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Subject: Name of song??
It's well known and I don't know the original artist of it; I'm not even sure it's '80s!
The prominent words in it are, "Moneymoneymoneymoney... (falsetto) MON-AY!"
It's a really lame question but I should probably learn who did it right now!
Subject: Re: Name of song??
: It's well known and I don't know the original
: artist of it; I'm not even sure it's '80s!
: The prominent words in it are,
: "Moneymoneymoneymoney... (falsetto)
: MON-AY!"
: It's a really lame question but I should
: probably learn who did it right now!
I hope this helps but the song you are describing sounds more like "FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY" by the O'JAYS, it is seventies song but its all good. I dont remember billy idol going falsetto, but thats just me
Subject: Re: Name of song??
: It's well known and I don't know the original
: artist of it; I'm not even sure it's '80s!
: The prominent words in it are,
: "Moneymoneymoneymoney... (falsetto)
: MON-AY!"
: It's a really lame question but I should
: probably learn who did it right now!
Oops - posted here before I saw the other thread you created. Still catching up on a few days' worth of messages...
Subject: Re: Name of song??
: It's well known and I don't know the original
: artist of it; I'm not even sure it's '80s!
: The prominent words in it are,
: "Moneymoneymoneymoney... (falsetto)
: MON-AY!"
: It's a really lame question but I should
: probably learn who did it right now!
Your "mystery song" is "Mony Mony", originally a huge hit here in the U.S. in the Spring of '68 for Tommy James & The Shondells. It was off their 1968 album, also titled "Mony Mony". Fortunately, the album is still in print today on CD here in the U.S., as a 2-on-1 CD, paired w/ the group's 1966 album, "Hanky Panky"...
In the Fall of '87, Billy Idol went all the way to #1 here in the U.S. w/ a live cover version of "Mony Mony". That version was just a one-off single, which never appeared on any of his albums, though. (He did record a studio version on his 1981 EP, "Don't Stop".)
Subject: Re: Name of song??
I do know Billy idol did the remake. I do not know when the song first came out or who sang it. I personally was sick of the video and song back then.
Subject: Re: Name of song??
: I do know Billy idol did the remake. I do not
: know when the song first came out or who
: sang it. I personally was sick of the video
: and song back then.
Here's a little trivia for you all: What was the other Tommy James song that hit #1 before "Mony, Mony"?
Subject: Re: Name of song??
: Here's a little trivia for you all: What was
: the other Tommy James song that hit #1
: before "Mony, Mony"?
My first impulse was "Crimson and Clover", but I don't think Joan Jett's version made it to the top. So I'll say "I Think We're Alone Now", covered by Tiffany - but it couldn't have been #1 much ahead of "Mony Mony" b/c I seem to remember both being hits in the late summer of 86 or 87.
Subject: Re: Name of song??
: My first impulse was "Crimson and
: Clover", but I don't think Joan Jett's
: version made it to the top. So I'll say
: "I Think We're Alone Now", covered
: by Tiffany - but it couldn't have been #1
: much ahead of "Mony Mony" b/c I
: seem to remember both being hits in the late
: summer of 86 or 87.
Actually, TJ HIMSELF had a #1 hit prior to "Mony Mony". I don't think james martin is referring to '80s cover versions...
Subject: In That Case
I read what he said again, and I can interpret it both ways. But I think maybe you're right, in which case the answer would be "Hanky Panky". I was force fed a lot of TJ when I was younger by my older brothers In fact, I heard a wide variety of music when I was growing up... anyone else remember "Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport" by Rolf Harris? lol