2002 - A Hit Song

Everyone's least favorite reappearing feature is back after a four month absence: Free Design Friday!

Though Free Design, a late 60s family band, produced a lot of songs that are popular with me, they never achieved much mainstream success. Consequently, the band received a lot of pressure to write a song that could be turned into a hit single, so the members, whose creativity is clearly lacking, wrote "2002 - A Hit Song."

2002 - A Hit Song
The Free Design

Hello, teenie bopper,
Hello, deejay.
We’re goin’ to sing a whopper
and you’re goin to make it pay for us.
Hello! Hit, hit, hit.
Sure to be a hit, hit, hit.
Gonna make a hit.

Uniqueness is rule number one,
No weakness to hinder the fun.
Now sing it with reckless abandon
and go to the bank with your mon, mon, money
It’s a hit, hit, hit.
Sure to be a hit, hit, hit.
Gonna make a hit.

You take a little drums
Add a little bass
And let the guitar play
at a teenie bopper’s pace
It’s gotta be a hit.

Hello, teenie bopper,
Hello, deejay.
We’re goin’ to sing a whopper
and you’re goin to make it pay for us.
Hello! Hit, hit, hit.
Sure to be a hit, hit, hit.
Gonna make a hit.

Promotion will cause a big commotion
So, deejay, teenie bopper answer me this:
How can this hit miss?
We’ve done it all right and sealed it with a kiss.
There’s just one fact that we can’t quite shirk:
We did all this last time, and it did not work!

But! This time we’re sure to have a hit, hit, hit.
Sure to be a hit.

I must admit that this tune is one of the catchiest in Free Design's oeuvre, so it was, in fact, sure to be a hit, right? Alas, no dice. Would you believe that this song was also not a commercial flop like every other Free Design ditty? Even after the lyrics indicate that they know all the tricks to the trade! I'm not sure why they include "2002" in the title. Perhaps because it's a palindrome, or perhaps because they knew people would appreciate this song much more decades in the future. Either way, this song sure should have been a hit. Hmm, maybe better late than never? I'm going to call some local radio stations to demand that they play it. You should do the same, teenie boppers.