Record of the Year Revisited: 1979

Original Record of the Year: Judie Tzuke - Stay With Me Till Dawn

Whether we like it or not there will always be external factors that will influence our music choices other than simply listening to a song. 

This was the case with my choice for 1979. It was sampled in "Need You Tonite" by Mylo which appears on his "Destroy Rock & Roll" album which is one of my all time favourites. 

The fact is if "Stay With Me Till Dawn" didn't exist then neither would "Need You Tonite" as we know it. The question is had I never heard that Mylo album would "Stay With Me Till Dawn" even be a candidate for the record of the year?

New Record of the Year: Dr Hook - When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman

The answer is probably not. The more important question is can I honestly say "Stay With Me Till Dawn" is better than "When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman"? the answer is definitely not.

Another external factor to my decision at the time was that "Stay With Me Till Dawn" was not a big hit and was by a singer that I'd never heard of. Dr Hook on the other hand were big in their day and this was a number one record. In other words didn't want to pick something too obvious.

The fact of the matter is I loved this Dr Hook record when I heard it as a kid and then as a young adult I acquired their greatest hits on the strength of this record alone.