Songoftheday 4/8/13 - Sometimes I'm right then I can be wrong, my own beliefs are in my songs...

Joan Jett and The Blackhearts - "Everyday People"
from the album Album (1983)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #37 (one week)
Weeks in the Top-40: 2

Today's Song of the Day is by Grrrrl rocker Joan Jett and her Blackhearts, who started out her third studio album (simply called Album) with the top-40 hit "Fake Friends". To follow it up, Joan released a cover of the soul-rock classic "Everyday People". Originally done by its creator, Sly & The Family Stone, the single topped the pop and R&B charts at the end of 1968...

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Joan took the song and took out the soul but kept the joy, making it a passable if not remarkable cover...

The single became Joan's fifth top-40 hit, but the first to miss the rock chart. It also scraped the bottom of the pop chart in Australia.

In 1992, alt-rap collective Arrested Development interpolated the song for the top-10 pop hit "People Everyday"...

Up tomorrow: MJ with a lil' TLC.