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Hey Joe by Frankie Laine

Frankie Laine, feeling put out by the way that the British public stopped buying I Believe six weeks ago, had a bitter plan.  He snuck to the US charts and stole a country song and released it in the UK.  The lyrics don’t make much sense, and it sounds nothing like his previous hit, but it has a charm to it.  As best I can tell, it’s a song about wanting to steal your neighbour’s wife away from her.  Charming.  “Show me you’re my palsy-walsy!” Frankie asks of the titular Joe, requesting that he is introduced to Joe’s wife that he might steal her away.  “I mean to steal her from you!” he tells Joe.  At least he isn’t being underhand about it, right?