“Hooked On A Feeling” #5 1/11/1969

Written by Mark James (who also wrote “Suspicious Minds,” huge for Elvis later in the year), this became the first Top 5 hit for B.J. Thomas. Recorded in Memphis, it featured an electrified sitar by Reggie Young, who played a similar part on “Cry Like A Baby” for the Box Tops. Then there was the 70’s cover by Blue Swede, featured in the first “Guardians Of The Galaxy” movie. Ooogah-chagah-ooogah-ooogah! The Swedish band got the chanting idea from a 1971 version by Jonathan King (“Everyone’s Gone To The Moon”).