# Top 40 songs from your kidhood that are still evocative **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 1, 2018, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-40-songs-from-your-kidhood-that-are-still-evocative/807985 "2018-02-01T23:10:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-40-songs-from-your-kidhood-that-are-still-evocative/807985/41 "2018-02-04T18:43:13Z")
I was watching _ **Heartbeat** _ on TVO not long ago and heard **this song** : I was immediately transported back 50+ years in time. Dionne Warwick had her own hit version too: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qMsiGMKHJ8k/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGF0gXShdMA8=&rs=AOn4CLATYDqPmFyUO3eR4pQ2KF1NZa5jGQ "Dionne Warwick Anyone Who Had A Heart 1964 Original Top 10 Hit") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMsiGMKHJ8k) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-40-songs-from-your-kidhood-that-are-still-evocative/807985/42 "2018-02-04T18:57:43Z")
> [@Ms\_Boods](#): > > _Danger Man_ had its own cool theme song, ‘Highwire.’ (Not dissing Johnny Rivers, just pointing out that it was a different tune over here.) Yes. And I should point out that in the US, there was no “Man” in the name of the show. It was just _ **Secret Agent** _. That is one bitchin’ tune! I’m assuming it charted in the UK? ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-40-songs-from-your-kidhood-that-are-still-evocative/807985/43 "2018-02-05T10:57:08Z")
Four songs that have no particular event associated with them, but that immediately call to mind some vague, barely-formed but powerful impressions from early childhood. They all came out when I was 3-4 and haven’t lost their magic in over 40 years of frequent listenings. **Gerry Rafferty** - _Baker Street_ **Kate Bush** - _Wuthering Heights_ **Elton John** - _Song for Guy_ **Jeanette** - _Porque Te Vas_ ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-40-songs-from-your-kidhood-that-are-still-evocative/807985/44 "2018-02-05T11:09:19Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Born in 1950, started paying attention to music when I was about five. I still enjoy these: > > Rock a Bye Your Baby > Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu > Teddy Bear > The Blob > The Hokey Pokey I used to be addicted to the Hokey Pokey, but I turned myself around. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-40-songs-from-your-kidhood-that-are-still-evocative/807985/45 "2018-02-05T15:56:30Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > I used to be addicted to the Hokey Pokey, but I turned myself around. 😉 Well, that _is_ what it’s all about. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-40-songs-from-your-kidhood-that-are-still-evocative/807985/46 "2018-02-06T12:26:47Z")
[_The Wayward Wind_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHoXMS5IyuE) by Gogi Grant (1956). I was too young to have any clue about the broken heart love story here. But I did get the picture of a derelict hobo growing up in a lonely shack by a railroad track. Somehow, that always seemed to speak to me. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-40-songs-from-your-kidhood-that-are-still-evocative/807985/47 "2018-02-06T16:52:33Z")
“Livin’ Thing” by ELO always brings me back to when I was 15 years old and had an enormous crush on this girl in my class. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-40-songs-from-your-kidhood-that-are-still-evocative/807985.md?page=2)