365 Day Song Challenge: Day 110 – “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)”

Day 110: Your favorite song with a number in the title.

“I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” – The Proclaimers

I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)Hmm… Two one-hit wonders in a row. And also two parenthetical titles in a row. I’m going to be screwed if one of these topics comes up as “Your favorite one-hit wonder with parenthesis in the title.”

Anyway, I would like to start by saying I did not see Benny & Joon. Well, not all of it, anyway. And the parts that I saw, I hated. So unlike many people, it was not the movie that turned me on to this song by The Proclaimers. If credit must be given, it would likely have been WBRU, who, like many other stations started playing the song because of its popularity in the movie.

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