#OnNow until December 2016

The music I listen to while writing.

#OnNow Amy MacDonald-This Is The Life 👼 worldwide hit, twice in Norway after use in ad campaign http://amzn.to/2hw5tvE

#OnNow Jennifer Rostock-Kopf Oder Zahl 💂 first single of band accidentally named after North Germany town http://amzn.to/2hw3zek

#OnNow Daniel Küblböck-You Drive Me Crazy 😵 German #1 produced by Dieter Bohlen, first hit single of the odd bird on DsdS http://amzn.to/2hwcHzW

#OnNow Maná-Relax 😫 from their Grammy-winning and chart-topping album Amar es Combatir http://amzn.to/2fhvC2U

#OnNow Baccara-Yes Sir I Can Boogie 💃 by Spanish flamenco dancers-1 of best-selling singles of all time, unknown in US http://amzn.to/2gb47Y8

#OnNow Bangles-Manic Monday 🏨 #2 & their first hit-by Prince using pseudonym Christopher-blocked from #1 by his Kiss http://amzn.to/2fcxPtl

#OnNow Kim Wilde-Young Heroes 👯 from eponymous debut album that lead to comparisons with Dusty Springfield & Debbie Harry http://amzn.to/2g7Hztd

#OnNow Doors-People Are Strange 👹 #12 about being an outsider & Jim Morrison's answer to depression atop of Laurel Canyon http://amzn.to/2gwI4Pd

#OnNow Nicole-Ein bißchen Frieden ☮ multi-lingual plea for peace that first won Eurovision Song Contest for Germany 1982 http://amzn.to/2gwumf2

#OnNow Spider Murphy Gang-Rock'n'Roll Rendezvous 💑 reggae about Rock'n'Roll lovers sung in Munich dialect http://amzn.to/2fVMtuJ

#OnNow Jimmy Buffett-The Weather Is Here 🌅 a whimsical getaway song when your job and life get you down http://amzn.to/2fGmO5G

#OnNow Dolly Parton-I Will Always Love You 💕 twice #1 for her & #1 & #3 for Whitney Houston, best-selling single by a woman http://amzn.to/2fGckp0

#OnNow Eric Clapton-Layla 💔 inspired by a story of unrequited love & Pattie Boyd-a bigger hit Unplugged http://amzn.to/2g1FNu3

#OnNow Ina Deter-Neue Männer braucht das Land 👥 German #22 whose title became an idiom beyond its feminist origins http://amzn.to/2fGpkHq

#OnNow Kiss-I Was Made For Lovin' You 💕 great song cowritten by Desmond Child whether played fast, slow, disco, rock http://amzn.to/2feFued

#OnNow Clannad-Dúlamán 🍃 Irish traditional ode to edible seaweed and love between seaweed collectors http://amzn.to/2e6t6v7

#OnNow Elton John-White Lady White Powder 🍚 like shock waves to a tired brain even without that hungry lady at door http://amzn.to/2erpvHW

#OnNow Prince-Let's Go Crazy💃despite funeral-like organ intro #1, party & Minnesota Twins home run song with Christian ethics http://amzn.to/2edRjTR

#OnNow Village People-YMCA 💪 one of top-selling singles of all time & disco classic that lets you stretch your arms http://amzn.to/2edPEhg

#OnNow Whitesnake-Fool For Your Loving 💕 UK #13 (US #2 on re-release) inspired by breakup of David Coverdale's marriage http://amzn.to/2dnEnnR

#OnNow 10cc-The Things We Do For Love US 💕 #5 & worldwide hit, covered by Amy Grant for Mr. Wrong soundtrack http://amzn.to/2hwb2dn

#OnNow Daft Punk-One More Time 👍 French house dance-pop, Romanthony vocals, took Auto-Tune to new heights http://amzn.to/2hoNhbn

#OnNow Baracuda-I leave the world today 🌐 club-hit for German dance project around Konrad, Wierk, Lammer & singer Suny http://amzn.to/2hoD7Yf

#OnNow Meghan Trainor-Mom 👩 hymn to the love of & rapped with her mom Kelli Trainor, released as promotional single http://amzn.to/2gb5Dto

#OnNow Carole King-Only Love Is Real 💘 her final #1 contemplates the nature of love, everything else being illusion http://amzn.to/2g9NVGM

#OnNow Train-Mermaid 🐠 #13 & catchy mix of Carribean & Latin influences about finding elusive love begs for fishy puns http://amzn.to/2fcqaLD

#OnNow Doobie Brothers-China Grove 🌇 #15 based on a real town in Texas that Tom Johnston thought was fictional http://amzn.to/2fcE3JQ

#OnNow Bob Dylan-Blowin In The Wind 💨 #14 of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time about peace w/ impenetrably ambiguous refrain http://amzn.to/2g9EaZ8

#OnNow Barclay James Harvest-Life Is For Living 🌱 #1 in neutral Switzerland from the band who never hit top 10 in UK or US http://amzn.to/2fcyJWw

#OnNow Everly Brothers-All I Have to Do is Dream 🔮 only single ever simultaneously at #1 on all Billboard singles charts http://amzn.to/2g1UkWX

#OnNow Lyle Lovett-Working Too Hard 🔨💙 another soulful exploration of his relationship with women http://amzn.to/2fGm5S0

#OnNow Hornettes-What Will They Say At School 📔 short & beautiful high school love song from the German girl group http://amzn.to/2g1JZu5

#OnNow Madonna-Till Death Do Us Part 💛 written after several publicized fights & her filing for divorce from Sean Penn http://amzn.to/2g1PGYU

#OnNow Blue Öyster Cult-The Reaper ❤︎ #7 about eternal love and the inevitability of death when you gotta have more #SNL cowbell http://amzn.to/2eGmrp7

#OnNow Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky-Nutcracker Pas de deux ♫ how to craft a beautiful melody out of scales http://amzn.to/2fRw6iQ

#OnNow Dana-Something's cookin' in the kitchen 🍳 full of culinary, half-baked puns from Irish presidential candidate http://amzn.to/2e6rBwO

#OnNow Tina Turner-What You Get Is What You See 👀 #13, more up-tempo than her other hits with Eric Clapton on guitar http://amzn.to/2edUyuP

#OnNow Simon & Garfunkel-Mrs Robinson 👱 #1 & Grammy Record of the Year that made The Graduate or the other way around http://amzn.to/2e6nukl

#OnNow France Gall-Résiste ✋ now French pop standard thanks to inclusion in her innovative music spectacle http://amzn.to/2e6kK6F

#OnNow White Stripes-Seven Nation Army 📷 #1 with DigiTech Whammy pedal riff - used widely at sporting events http://amzn.to/2e32HSy