Find out what the number one hit song was when you were born (if you were born after 1955 for the U.S). Mine was (Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding. That’s cool. The number one hit in the U.K. was The Legend Of Xanadu by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich. Yeah, I never heard of it either.
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there’s a Rush song called Xanadu. that makes 2 times i’ve ever seen that word before….
Olivia Newton John had a song called Xanadu as well. Webster defines it as: an idyllic, exotic, or luxurious place.
Funny…. Mine were “So Happy Together” by the Turtles and “Please Release Me” by Englebert Humperdink.
The word “Xanadu” was made famous by Samuel Coleridge poem Kubla Khan, with its well known opening lines:
Ya bunch of heathens. Rush got their inspiration for Xanadu from that, I think.
Is Kubla any relation to Chaka?
ya, i heard kubla khan somewhere in that song too. :)
US: Stayin’ Alive by The Bee Gees
Oh man, that rocks!
Engliland: Take A Chance On Me by Abba
Holy shit! Wicked!
Puppy Love by Donny Osmond
Xanadu is also a musical from the 70′s, isn’t it?
In Australia, the day I was born (July 17, 1959) the Number One song was “Personality” by Lloyd Price.
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