871. Suddenly Last Summer by the Motels (1983)

"Suddenly Last Summer" is the only Motels song to hit #1. Martha Davis claims the song came about while she thought of an ice cream truck making the last rounds before disappearing for the winter. An ice cream truck makes an appearance in the video. The song recounts how some events seem to take forever until they are long gone...



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Ox-lGm-wA