"Junk Food Junkie" is a 1976 novelty song by Larry Groce. It spent 15 weeks on the U.S. charts, reaching #9 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1] It was Groce's only song to chart. "Junk Food Junkie" spent two weeks at #31 in Canada,[2] and it was also a minor hit on the Adult Contemporary chart. The song is currently released on K-tel International.[3]
The song tells the story of a man leading a double life: during the day he boasts of his natural diet lifestyle, however, at night, he indulges his secret addiction to junk food.
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