This guy came outta nowhere overnight to make history and take the #1 spot on Billboards top 100.
And this song was brought up at the Republican debate last night. First question of the night in fact.
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At the first Republican presidential primary debate on Wednesday night (Aug. 23), the first question posed to eight hopeful candidates for commander in chief was about the No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100.
“As we sit here tonight, the No. 1 song on the Billboard chart is ‘Rich Men North of Richmond,'” Fox News host Martha MacCallum said as the crowd at Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum erupted in cheers. “It’s by a singer from Farmville, Virginia, named Oliver Anthony. His lyrics speak of alienation, of deep frustration with the state of government and of this country. Washington, D.C., is about 100 miles north of Richmond.”
A 30-second clip of Anthony’s viral hit — which debuts atop the Hot 100 this week, despite the artist never having any previous Billboard chart history — played next, including the unedited line “‘Cause your dollar ain’t sh– and it’s taxed to no end/ ‘Cause of rich men north of Richmond
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This post was edited by Sixers on Aug 24 2023 10:41pm