This song always reminds me of sitting in the back of my Dad’s van listening to the Top 40 on a Sunday while at my Grandma’s house. Back in the 1970s we had a Morris 1100 car, which was unfortunately written off when a bus crashed into it as it was parked outside our house. Luckily no one was hurt but as with all these things sorting out the insurance takes ages and as a result we had no car.
My Uncle John who worked for ‘Spencers’ - the estate agents, and who had the job of taking the photos of the houses and fixing the ‘For Sale’ signs in place outside, had a dark green Vauxhall van which the company were selling (as they were moving up to a very posh white Ford Escort Van with the new logo on) and we bought the old one. We had a radio fitted and we used to listen to the Top 40 on Radio 1 on a Sunday Night in my Grandma’s front room and listen to the final few hits including the number one song as we drove home after our weekly visit.
I remember this song being in the charts at that time and thinking what an unusual sound the beat was made up of and what a great song it was and what a wonderful idea for a song it was too. It is a very happy song and always makes me smile. As with all of the songs mentioned in this blog, I have this on one my ipod and listen to it when I feel the need to be reminded of those happy times.
Now listen to the song….
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