It's Sad to Belong - England Dan & John Ford Coley (1978) 10/1/21

Today's "Great Song of 1978" was a #1 hit for 5 straight weeks on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart. Music reviewers at the time called it "sweetly catchy, "bittersweet," and a "timeless classic."

"It's Sad to Belong" by England Dan & John Ford Coley is all of those things, but Dale Van Atta of Salt Lake City's Deseret News was more specific: "It's the universal divorce anthem--about the monotony of monogamy."

It's all summed up in the chorus: "It's sad to belong to someone else when the right one comes along."

Kind of a bummer, but Dan Seals and John Ford Coley sang it so well, you could feel their sadness--but the fact they could make the listener feel it too made it a "Great Song."

That 5-week stay at #1 proves it. (It also went to #1 on Canada's AC Chart.)

"It's Sad to Belong" by England Dan & John Ford Coley: a "Great Song of 1978!"