Song of the Day: 'Come and Get Your Love' by Real McCoy

Because I've already used the original Redbone version of this classic '70s confection for my Song of the Day, I'm using a 1990s cover I didn't even know about until yesterday. Reason being: The Wall Street Journal profiled "Come and Get Your Love" in its Anatomy of a Song feature this week -- and I'm curious if anyone else was as surprised as I was that Lolly Vegas got a sole writing credit given how much heavy lifting brother Pat did. Read HERE.

You may recall Cyndi Lauper borrowed from it for her "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to  Have Fun)" revamp.

Song of the Day: 'Come and Get Your Love' by Redbone

You'd have to be a communist not to love this song. 

Music Box: Redbone

The one upside to having my iPod inexplicably die on the way to Washington is that it led to my sharing Michael's -- the 21st century equivalent of a malt with two straws? -- which led me to a whole new set of songs. Sure, we overlap on a lot of pop and New Wave stuff. But Michael's got a thing for R&B, soul and eclectic '70s music that extends far beyond my knowledge, and it was Redbone's "Come and Get Your Love" -- a Michael's iPod exclusive -- that was the runaway highlight of the ride. Don't think there's ever been a happier song, which is probably why I'm willing to cut Cyndi Lauper some slack for rearranging her classic "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" to sample it, a practice I generally frown upon.