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A pop song sung by, and for, people who usually wind up with the [[Opel bloody Kadett]] in [[Top Trumps]]. [[Breakfast in America]] unexpectedly went multi-platinum and became an instant global smash on its release in 1979 and remains one of the all-time great AOR albums, despite being released against a background fashion of angry postpunk and gender-fluid new romantic synthpop. For that reason, to this very day, Breakfast in America infects millions of people around the world - including yours truly - with the delusional hope that one day, their particular dog will [[every dog has its day|have its day]].
A pop song sung by, and for, people who usually wind up with the [[Opel bloody Kadett]] in [[Top Trumps]]. Sample lyric:


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:''Take a look at my girlfriend''
:''She's the only one I got.''
:''Not much of a girlfriend —''
:''I never seem to get a lot.''
 
[[Breakfast in America]] unexpectedly went multi-platinum and became an instant global smash on its release in 1979 and remains one of the all-time great AOR albums, despite being released against a background fashion of angry postpunk and gender-fluid new romantic synthpop. For that reason, to this very day, Breakfast in America infects millions of people around the world - including yours truly - with the delusional hope that one day, their particular dog will [[every dog has its day|have its day]].
 
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Latest revision as of 11:36, 18 January 2020

A pop song sung by, and for, people who usually wind up with the Opel bloody Kadett in Top Trumps. Sample lyric:

Take a look at my girlfriend
She's the only one I got.
Not much of a girlfriend —
I never seem to get a lot.

Breakfast in America unexpectedly went multi-platinum and became an instant global smash on its release in 1979 and remains one of the all-time great AOR albums, despite being released against a background fashion of angry postpunk and gender-fluid new romantic synthpop. For that reason, to this very day, Breakfast in America infects millions of people around the world - including yours truly - with the delusional hope that one day, their particular dog will have its day.

See also