If I ran a game store I would play Soul Bossa Nova by Quincy Jones.
It took Quincy Jones twenty minutes to write Soul Bossa Nova in 1962 (source) and it has lived a robust life ever since. I think it's fair to say that most of us know the song from the Austin Powers series of movies as the outrageous 1960s, flower power theme song. I know that when I pretend to play it in my pretend store I get a lot of "Groovy, baby!", "Oh, behave!", and "Do I make you horny baby?" from my pretend customers. The song was also the theme song to a 1970s/80s Canadian game show. It has been featured in movies and video games, and it's been sampled by hip hop artists. I'm sure Mr. Jones wishes all of his twenty-minutes compositions were as well received.
Soul Bossa Nova was released on Quincy Jones' shagadelic1962 album, Big Band Bossa Nova.
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