Molly – Sponge
My experience with this song could not possibly be replicated today. I saw maybe the final 45 seconds of its video on MTV and then didn’t hear it again for probably a month. But it had made such an impression that I searched through the singles rack the next time we went to the mall and finally found a copy of the single. On tape, no less.
I took it home, stuck it in the tape player, listened through, flipped it over and listened to the b-side (which was terrible), and then listened again. It was another year or two before I even heard another song from the band – but in that time I listened to “Molly” at least 100 times.
The thing that still kills me about this song is the guitar, which sounds like it’s been refracted through a crystal. And there’s the little cascading bit during the chorus, which long-time readers will know is a sure way into my heart.