There's something about a song that keeps on trying even though there's little hope of recognition. Chip Taylor's "Anyway That You Want Me" first got a run in '66 with The Troggs but was DOA and later that year, The Liverpool 5 (an LA session band, of course)got to #98 with it before disappearing. The American Breed closed out their chart run with it in '68, peaking at #88, and then Evie Sands decided that she'd give it a go since everyone else had been stealing her hits and finally got herself on the charts, but only to #53. I'm sure there's more but...
When Spiritualized chose to cover it as their debut single in 1990, it was clear that they were no longer going to be Spacemen 3 no matter what logo was on the sleeve. Stretched out to nearly seven minutes, they made themselves at home but, again, the song failed to have any major chart impact, ignored in the US and peaking at #75.
Life is unkind.
