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Originally Posted by WildHearted
I feel like so many (regular) people know Gypsy (even people that weren't alive at the time, aka my generation) and I hear so many non-hardcore FM fans say it's their favorite song. Weird it happens like that, despite it not being necessarily a total chart-topper.
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I think it's largely that five-tone pattern that Lindsey wrote and played. It's a powerful hook in that it gets inside your head and stays there for the rest of your life.
The Oriental Five-Tone phase Lindsey is in on
Tango in the Night started back in 1981 with
Gypsy.