This week we have another song introduced to me by WLS-89 in Chicago, only unlike the others, this one really wasn't much of a hit. Off Broadway released their single "Stay in Time" in 1979 and it would only reach #51 (with a bullet!) on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart; their album On peaked at #101 on the Billboard 200 album chart. While they released one more album, "Stay in Time" was as good as it was going to get for the Illinois band.
Still, it was good enough that the band is still touring throughout the midwest and still attracting an audience of old farts like me who remember a time when catchy singles ruled the airwaves (slight exaggeration--there were plenty of shit songs in those days, too). Featuring a driving drum beat from beginning to end, power chords galore, and a chorus repeated again and again, "Stay in Time" is two minutes and fifty-seven seconds of pure pop joy.
It also features a couple of well placed "sha-doobie-doo"'s and probably holds the record for use of the word "boy" in a Top 100 single (sixteen by my count).
Repeat after me: "Stay in time, don't get out of line...."
Enjoy:
Peace,
emaycee
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