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Smash and Grab, 1978
Written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman
I've never heard of this pop-rock group, although the song was a big hit in several countries. It's buoyed along by handclaps, bouncy bass, high organ notes, and piano combining to an infectiously catchy beat. It's a song of love and lust. As with so many songs of the era (and the current one, I guess), the narrator notes that when he met the girl she was just seventeen; this doesn't necessarily indicate creepiness, as he could have been the same age as well. "Now I've tasted your sweet lips / Ooh darling I know what I miss / You gave me more than I could ever take / With every word and every move you make." It's not exactly original, but the lads certainly could craft a catchy hook.
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