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"Indiana Wants Me," R. Dean Taylor (1970)

"Indiana Wants Me," R. Dean Taylor (1970)

A masterfully mournful murder ballad

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Mark Blankenship
Oct 07, 2024
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Peak: #5 on the Hot 100
Streams: 4.9 million

This song was requested by Eric J. Paid subscribers can request songs right here.

Emotionally, the murderer in this song will sneak up on you. When we meet the narrator of R. Dean Taylor’s only hit, he’s talking to his lady, explaining that he can’t see her because “Indiana wants me. In other words, the Indiana…

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