My Top 1000 Songs #496: Way Behind Me

[I've been writing up my Top 1000 songs on a daily basis--you can see them all in descending order by hitting the All My Favorite Songs tag.]

The Primitives' 1988 single "Crash" seems to get most of the love, but "Way Behind Me," released later that year, is every bit as great. A perfect blend of indie jangle and Phil Spector-infused 60s girl group pop, complete with finger-snaps and harmonies, it's hard not to love. Hell, even the band seemed to love it, including it both on 1989's Pure LP and C...