# Most dated song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 20, 2013, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-dated-song/656181 "2013-04-20T01:42:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-dated-song/656181/1 "2013-04-20T01:42:23Z")
I recently found this goofy item: [Sammy Davis Jr. doing the “Mary Hartman” theme](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqHUPAaFIBk). Both the subject matter (a short lived soap opera sensation) and the disco/easy listening mix stamp this song as 1976 and only 1976. What other songs could only have been released at a specific time? ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-dated-song/656181/2 "2013-04-20T03:05:37Z")
That one is going to be hard to beat. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-dated-song/656181/3 "2013-04-20T05:27:27Z")
There is the instrumental from 1962 “[Telstar](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2ybCjf6ras)”. Background [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telstar_(song)). ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-dated-song/656181/4 "2013-04-20T05:49:01Z")
“Disco Duck” and “Convoy” ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-dated-song/656181/5 "2013-04-20T06:00:10Z")
Simon and Garfunkle’s **The 59th Street Bridge Song** (Feelin’ Groovy). It really couldn’t be any earlier than 1966 nor later than 1967. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-dated-song/656181/6 "2013-04-20T18:51:51Z")
Ray Stevens - The Streak [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmqV7GA4NDg) This has not dated well, it was very popular at the time [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYiH5IT0omA) He did try to bring it up to date, but even the update can only be from one particular time, and that has aged far worse, [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1x88EXeH3No/hqdefault.jpg "karl denver wimoweh89.mpg") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x88EXeH3No) ---
**Author:** ![kirk1168](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@kirk1168](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kirk1168)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-dated-song/656181/7 "2013-04-21T15:10:30Z")
_Chevy Van_ by Sammy Johns. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-dated-song/656181/8 "2013-04-21T15:59:46Z")
[The Super Bowl Shuffle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v0npNrQhrE) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-dated-song/656181/9 "2013-04-21T16:17:03Z")
from 1997: Elton John rewrote “_Candle In The Wind_” as “_Goodbye England’s Rose_” for the recent death of Princess Diana. Sold a few copies. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-dated-song/656181/10 "2013-04-21T16:34:08Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > from 1997: Elton John rewrote “_Candle In The Wind_” as “_Goodbye England’s Rose_” for the recent death of Princess Diana. Sold a few copies. Actually it was Bernie Taupin who wrote both of those lyrics and this is the opposite of what the OP was seeking. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-dated-song/656181/11 "2013-04-21T16:37:05Z")
Scott McKenzie’s “San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)” is heavily tied to 1967’s Summer of Love ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-dated-song/656181/12 "2013-04-21T16:55:11Z")
> [@casdave](#): > > This has not dated well, it was very popular at the time > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYiH5IT0omA](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYiH5IT0omA) Karl Denver Trio – Wimoweh (1964) Thanks for that one. I don’t remember that I have ever heard it before. That’s actually kind of an impressive performance. The song seems to owe a debt to the background riff of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” by The Tokens. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-dated-song/656181/13 "2013-04-21T16:59:46Z")
[We Care A Lot](http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=d1g9PFtSCKw&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dd1g9PFtSCKw) by Faith No More. Without looking, you can probably guess what year it came out in. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-dated-song/656181/14 "2013-04-21T17:20:54Z")
[Two Way Freak](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xs__-kppro) about a girl who’s blowin’ up the guy’s two-way pager. I know they still exist but they were only popular enough to be sung about for a very small time between one-way pagers and cell phones. ---
**Author:** ![lew\_cody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e274bd/32.png) [@lew\_cody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lew_cody)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-dated-song/656181/15 "2013-04-21T17:26:07Z")
“My Boyfriend Got a Beatle Haircut”. No awards for guessing that it’s from early 1964. “Stop the War (The Cats Are Killin’ Themselves),” recorded by Wingy Manone and his orchestra in March 1941. “Dear Mr. Godfrey” by Ruth Wallis, a 1953 song that satirized Arthur Godfrey’s on-air dismissal of Julius LaRosa. Oh, and “I Want Eddie Fisher for Christmas” by Betty Johnson, from 1954. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-dated-song/656181/16 "2013-04-21T17:34:19Z")
> [@lew\_cody](#): > > “My Boyfriend Got a Beatle Haircut”. No awards for guessing that it’s from early 1964. Also Ringo, I Love you by Bonnie Jo Mason (later revealed to be Cher), and Allan Sherman’s I Hate the Beatles. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-dated-song/656181/17 "2013-04-21T17:51:04Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Simon and Garfunkle’s **The 59th Street Bridge Song** (Feelin’ Groovy). It really couldn’t be any earlier than 1966 nor later than 1967. Ironically, they had such a huge influence on the light rock of the 70s that I assumed that all of their stuff was either very late 60s or very early 70s until just a couple years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-dated-song/656181/18 "2013-04-21T18:36:00Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Ironically, they had such a huge influence on the light rock of the 70s that I assumed that all of their stuff was either very late 60s or very early 70s until just a couple years ago. Seeing as their first album was in 1964 and their last was in 1970, how exactly were you wrong? ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-dated-song/656181/19 "2013-04-21T21:15:02Z")
_Abraham, Martin, and John_ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/yZfRyWPZAII/maxresdefault.jpg "(((MONO))) Dion - Abraham, Martin and John 45 rpm 1968") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZfRyWPZAII) Dammit, now I have tears in my eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-dated-song/656181/20 "2013-04-21T21:48:41Z")
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