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[Jeff Wrangler]

I'm surprised you don't remember that song.  It was one of her most successful, peaking at number one in charts of 41 countries and earning a place in the 2007 Guinness Book of World Records, as the song topping the charts in most countries.  It also samples from the instrumental introduction to ABBA's single "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)",

It occurred to me this morning that this song is not getting played on either of the two Eighties-plus stations to which I keep my clock radios tuned. I'm still hearing "Material Girl" fairly regularly (heard it this morning, in fact), "Like a Prayer" not so much anymore, but I'm still hearing it. Same deal with "Like a Virgin."

[CellarDweller]

It occurred to me this morning that this song is not getting played on either of the two Eighties-plus stations to which I keep my clock radios tuned. I'm still hearing "Material Girl" fairly regularly (heard it this morning, in fact), "Like a Prayer" not so much anymore, but I'm still hearing it.

Ok, you're not hearing "Hung Up" on that station because it's one of her later hits, released in 2005.

"Hung Up" samples ABBA's song "Gimme Gimme Gimme", and was put into the Guinness Book of World Records as the song that hit #1 in the most countries (41).

Here is ABBA's original.

and here is Madonna's "Hung Up".

[Jeff Wrangler]

Ok, you're not hearing "Hung Up" on that station because it's one of her later hits, released in 2005.

Which could explain why I've never even heard it. By then I wasn't listening to music much at all.

[CellarDweller]

Kris Kristofferson dies at 88

Kristoffer Kristofferson (June 22, 1936 ? September 28, 2024) was an American country singer, songwriter and actor. Among his songwriting credits are "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night", all of which were hits for other artists.

In 1985, Kristofferson joined fellow country artists Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash in the country music supergroup the Highwaymen, which was a key creative force in the outlaw country music movement that eschewed the traditional Nashville country music machine in favor of independent songwriting and producing.

As an actor, Kristofferson was known for his roles in Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973), Blume in Love (1973), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), A Star Is Born (1976) (which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor), Convoy (1978), Heaven's Gate (1980), Stagecoach (1986), Lone Star (1996), and the Blade film trilogy (1998?2004). Kristofferson was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2004.

[Jeff Wrangler]

"Eschewed": Now, there's a word you don't hear much anymore. 

[serious crayons]

"Eschewed": Now, there's a word you don't hear much anymore. 

I say it now and then. Probably more often write it.