Week of 11/27/2023: The Four Lads' "Istanbul (not Constantinople)", which would later be made more famous by They Might Be Giants. And... Week of 7/24/2017: Toto's "Africa". For the purposes of this post, I selected an altered version of the song that sounds like it's playing in an empty mall.
Week of 12/11/2023: "Everfrost Peak", from Diddy Kong Racing. And... Week of 7/31/2017: "Heroes", as performed by The Wallflowers.
Week of 12/18/2023: "Good", by the Pizzicato Five. I heard this song on Radio AAHS as a kid, and it was just strange enough that I loved it.
Week of 12/25/2023: "We Gotta Power", from the original Dragon Ball Z. And... Week of 8/7/2017: Gary Wright's "Dream Weaver", a song I like to think of as my personal theme.
Week of 1/1/2024: "Meet the Mets", as performed by Glenn Osser's orchestra. This is the old theme of baseball's New York Mets. And... Week of 8/14/2017: "Procrastination", from The Big O.
Week of 1/15/2024: "Stranded In the Jungle", by The Cadets. And... Week of 8/21/2017: "Starcraft Terran Theme 3".
Week of 1/29/2024: "Nectarine Nightmare", from Copy Kitty. And... Week of 8/28/2017: "Transcend", from a Touhou fangame called "Nightmare of Sleeping Girl". It's essentially a remix of Mystia's theme "Deaf to All But the Song".
Week of 2/12/2024: "Frozen Fountain Act 1", from the Sonic fangame Sonic and the Fallen Star. And... Week of 9/4/2017: Andrew W.K.'s "Party Hard".
Week of 2/19/2024: KC & The Sunshine Band's "Get Down Tonight". I forget whether it was for beer or Coca-Cola, but I do remember the first time I heard this song was during commercial breaks on Pistons games in the mid-1990s.
Week of 2/26/2024: The title theme from Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball for the Super NES. And... Week of 9/11/2017: OMD's "If You Leave".
Week of 3/11/2024: "Industrofunk", from Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2. And... Week of 9/18/2017: "Sweet Dreams", by La Bouche.
Week of 3/18/2024: Euan Ellis's "Echoes From Out There". Not very well known, but I tend to prefer this kind of music.
Week of 3/25/2024: Supertramp's "Goodbye Stranger". And... Week of 9/25/2017: The Duck Hunt Medley, from Super Smash Bros. 4.