"I Wanna Be Rich," Calloway (1990)

A sunny song about being broke

Peak: #2 on the Hot 100
Streams: 1.3 million

A few months ago, I covered “Love Overboard” by Gladys Knight and the Pips, an excellent comeback song written for the group by Reggie Calloway. A few weeks ago, TLSP reader Meredith B. encouraged me to write about “I Wanna Be Rich,” the hit that Calloway and his brother Vincent created for themselves. And that…