Song #321: "My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)"--Chilliwack (1981)

Our featured group today was a one-hit wonder in the United States, but enjoyed a pretty nice, and long, career north of the border.

Chilliwack (meaning "going back up") released its first album way back in 1970, so by the time they released "Wanna Be A Star" in 1981, they'd already logged eight albums, and had six songs hit the American singles chart, but never doing better than #67.

Then along came today's featured tune, and Chilliwack finally found the Top 40 south of their border, making it all the way to #22 in the Fall of 1981. I'm a little surprised, looking back, that it didn't at least crack the Top 20.

A unique sound, a catchy chorus, and a great opening. Now, I know this song usually found itself either in the "love it" or "hate it" category. I'm definitely in the former.  :)