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A series of pseudo-music videos and a lyric-only clip were viewed more than 4 million times on YouTube, and with early radio support from stations like New York's Z100, the song reached number 29 on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart, [6] number 48 on the Billboard Digital Songs chart, [8] and number 98 on the Billboard Hot 100. [9]
This list (like the article List of the Child Ballads) also serves as a link to articles about the songs, which may use a very different song title. The songs are listed in the index by accession number, rather than (for example) by subject matter or in order of importance. Some well-known songs have low Roud numbers (for example, many of the ...
"Badge" is a song written by Eric Clapton and George Harrison, [4] and recorded by British rock music group Cream on their final album, Goodbye. Also issued as a single in March 1969, "Badge" peaked at number 18 in the UK Singles Chart [5] and number 60 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. [6]
The song charted at number 18 on the US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart and number 26 on the New Zealand Singles Chart, attaining a gold certification in the latter country. The animated music video for it was released a day prior to the single release, featuring the trio in animation.
It has inspired songs such as Rob Paravonian's "Pachelbel Rant" and the Axis of Awesome's "Four Chords", which comment on the number of popular songs borrowing the same tune or harmonic structure. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] "Four Chords" does not directly focus on the chords from Pachelbel's Canon, instead focusing on the I–V–vi–IV progression.
The video takes something of a creative license with the song as McEntire's version of Fancy, much like McEntire herself, is a famous singer and actress. The story of the song plays out against the background accompanied by flashbacks of Fancy's past with her mother and baby sibling playing prominent roles.
Critic Toby Creswell described the song as a rudimentary 12-bar thrash. He said the song is, "full of wit and attitude. The Narrator lets fly his scorn for the woman's lifestyle. All the bottled-up anger spews out. Taking three chords and a simple story and transforming them into a unique and confronting piece like this takes real genius." [6]