Top Songs of the Day for 2020
I’m not a big fan of year-end lists, but everybody else seems to like them. Yossarian was right: If everybody else feels that way, then I’d certainly be a damned fool to feel any other way, wouldn’t I?
These are the 2020 Songs of the Day that got the most hits:
John Prine, “That’s How Every Empire Falls” This was the most-viewed song all year, even though it was featured back in 2019. Traffic, much of it non-local, increased sharply after Prine’s death in April.
Bruce Springsteen, “If I Was the Priest” Featured in advance of the new Springsteen album.
Daniel Dietrich, “Hymn for the 81%” An ex-evangelical’s call-out of his Mammon-blinded brethren.
The Avett Brothers, “Early in the Morning” This track ran with the closing credits of the “West Wing” reunion show and wasn’t easy to find, so I think it got some national traffic, too.
Founders Sing, “Lie Lie Lie Lie Lysol” I wonder what all these musical/political parody purveyors are going to do with Trump out of office.
Steely Dan, “Your Gold Teeth,” and Grace Jones, “Pull Up to the Bumper” A special medical procedures edition. Got $65.40 for the gold tooth.
Eliot Lurie, “Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl)” The leader of the Looking Glass on an a cappella version of the Yacht Rock classic.
John Prine and Marianne Faithful, “This Love Is Real” This duet ran the day after Prine’s death was announced.
Petula Clark, “Downtown” News-driven interest.
King Luan, “There Are No Gnomes in Sweden” My favorite obscure find of the year. NBC has already pulled the clip of the “Tonight Show” that uncovered it.
