SONG OF THE DAY
“Little Green Bag” by George Baker Selection (Little Green Bag single, Negram Records, 1969). Written by Jan Visser & Hans Bouwens.
INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia)
– The song reached the #9 position in the Dutch Top 40, and the #3 position in Belgium. In the summer of 1970, it reached the #16 position on the Cash Box magazine chart and #21 in the Billboard Top 100 in the U.S..
– In 1992, when the song was used in the film Reservoir Dogs, it became an international cult classic. Also in 1992, the song reached the #1 position in Japan after it was used in a Japanese whiskey commercial.
– In 1999, Tom Jones released a cover of the song with the Canadian band Barenaked Ladies on the collaborative album Reload.
– The song was also featured in an episode of Everwood; the episode opens with a scene in which the camera circles a table the characters are sitting at (just like in Reservoir Dogs), and the next scene is a slow-motion walk of the characters as they go to school the next day, with Little Green Bag playing.
– The song was also featured in the Freaks and Geeks episode “Chokin’ and Tokin'” when Lindsay smokes marijuana for the first time.
– In week 2 of So You Think You Can Dance‘s sixth season, choreographer Wade Robson created a jazz routine set to “Little Green Bag”, danced by Pauline Mata and Peter Sabasino. Both dancers were subsequently safe from elimination.