This has probably been out there for a while, but I just ran across that site that shows you what song was #1 on the day you were born. And it's a lot easier than searching Billboard (via MetaFilter).
Mine? "Love Child" by Diana Ross and the Supremes. How terribly droll.
Anybody else? And before you bitch about getting saddled with "Seasons in the Sun" by Terry Jacks, realize there are any number of newborns out there who emerged into the word while D4L's "Laffy Taffy" was at the top of the charts.
At least "My Humps" peaked at #3.
Yeah dude! "Maggie May" by Rod Stewart. I can live with that.
"This Guy's In Love With You" by Herb Alpert???
God, even "My Humps" would have been better. The entire world was sleeping when I was born, man.
Years forward on my birthday didn't get much better. "Song Sung Blue?" "Silly Love Songs?" "Shadow Dancing?" Ebony and freaking Ivory?
Man, my birthday sucks.
Peter, Paul, and Mary's "Leaving on a Jet Plane." Shit, I might as well buy a purse.
"Lightnin' Strikes" by Lou Christie. Never heard of it, or of him.
Had I waited a day and been a co-birthdayist with Cindy Crawford, we'd both have arrived with "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" atop the charts. I think I'll take the devil I don't know here.
"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack
"Get Back" by The Beatles
Dude! How did you know?
"Seasons in the Sun"
Perhaps a better meme is 'what song was #1 the week you were conceived?'
That'd be "My Love"--Paul McCartney and Wings.
Man, I don't even want to *think* about me being conceived, much less what song might have been on.
"I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)" by The Four Tops
Yes, I'm old.
"The Streak" by Ray Stevens
I'm okay with this. Somehow, it seems vaguely appropriate.
"Half-Breed" by Cher.
I don't know that I have ever heard this song, but dammit, did it have to be Cher?
"The Letter" by the Box Tops
The song may not be great, but it is by Alex Chilton.
"American Pie" by Don McLean
How dorkily appropriate for me!
"Teddy Bear", by Elvis.
Not only does that make me the oldest here by a long shot (I think), but considering where I now live it's eerily appropriate.
"Gonna Fly Now (Theme from 'Rocky')" by Bill Conti.
Awesome.
I just want to say hi to my girlfriend, OK? Yo, Adrian! It's me, Rocky.
"Jump" by Van Halen - March 21, 1984
Since Michael and GJS both orbit my birthday, it surprises no one that I'm also "To Sir, with Love".
Since Michael and GJS both orbit my birthday, it surprises no one that I'm also "To Sir, with Love".
All the best people were born in the first few weeks of November 1967.
Bobby Vinton. That's right, freaking Bobby Vinton. I am depressingly aged.
Carole King's "It's Too Late / I Feel the Earth Move" ... should I be worried?
immlass and I are both "To Sir, With Love" by Lulu