4.12.2011

Song 69: You Don't Own Me, Leslie Gore

Leslie Gore's You Don't Own Me held the number 2 spot on the Billboard charts for four weeks, behind the Beatles' I Want To Hold Your Hand.

To my ears, this song seems almost-feminist-but-not-quite-feminist, but I've been told by people with more wisdom than I that, for the 60's, this song radiated independence and helped influence some pretty fierce teenagers.