THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

631-Bucketheads-The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind.)

1995-Number 5 single.

Best Bit-At 4.42. Did you know that a mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase is called a ‘mondegreen.’ When listening to ‘Street Player’ by Chicago, this songs creator Kenny ‘Dope’ Gonzalez misheard ‘Street sounds swirling through my mind,’ as ‘These sounds fall in to my mind.’ For Pop music’s most famous, and successful ‘mondegreen’ see best songs 501.

The Bucketheads was the brainchild of Kenny Gonzalez, who was born on July 6th, 1970, in Brooklyn, New York, United States, and works under the name of ‘Kenny ‘Dope’ Gonzalez.’ He is best known for being one half of the production and remix team ‘Masters at Work,’ with Luis Ferdinand Vega Jr., who goes by the stage name of ‘Little Louie Vega,’ the duo have been referred to as one of the most influential acts in the history of ‘House Music,’ with many of their tracks in the 1990’s being remixed by UK DJ’S, leading to the creation of the ‘Speed Garage’ genre, they have also been credited with generating the ‘Golden Age’ of ‘Latin House’ music. As ‘Masters at Work,’ the duo have issued seven Albums between 1993-2001, with two of those credited to their alias ‘Nuyorican Soul.’ They have also released 57 singles between 1991-2007, using 10 different aliases, including, ‘KenLou,’ ‘Groove Box,’ and ‘Black Magic,’ and they have also produced, and remixed tracks for many of the worlds top artists. As a solo artist Kenny ‘Dope’ Gonzalez has released music under his own name, as well using many other aliases, including ‘Bucketheads,’ ‘Liquid Dope,’ and also being part of the ‘Todd Terry All-Stars’ (see also best songs 805 and 348.)

‘The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind’) was the second of three singles released from the sole studio Album of Kenny ‘Dope’ Gonzalez, working as ‘Bucketheads,’ from August 1995. Gonzales has said that at that time he was unimpressed with what he perceived to be fellow producers copying his characteristic style, and hoped that he would throw a ‘curveball,’ by exploring influences such as ‘Disco,’ Hip-Hop,’ and ‘Latin Music.’ He has also stated that at that time he thought that he and the music industry as a whole was going stale, and felt that he had to try something new, ‘I was tired of everyone being on the same tip as we were. Everything out there sounded the same. I was bored, and I thought ‘Yo, I gotta come with something different” ‘The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind,’) which was released to critical acclaim, became a top 20 hit in many countries around the world, although on the Billboard Hot 100 in America, it did stall at Number 49, though it did make Number 1 on the ‘Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play’ chart.

‘The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind’) is built around a sample from the song ‘Street Player,’ by the American Rock band ‘Chicago,’ (see also best songs 328) from their 1979 eleventh studio Album ‘Chicago 13.’ ‘Street Player’ had been written by Daniel Seraphine, who was the drummer, and co-founder of ‘Chicago,’ along with David Wolinski, who was the keyboard player for the American Funk band ‘Rufus.’ The version of ‘Street Player’ recorded by ‘Rufus’ appears on their sixth studio Album, from 1978, also called ‘Street Player.’ Due to the sample, both Daniel Seraphine, and David Wolinski, both receive songwriting credits on ‘The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind,’) along with Kenny ‘Dope’ Gonzalez, who was also the songs producer.

‘The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind’) also samples the 1993 song ‘Preacher Man,’ by the American music producer Curtis Jones, who works under the stage name of ‘Green Velvet,’ the spoken intro on ‘The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind’) is lifted from that track. In 2009 the American Rapper ‘Pitbull,’ (see also best songs 876 and 531) sampled the ‘Bucketheads’ interpretation of ‘Street Player,’ for his song ‘I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho,’) which reached Number 2 on Billboard, and Number 4 in the UK. The lyrics on ‘The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind’) are ‘These sounds fall into my mind,’ it is said that Kenny Gonzales had misheard the lyrics on the Chicago original ‘Street Player,’ which are ‘Street sounds swirling through my mind.’

‘These sounds fall into my mind.’