Toto - 99 (1979)

BY REQEST - But that wasn't REALLY much of a stretch, since I've always loved this song. Toto's sophomore album, Hydra, was considered a flop when it failed to live up to the success of their debut. Only generating one hit single - a minor one, at that - which was this song, but I sure remember hearing it a lot for a song that was only a "minor hit".

The band felt that the reason it wasn't a bigger success was that its lyrics were inspired by George Lucas' early film, THX 1138, and that not enough people knew the film to make the song a big hit.

Now, I will agree with them that not many people knew the film - but I don't think that had anything to do with it! I didn't even know the film existed at the time, but I loved the song. And all my friends at school knew the song, and loved it too. We thought it was Maxwell Smart singing to Agent 99 - which I would guess most people thought, and probably had more of a negative impact than NOT knowing about the actual intended fictional universe the song is based in.

Either way, Steve Lukather, who sings on this one, says he hates it. I say I love it. And I'm glad to have it in my collection, even if the vinyl's a little on the rough side... Enjoy!

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