Unexpected Hits

Today’s post comes with a playlist – and a request for suggested inclusions.

I was reading about the Tones and I back story the other day, and how Toni Watson’s song “Dance Monkey” was inspired by her experience as a busker in Byron Bay repeatedly being asked by crowds to continue entertaining them — in effect, to “dance” again and again like a monkey on command. It became an unlikely global hit.

Some songs arrive with every comm…