No. 86

Cruisin' - Smokey Robinson (1979) Video - This is one of those songs that I can't ever remember not knowing. At some point I must've heard it for the first time, but it seems as though I've always known it. While a song like American Pie - Don McLean uses its 7 minutes to describe as many events as possible with confusing allegories and multiple interpretations, Cruisin' uses 4 minutes to describe a feeling to which every American boy can relate. Cruisin' with your girl, not a care in the world, "inch by inch we get closer and closer."