Introduction FAQ Glossary Music licensing API Bookmarks. I became obsessed with "Lineman", sought out Jimmy Webb gigs (including his 1994 Cafe Royal gig), and even wrote a piece about the song for this newspaper. SecondHandSongs is building the most comprehensive source of cover song information.
But do we know who the song writer is Heres what went into making it. Somewhere, another person has had an experience just like you, and put your exact emotions into words. Opinions about Addison Raes new single, 'Obsessed,' are certainly mixed. The first time you heard The Song, you had a spiritual breakthrough. Around the time of release it was announced she would perform on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. I discovered Campbell played guitar on the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds, recorded the little-known Brian Wilson classic "Guess I'm Dumb", and that he played the bass himself on "Lineman" on a Danelectro six-string. 20 Signs You’re Overly Obsessed With a Song. The song was produced by Benny Blanco who has worked with the likes of Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber. The song was as much a part of my childhood as the other records my parents filled the house with, and along with Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Matt Monroe, Nina and Frederick and John Barry (whose "Vendetta" was my co-favourite song as a boy), the work of Campbell saturated my life.Īs I developed a taste for the loungecore torch song (although in those days it was known as the rather more prosaic term, "middle of the road"), I discovered that "Wichita Lineman", like most of Campbell's great songs, had been written by Jimmy Webb – "By The Time I Get to Phoenix", "Where's the Playground Susie", "Galveston", etc – and that "Lineman" had become known as the first existential country song. For years I thought I was the only person who liked Glen Campbell's "Wichita Lineman" (Capitol Records, 1968) in truth I thought I was the only person who had heard of it.