"Pac-Man Fever," Buckner & Garcia (1981)
It's the first great video game song
Peak: #9 on the Hot 100
Streams: 3.2 million
Was “Pac-Man Fever” a novelty hit, or was it a vision of the future?
I mean… yes, this song is silly. Back in 1981, Jerry Buckner and Gary Garcia wrote it to goof on the nation’s new obsession with Pac-Man. (Apparently, they started playing a tabletop version at a restaurant, got hooked, and then realized ther…
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