 Energy Crisis '74

Energy Crisis '74 is a novelty single by Dickie Goodman released on Rainy Wednesday Records in 1974.The record is a satire of the 1973 energy crisis in the United States, and was moderately successful; it peaked at #33 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and became the first Top 40 hit for Goodman as a solo artist (Goodman's other records throughout the 1960s had mostly fallen just short of the top 40 and his 1950s works were all collaborations).The record is structured as a series of interviews with various public and political figures of the day with regard to the energy crisis.