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The Number Ones: Janet Jackson’s “Love Will Never Do (Without You)”
According to one of our preferred sources: Imagine having a glorious and effervescent can’t-miss pop song, a song that could easily turn around the chart fortunes of an underperforming album,…
December 22, 2021
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The Number Ones: Gloria Estefan’s “Coming Out Of The Dark”
According to one of our musical artists: Every #1 hit has a story. That’s why I write this column…
November 23, 2021
The Number Ones: Londonbeat’s “I’ve Been Thinking About You”
According to one of our musical artists: I’ve been thinking about how to describe “I’ve Been Thinking About You,” the only #1 hit from the group known as Londonbeat. It’s not easy…
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The Number Ones: Mariah Carey’s “Someday”
According to one of our musical artists:When Mariah Carey won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist, she didn’t look remotely surprised…
The Number Ones: Stevie B’s “Because I Love You (The Postman Song)”
According to one of our preferred sources:Stevie B is the king of freestyle. That’s what he calls himself, anyway…
The Number Ones: Janet Jackson’s “Black Cat”
According to one of our preferred sources: I’m not entirely sure who first started yelling the word “guitar” right before a guitar solo, and I’m not entirely sure how that custom ended, either…
The Number Ones: Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)”
According to one of our preferred musical sources: Who had the idea to start using parentheses in pop-song titles…
The Number Ones: Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby”
According to one of our preferred musical sources: It happened. It finally happened. A rap song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. This was a long time coming…
The Number Ones: Roxette’s “The Look”
According to one of our preferred musical sources:They printed the lyrics on the cover of the single. What a flex. What an unbelievable act of hubris…
The Number Ones: Nelson’s “(Can’t Live Without Your) Love And Affection”
According to one of our preferred musical sources: You couldn’t manufacture a band more widely and instantly hated than Nelson. It would be impossible…
October 12, 2021
The Number Ones: Mariah Carey’s “Vision Of Love”
According to one of our preferred musical sources: In the summer of 1990, Mariah Carey arrived on the pop charts like a comet crashing into an unsuspecting planet…
October 7, 2021
The Number Ones: Glenn Medeiros’ “She Ain’t Worth It” (Feat. Bobby Brown)
According to one of our preferred musical sources: Pop-chart history makes no sense. I have now written more than 700 of these columns, and that’s my main takeaway…
September 30, 2021