Self Help Radio labors forever in obscurity, & kinda deserves it, but on the radio on Mondays the deejay will often say, "If you have ideas for themes, or if you want to request a song for the show next week, you can always email me at Gary at Self Help Radio dot net." Needless to say, the "email-bag" is hardly ever filled by listener requests - in fact, it's usually just full of desperate African potentates & information about penis enlargement &/or engorgement.
However, this week, the show about "miracles," having been duly announced on the previous Monday, encouraged not one but two Lexingtonians to write in & request a song. That song? "You Sexy Thing" by Hot Chocolate. The song is so well known that it has its own Wikipedia page. The reason for the request, of course, is the continually repeated lyric, "I believe in miracles." (You can read the full lyrics here.) Indeed, if you search for the song, there's a good chance that, in this day & age of mis-identified songs, you'll find it entitled "I Believe In Miracles." One of the correspondents called it that in the request email!
You can watch a lip-synched version by the band (who were British - did you know that?) on Youtube here. & you can expect to hear it on Self Help Radio on Monday. Unless! Might there be a funky version of it somewhere?
Is it disrespectful to play covers of songs people request, especially if the song is as popular & well known as "You Sexy Thing"?
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