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The Week In Pop: From The Earliest MP3 To The Latest Britney Spears, A Pop History Of Suzanne Vega’s “Tom’s Diner”

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"Tom's Diner" is one of those songs you know even if you don't realize it. Suzanne Vega's signature song -- written about the same NYC diner they used for exterior shots in Seinfeld -- has been remixed, covered, and sampled so many times by so many musicians that its melody is basically imprinted on our collective psyche. Given that seminal pop figures Giorgio Moroder and Britney Spears just teamed for a much-heralded "Tom's Diner" cover, the time seems right to run back the song's storied history.


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