Clap Your Hands

 

Welcome to a new series featuring songs that use clapping hands either to emphasize the rhythm or simply because it suits this song. 

Almost exactly 50 years ago, Steve Miller released his masterpiece Fly Like An Eagle, on which he moves between blues rock, country and atmospheric sounds. Take The Money And Run stands out from the rest of the excellent material.

That’s exactly how old Rose Royce’s Car Wash is – a funky disco hit that was played everywhere back in the day. 

John Mellencamp, who was still known as John Cougar at the time, reached the top of the charts with this simple song.