job! 😊

[@fanime1]

Being born and raised in Chicago, I cracked my ass off at the East Side joke! That being said, the beat and instrumental of the song is actually good. If it had different lyrics, I wouldn't mind listening to it in my free time.

[@JennaLeigh]

Oooof. I think you may have misinterpreted the end of 'Billy, Don't Be a Hero'. She threw the letter down because it was zero consolation for losing her love in a meaningless war.

[@SamAronow]

Well now I know what song Jack Black was making fun of in High Fidelity.

[@Chatman666]

I was gonna say the SAME EXACT THING. Thanks, Todd. (y)

[@SamAronow]

@@Chatman666 (grabs hand, makes you slap yourself)

[@Chatman666]

@@SamAronow One of my all time Top Five favorite movies. (See what i did there?)

[@MikeFromOz]

ANGINA'S TOUGH!

[@StuartLynx]

Stay tuned for the Top 10 Worst Hit Songs of 1974. You brought it on yourself todd...

[@lawman592]

Or, to quote Stevie Wonder from an actual good song released in 1974: "It's not too cool to be ridiculed But you brought this upon yourself."

[@Alex-cw3rz]

Well in 1974 Kung Fu Fighting was released it's not all bad

[@johnashley327]

One song out of thousands.

[@leetorry]

Todd and the other publications said that 1974 was a bad year for pop, not for music in general: Zappa, King Crimson, Neil Young, Gene Clark, Eno, Roxy Music, Queen, Stevie Wonder, Syeelg Dan, Miles Davis, Big Star, Sparks, Kraftwerk, Bowie, Deep Purple, Gram Parsons, Tom Waits, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, etc... all released albums that were good to classic.

[@NickersonGeneral]

Every year has SOME good music. Usually when a year gets labeled as "one of the worst years in music", it just means that out of all of the music released that year, there was far more shit than usual

[@katwil89]

Kung Fu Fighting is in my top five most hated songs of all time. Just no.

[@moviemaestro800]

4:33 Interesting that you mention that Mitch Murray's reputation in the early 60s was as a hit-maker for Liverpool bands who weren't The Beatles, because they almost released a Mitch Murray song as a single as well. Shortly after recording Love Me Do, their first single to subsequently chart in the UK, their new producer George Martin recommended a Mitch Murray song called How Do You Do It? as their follow-up, thinking it would chart higher and more quickly. The Beatles did actually record the song, but were so determined to not be forced to perform that song in future live shows, that it motivated them to write new original songs, in hopes that one of them would impress Martin enough to release one of them as their follow-up single instead. The result was their first UK number 1 single, Please Please Me. Martin would instead offer How Do You Do It? to Gerry and the Pacemakers (the Liverpool band you see at 4:22), and it did peak at number 1 in the UK, but The Beatles were relieved to not be the ones having to perform it constantly in their updated setlist. They probably thought it was too twee for a band that had built up their on-the-ground reputation as a rock n' roll band who performed in Liverpool's smoky cramped Cavern Club, and Hamburg's red light district.

[@RyanFeatherston]

Future OWHs if possible: Rose Falcon (Up, Up, Up). Triple Image (Last One Standing). Sly Fox (Let's Go All the Way). Sisqo (The Thong Song). Dada (Dizz Knee Land). Timbuk3 (The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades). Ready for the World (Oh Sheila). Tela (Sho 'Nuff). General Public (Tenderness). ATC (Around the World (La La La)). Del Amiriti (Roll to Me). 'Til Tuesday (Voices Carry). The Dream Academy (Life in a Northern Town). When in Rome (The Promise). Shannon (Let the Music Play). Dream (He Loves U Not). Stacie Orrico (Stuck). Enigma (Return to Innocence). Emilia (Big, Big World). Israel Kamakawiwo'ole (Somewhere Over the Rainbow). 4 Non Blondes (What's Up). The Fixx (One Thing Leads to Another). Inner Circle (Bad Boys). Seems like a lot, I know.

[@andrewpappas9311]

I know he’s done Barbie Girl and Mambo but 4NB, The Fixx and ‘Til Tuesday could be cool videos because those are all great songs (also semi-fun fact, ‘Til Tuesday’s frontwoman Aimee Mann sang on the chorus of Rush’s song Time Stand Still (which is another awesome song in its own right))