Songs of the Week: 13-19 Dec Lean On Me & I Want You

So this week I had kind of a retrospective mood and heard 2 songs from decades past that I really enjoyed.






Lean On Me was originally sung and released by Bill Withers back in 1972. The video is a cover, which I really enjoy, is performed by christian rock trio dc Talk. Lean On Me was Withers' only song that topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart but the song topped it again 15 years later when performed by Club Nouveau. The version by Club Nouveau is the one I heard on the radio this week and inspired me to make this one of the Songs of the Week. This is definitely a feel good song. I'd love to hear it covered by an a capella men's group though....




Savage Garden bring us this week's other featured song, I Want You. Released in the United States in early 1997, I Want You reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Billboard Top 40 Mainstream. The song also reached #1 status in Canada and #4 in Savage Garden's home country Australia. It has a very 80's rock feel while being unique at the same time. It's rap-like vocals set to a pop beat are extremely intriguing to me and I haven't gotten tired of it yet!