The last time inflation was this high...these were the top songs...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Year-End_Hot_100_singles_of_1982
Course that was post the FED's draconia tightening period to try to get a grip on inflation after a decade of rising prices.
Today is more like the early seventies (prior to Gold's big run up into the early 1980's)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Year-End_Hot_100_singles_of_1970
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