50-Year-Old Songs: Indiana Wants Me
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (68230)
United States
August 12, 2020 10:54am CST
Ah, finally! A break from country music! Hehre’s another one of those songs that many people know and can sing along with, even if they weren’t around when it came out half a century ago. You Are probably thinking “No, way that song is that old!” I know. My brother had this 45, and he can’t be that old! Oh, well, here it is.
Indiana Wants Me - R. Dean Taylor
So what did Indiana do to this poor Canadian? That’s right, Richard Dean Taylor is from Toronto.
It’s funny that @dgobucks226 mentioned this song in his “Songs With the Name of a State in the Title” trivia last week. This song, R. Dean Taylor’s only US hit, is fondly remembered by many. Even those who have heard it long after it was a hit.
Indiana Wants Me
Written by R. Dean Taylor
Recorded by R. Dean Taylor
From I Think, Therefore I Am, 1970
Yeah love, it looks like they found me:
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@dgobucks226 (35633)
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12 Aug 20
Ha, ha! Wonder if John Mellencamp ever listened to this song? If Dean's story takes place in a "Small Town." perhaps he has
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@FourWalls (68230)
• United States
13 Aug 20
Fun fact: the area of I-65 near Seymour is called John Mellencamp Way.
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@dgobucks226 (35633)
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13 Aug 20
@FourWalls No way! I don't believe poor Bruce Springsteen has that honor in my state?
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@LindaOHio (179153)
• United States
13 Aug 20
Not one of my faves; but thanks for the link.
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@Meriel6615 (296)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
13 Aug 20
that is a nice choices of songs over there.
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
13 Aug 20
i suspect based on this song that Indiana does still want me. Ther is a small matter of, oh wait anyone can read this right?