"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…
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