3 One-Hit Wonders From 1959 We Hear All the Time in Shopping Malls and Grocery Stores

Three 1959 songs described as one-hit wonders still turn up in the background at shopping malls and grocery stores. The article links their continued use to the way retailers use familiar music to create a mood, and says the songs can lend a nostalgic or playful touch to everyday shopping.

The songs are The Fireflies’ “You Were Mine”, Spencer Ross’s instrumental “Tracy’s Theme” and Barrett Strong’s “Money (That’s What I Want)”. The article gives examples ranging from browsing greeting cards and waiting for Santa to shopping for groceries, noting the irony of hearing a song about wanting money while spending it.