The Cherry People, "And Suddenly"

With Valentine's Day arriving this weekend (and with me having other plans for tomorrow's Friday Funtime), I wanted to send out a song of tribute for those who are in love or at least believe in love. (As someone who has more than once dressed in all black on Feb. 14, this is a great leap forward for me.)

I would much rather have given you Left Banke's original 1967 version of "And Suddenly." It's the sound of pure, unbridled, astonished happiness. But there's no clip online of that song from the band that gave us "Walk Away Renee" and "Pretty Ballerina." So instead I present the Cherry People, "And Suddenly": an inferior version to my ears, though theirs actually charted on the Hot 100 in early '68, topping out at #45. It's meekly sung, but with this alternate clip you can at least see Steubenville, Ohio, teens awkwardly dance to it.

Seriously, though. Go get the Left Banke version. And suddenly, your world will be filled with sunshine; and suddenly, your life will be going so fine.