Monday, June 3, 2013

(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song B. J. Thomas

(Hey Won't you Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song
1975
B. J. Thomas

B.J. Thomas's second number one hit also holds the title of...well the longest title...of any number one hit. And it definitely got sung along with and to a lot in 1975. Guessed what it is yet? Really...ya haven't??? Bet the first lines clue ya in...

It's lonely out to-nite...and the feelin's just right for a brand new love song....

Yep...(Hey Won't you Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song, which shot up the charts to #1 in April of 1975 after it's release in February and managed to also top Billboard's Hot Country Singles and Easy Listening charts a couple of weeks later.

'(Hey Won't you Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song' also won it's songwriters...Larry Butler and Chips Moran...The 1976 Grammy for Best Country Song. It was also covered a year after it's release by none other then 'The Muppets'

The wild thing about the song was it was a bit of a conflict. You had this awesome up-beat, feel good, head swayin', finger-poppin', make-you-smile melody...with sad lyrics. More people have never smiled while singing along with what was essentially a break-up song.

But we Seventies Teens smiled and sang and listened to it constantly on the top 40 stations and bought the 45 (Remember 45s) and eight tracks (Remember 8-tracks??) and made it a million seller to show how much we loved it.

And we still sing along with it when it shows up on one of the Oldies stations like 103.7 and 106.9 (Richmond and Hampton Roads) as it does regularly.

So enjoy! And I know ya sang along to this one!
(Hey Won't you Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song by B. J. Thomas

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