That Thing You Do - Wonders, The (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)

That Thing You Do (Wonders, The, 1996-1997). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2021-11-26. "Keeping the Oldies Alive"

"That Thing You Do," written by Adam Schlesinger (a founding member of Fountains of Wayne who played bas and provided background vocals on the track) (songfacts.com, 2021), was the driving force behind the film of the same name and rose to #41 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1996 (Whitburn, 2013). The infectious song was recorded by studio musicians with Mike Viola (producer & member of The Candy Butchers) taking on the lead vocal (songfacts.com, 2021; Whitburn, 2013). During an interview with Dan MacIntosh of songfacts.com, Adam Schesinger stated that his publisher told him that those associated with the movie interested in a song "that sounds like early Beatles. And [the publishers] knew that that was an era that I liked a lot. So I just took a shot at it and got very lucky and they used the song" (Sep 20, 2011). The song was nominated for an Academy Award for 1997 Best Original Song (imdb.com, 2021).

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