[1960-1969 Best Songs]
Billboard Top 100, 1965, #88
"You load 16 tons and what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt.
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go -
I owe my soul to the company store!"
I haven't found proof, but it's a good bet the song Five O'clock World is inspired by the song 16 Tons (above). Hear the work-song background vocal and the line "livin' on money that I ain't made yet"
This is just a fun song, with a great musical sound, and a classic message dedicated to us working-class stiffs, scraping by but just lucky enough to have someone special to come home to.
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