The election today of Pope Francis the First reminds me of the great -- and, let's face it, only -- pop song written about a pope: The Fall's "Hey Luciani" about John Paul, the pope elected in 1978 who served a grand total of 33 days before his mysterious death. And how can you not like a song that features a line like "You were the first John Paul I"? After all, John Paul I was succeeded by the beloved John Paul II, who took the name to honor his immediate predecessor.
Albino Luciani has been a bit of an obsession for The Fall's Mark E. Smith -- he went on to write a play about him (also called "Hey Luciani").
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