Tom Hanks: King of Grocery Store Grooves
So the mystery of “That Thing You Do” continues. As I posted previously, the title song from Tom Hanks’ fabulous film That Thing You Do seems to be in heavy rotation on grocery store Muzak stations. While the fictitious Top 40 hit never cracked the actual Top 10 — a damning indictment of the music industry and popular taste — it is inescapable in the produce aisle.
Last week the tune was heard in a Kroger store in Richmond. You have to listen verrrry closely to this recording to catch it. Kroger’s ceilings are much higher than Giant’s, and the place was much noisier. Even so, the magic hook is unmistakable.
I have an e-mail in to TTYD singer Mike Viola and a tweet to Mr. Hanks seeking comment. Stay tuned…
June 9th, 2010 at 1:59 pm
I bet Mike answers too … he is god. And he does perform this, sometimes, when he plays (usually if he has someone with him who can sing the harmonies, as he did the first time we saw him with Jim Boggia, who you should also check out).
And if you’d been at Jammin Java on Dec. 27 for the CD release show you would have even seen Dana and her band do THEIR cover
:) 
This was the song/movie that changed her life.
June 9th, 2010 at 11:10 pm
Ah, now doubly and tripley sorry to have missed the show. TTYD is definitely one of the best movies about music. Funny, fun, and true-to-life. Dana has excellent taste.
June 10th, 2010 at 12:11 pm
Ha ha, our life is a non-stop melange of TTYD quotes. Not that that’s a bad thing … hey, if you get a chance and it’s not raining, come out to Celebrate Fairfax on Sunday, she’s playing at 5 (solo, so maybe no TTYD songs but perhaps just for you she’d do an acoustic unplugged version of one of them).
September 27th, 2010 at 2:11 pm
bad list, friend, I read a lot of your stuff and this can be a first thing i’ve ever previously really really disagreed having. A number of the songs you had missed are cross generational and also iconic. the #10 and #7 shouldnt glimpse on here period.
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