After hearing it in for the umpteenth time in a store recently, a middling pop hit from 1993 has planted itself firmly in my mind. I'd stop short of saying that I dislike it, but I don't seek it out. I won't say which radio station's playlist I'm about to check, but I'll bet this station has played the song at least once today...
...Yep. The station played it before sunrise. No surprise there. On the radio, on streaming services, and in stores, the tune has been omnipresent since it was a hit. What accounts for its staying power? Is it mainly the rhythm, the unusually sung, high-pitched vocals, or the lyrics about finding simple pleasures in a relatively empty life?
Or, is there just something about people feeling free and alive while dancing in bee costumes that makes the video--and the song--stick in listeners' minds?
Upon reading the second or third paragraph, multiple readers likely thought, "I knew it. He's writing about 'No Rain' by Blind Melon."
Yes. It's unusual for me to go a whole week without hearing "No Rain" somewhere, so I'm surprised it took nearly a decade for me to write a blog post about it.
