"Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)," Melanie (1970)
One of the great hippie anthems
Peak: #6 on the Hot 100
Streams: 4.2 million
Before she even had a hit song, Melanie Safka (known simply as Melanie) was invited to perform at Woodstock, and she was so moved by the sight of audience members holding lit candles during a rainstorm that she wrote a gospel-flecked song about it. The lyrics to “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)” might be the bes…
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