Though there's a lot more to life than a little bit of money, in honor of Tax Day here's a week of songs dedicated to all things cash-related.
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SONG OF THE monDAY
Inner City Blues was released on Marvin Gaye's 1971 landmark album, What's Going On. The song depicts the bleak economic situation in inner-city America and the struggles of the people living in poverty.
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Money is from Pink Floyd’s 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon. Released as a single it was the band’s first hit in the US. Written by Roger Waters, it’s a dang good song to kick off the second side of a dang good album.
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Rich Girl is on Gwen Stefani's 2004 debut solo album Love, Angel, Music, Baby. Featuring Eve, Rich Girl is a remake of a Louchie Lou & Michie One song, which was an adaptation of Fiddler On the Roof's If I Were a Rich Man.
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Steve Miller Band's Take the Money and Run is about Billy Joe and Bobby Sue, two bandits on the run in Texas, and the law who are chasing them. Run-DMC recorded a version of the song for their final album, Crown Royal.
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Money (That's What I Want) was the first hit record for Berry Gordy's Motown enterprises. Originally recorded byBarett Strong in 1959, bands like the Beatles and the Flying Lizards have since covered the song.
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If I Had $1,000,000 is a song from the Canadian group, Barenaked Ladies for their album, Gordon. It is one of the most popular songs for the Canadian group despite never being released as a single or having a music video.
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The O'Jay's For the Love of Money is a reference to 1 Timothy, 6:10 - For the love of money is the root of all evil. After the song gained popularity the group complained that the message was spun into one of pro-idolatry and not of awareness and self-control as intended.
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