"One Fine Day" by the Chiffons

This is by Goffin/King, so you know it's a winner. I have to briefly mention that I love how she wrote all these songs for guys, too, like the Drifters and the Monkees. People make a big deal out of men writing girl group songs without mentioning Carol King's immense talents in the teen department, regardless of the group's sex. "Up on the Rooftop," "Locomotive," "Porpoise Song," you can't beat her.

One fine day/You'll look at me/And you will know/Our love was meant to be/One fine day/You're gonna want me for your girl.

There's something about those girl group voices that's so sexy and nasty, but wholesome (hers in particular is like the most blissful pornography, especially with the double tracking). This is a big personal favorite, some of the greatest music I've ever heard. "You'll be proud to have me by your side." Yes I would, so get there. I would murder large groups of disabled veterans to have a woman write this for me. The narrator's smart enough to see the future, to have been totally into the darkness and back. When she says, "You'll come to me when you want to settle down--Oooh!" what an orgasm! Joyous and with just the slightest timbre of tragedy in her voice, a real arousing combination. You want to save her and delight her. She's smart and she's tough and she'll love you. I've played this too many times to mention publicly. Powerful music. The opening piano bit is a little misleading, because this is a heavy song emotionally. I wish my 45 wasn't so busted, but it's powerful no matter what condition. One of the great singles. It's way more aware mentally than the songs sung by men, bar perhaps "Boys of Summer." But it's fun to contrast all these songs as if they're speaking of the same events, isn't it?