Obscure Singles Heard at CVS

i would love to read a piece about how these happen.

i mean it's probably just licensing + a mood analysis algorithm or something.

The Police: "Driven To Tears" at Wendy's

I swear, I hear "King for a Day" by XTC at least once a year in pharmacies or grocery stores

And I hear Thompson Twins' "King for a Day" often at CVS!

i heard celine dion's "that's the way it is" while i was at CVS a few days ago and it was quite thrilling

My sister just told me she heard "Three Strange Days" by School of Fish at Walgreen's.

I just heard "She Bangs the Drums" by the Stone Roses in Walgreens. Last week, I heard "Kookie, Kookie, Lend me Your Comb."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiYj9Ods4OQ

^^^ the very utmost.

If 6 was 9 by Hendrix in a Monoprix (sort of like the french CVS)

Blondie: "(I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence Dear" at Wendy's

Indio - "Hard Sun" heard at Walgreens tonight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1tVvQUAcf4

Was this song a hit anywhere? It really should have been.

At Kroger last weekend, I heard a remix of Emma Bunton's "Crickets Sing for Anamaria." Which, for a supermarket in the southern US, was a shock.

I discovered this song in a Chipotle kind of late one worknight:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzLiekI_zQg

I actually used the shazam/siri thing to ask what it was because I found it oddly compelling

Was this song a hit anywhere? It really should have been.

According to Wikipedia: "Hard Sun" was a top 10 hit in Canada, peaking at #10 in September, 1989

The Cars: "Touch and Go" at Wendy's

Haircut 100 - "Favourite Shirts" (Boy Meets Girl) in a Savers thrift store.

Heard the Kinks' "Juke Box Music" in a grocery store a couple of years ago. Barely a hit in the US in 1977, never played on "classic rock" radio.

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Heard the Burrito Brothers cover of "Wild Horses" at lunchtime sandwich shop the other day.

This happened to me today and I thought immediately of this, as I'd kind of thought this might not be real.
Then lo and behold, Ivy's 'I've Got A Feeling' makes my CVS trip.

Aretha Franklin: "Day Dreaming" at Wendy's

I heard eno/cale "spinning away" at one of these in 2009 & had to take a moment

Thompson Twins' "Doctor Doctor," which I don't think I've heard since it was new. Really hit the spot. My local Savers thrift store has a great, mostly 80s soundtrack.

C. Grisso what's your Wendy's order

Chicken Nuggets and Raspberry Tea, usually.

The Knack-"Good Girls Don't" at Fuddrucker's

Television - See No Evil, at Walgreens.

^^^ hahaha, what the hell?! Lock thread.

It sounded pretty good. Peppy, kinda "indie." Went well with the hair care products.

INXS & Jimmy Barnes: "Good Times" at Denny's

damn!

what the fuck were you doing in a Denny's

come on who doesn't end up at denny's once in a while

many years back at a Delaware Friendly's I heard a song that took me 8 or more years to identify until I heard it again at Back To The Land, where the store manager helpfully told me it was Jefferson Starship ("With Your Love"). soon after bought the LP it's on: Spitfire.

at Sprouts in San Diego I heard Mercy "Love Can Make You Happy", which I'd heard but not connected with until that one eerie/haunted listening made me track down the 45/7".

Buzzcocks' "What Do I Get" at my local supermarket, at very low volume. I'm sure I'm the only one who noticed.

"Trans Europe Express" at a TGI Fridays was pretty weird.

"Don't Take Away My Heaven" by Aaron Neville at CVS, hadn't heard it in a LONG LONG time and it just hit me like a ton of bricks.

Uptown Top Ranking at Trader Joes - not that out of place I guess?

i was surprised upon hearing "i wanna be adored" in a portland fred meyers.

"Dolly Dagger" at Hobby Lobby in Kansas, many years ago.

Also, I had lunch at Denny's today, didn't notice any music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UJyZE4WDLI

'Happy Warriors' by Jill Cunniff (ex-Luscious Jackson) @ Ocean State Job Lot. it was never even a single, let alone a hit. apparently one of the 20 people who bought her solo album was a Muzak programmer. great song!

The Heights: "How Do You Talk To An Angel?" at Ace Hardware

THE HEIGHTS!!!!!

Presumably heard in the ladder section.

David Bowie: "All The Young Dudes" in the lobby of a Hampton Inn.

The Hives "Hate to Say I Told You So" while waiting for my bacon cheeseburger at Five Guys last night.

"I Wanna Be Sedated" at Kroger.

...followed up by "Bizarre Love Triangle"!

twofer tuesday in the frozen foods aisle, look out

I heard Cosmic Dancer by T Rex at Walgreen's once

I could swear I've posted this before, but "Change Your Mind" by Neil Young - ALL ELEVEN MINUTES OF IT - at Walgreens.

the hell were you doing eleven minutes at Walgreens

Sometimes you have to wait for prescriptions to be filled.