Something to This Top Ten: Something to Believe In (#2)

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The top two songs here on the countdown of favorite “something” songs will shock you. You probably never saw #1 coming. As for this song, it has the country music warning attached to it. You look at who did it and think “Really?” Really. Here’s today’s song. #2: Something to Believe In - Steve Miller Band Remember the end of Planet of the Apes when Taylor said he wanted to kiss Zira, and she hesitated and said, “But you’re so damned ugly!”? That’s how you might feel about this song. It’s an amazing love song…but it’s so damned country! Yeah, that Steve Miller. He grew up in Texas, and Texans do love their country music. So, amid the blues (“Evil,” “Come on In My Kitchen”) and the rock hits (“The Joker”), ol’ Stevie Guitar Miller grabbed legendary steel player Sneaky Pete Kleinow, known for being in the Flying Burrito Brothers and working with the Grateful Dead (and composing the theme to the TV show Gumby!), and recorded a real country, real love song. It has beautiful imagery (“like clear water in a mountain stream I will come to you in your dream, like pictures reflected in a mountain lake I will be with you when you wake”), and Miller sings it in a quiet, almost whisper voice to give the song full impact. Bet you didn’t know Steve Miller had any of this in him! Something to Believe In Written by Steve Miller Recorded by the Steve Miller Band From The Joker, 1973 Rest easy and close your eyes: