Love of the Common People by John Hurley and Ronnie Wilkins (Cover)

I remember listening to the Paul Young version of this song growing up and we also did it for choir this season. I never really thought much about the song, other than its catchy chorus and pseudo-ethical message about something to do with poor people.

Here is the the Paul Young version in all its 80's glory:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVmjKHkgxis

Here is a version by one of the original writers (John Hurley), posted by his family:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMEgWy4B110

And Leonard Nimoy! I didn't even know he had an album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fURhy2WRtMk

Some background of the song:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_of_the_Common_People

I'm going to write a blog post about fetishization of poverty in music, will put a link here when I finish it.

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