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|A spectacular and very original hit that captivated the music industry in 1988 and rocketed again to #1 as even a country hit 35 years later,<ref>https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-07-07/luke-combs-fast-car-tracy-chapmans-topping-billboard-charts#:~:text=Combs'%20version%20has%20generated%20more,after%20the%20song%20originally%20dropped.</ref> this song praises overcoming hardship with the hope of a long-term synergistic relationship.

|A spectacular and very original hit that captivated the music industry in 1988 and rocketed again to #1 as even a country hit 35 years later,<ref>https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-07-07/luke-combs-fast-car-tracy-chapmans-topping-billboard-charts#:~:text=Combs'%20version%20has%20generated%20more,after%20the%20song%20originally%20dropped.</ref> this song praises overcoming hardship with the hope of a long-term synergistic relationship.

|1988

|1988

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|#1

|Pop, also Folk and later Country

|Pop, also Folk and later Country

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|Self-explanatory; a rebuke to lazy [[liberals]] who want to sit around and wait for government handouts. #1 hit on the ''Billboard'' charts.

|Self-explanatory; a rebuke to lazy [[liberals]] who want to sit around and wait for government handouts. #1 hit on the ''Billboard'' charts.

|1957

|1957

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|#1

|50s Pop

|50s Pop

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|A patriotic song written and published as sheet music in 1942; Kay Kyser's recording came out in 1943. This rousing tune is about a chaplain (called a "sky pilot" in the song) who is with some men on a warship in the heat of a battle. One of the soldiers asks the chaplain to pray for the men shooting at the enemy aircraft. In response, the chaplain puts down his Bible, mans one of the gun turrets on the ship, begins firing at the planes himself, and tells the soldiers, "Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition, and we'll all stay free!" Beyond the obvious pro-Christian and pro-American messages, it also tells us that sometimes the Lord calls on us to put down the Bible and pick up our guns to defend the American way.  #1 hit on the ''Billboard'' charts.

|A patriotic song written and published as sheet music in 1942; Kay Kyser's recording came out in 1943. This rousing tune is about a chaplain (called a "sky pilot" in the song) who is with some men on a warship in the heat of a battle. One of the soldiers asks the chaplain to pray for the men shooting at the enemy aircraft. In response, the chaplain puts down his Bible, mans one of the gun turrets on the ship, begins firing at the planes himself, and tells the soldiers, "Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition, and we'll all stay free!" Beyond the obvious pro-Christian and pro-American messages, it also tells us that sometimes the Lord calls on us to put down the Bible and pick up our guns to defend the American way.  #1 hit on the ''Billboard'' charts.

|1943

|1943

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|#1

|Patriotic/Jazz

|Patriotic/Jazz

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|This song is about respecting a productive member of society. #1 hit on the ''Billboard'' charts.

|This song is about respecting a productive member of society. #1 hit on the ''Billboard'' charts.

|1965

|1965

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|#1

|Soul

|Soul

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