Song #426: "Philadelphia Freedom"--Elton John (1975)

From the unforgettable summer of 1975, "The Spirit of America", 1480 WLEE was all over this song, as it paid tribute to the upcoming Bicentennial, right?

Nope.

This song was a favor to Elton John's friend, Billie Jean King, who at the time played for the Philadelphia Freedoms of World Team Tennis, founded the year before. It wasn't about tennis, either, but was, at its core, a social message, as John and King fought for similar causes such as women's rights and LGBT rights, which was a much different fight in 1975.

No matter one's political stance, this song is hard to not turn up, loud, when it still occasionally comes on the radio.