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Don't Dream It's Over on YouTube. " Don't Dream It's Over " is a song by rock band Crowded House, recorded for their 1986 self-titled debut studio album. [5] The song was composed and written by New Zealand frontman Neil Finn and released in October 1986 [2] as the fourth single from the album. "Don't Dream It's Over" became the band's biggest ...
Iko Iko. " Iko Iko " (/ ˈaɪkoʊ ˈaɪkoʊ /) is a much-covered New Orleans song that tells of a parade collision between two tribes of Mardi Gras Indians and the traditional confrontation. The song, under the original title " Jock-A-Mo ", was written and released in 1953 as a single by James "Sugar Boy" Crawford and his Cane Cutters but it ...
help. " Girls Just Want to Have Fun " is a single by the American singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper, written by Robert Hazard. [ 7 ] It was released by Portrait Records as Lauper's first major single as a solo artist and the lead single from her debut studio album, She's So Unusual (1983). Lauper's version gained recognition as a feminist anthem ...
Music video. "Don't You (Forget About Me)" on YouTube. " Don't You (Forget About Me) " is a song by the Scottish rock band Simple Minds, released as a single in 1985. It was written and composed by the producer Keith Forsey and the guitarist Steve Schiff, for the 1985 film The Breakfast Club. Simple Minds initially declined to record it ...
Release and reception. "Live It Up" appears on the band's 1985 album, Fundamental. It was released in Australia as the album's second single in May 1985 and quickly climbed the Kent Music Report chart to peak at No. 2 for three weeks behind Madonna 's " Angel / Into the Groove ". It spent 12 weeks in the Top 10, becoming the fourth biggest ...
In a 2000 poll by Channel 4, the song was placed at number 38 in the 100 greatest number one singles of all time. [12] Similar polls by the music channel VH1 placed the song at number three in their "100 Greatest One Hit Wonders" of all time, [13] number 18 in their "100 Greatest Songs of the '80s" [7] and number one in their "100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the '80s". [14]
Michael Jackson had the highest number of top hits at the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s (9 songs). In addition, Jackson remained the longest at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s (27 weeks). Madonna ranked as the most successful female artist of the 1980s, with 7 songs and 15 weeks atop the chart.
Professional ratings. Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky) is the nineteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Aretha Franklin. Released in mid-1973 by Atlantic Records, it was the first Atlantic album by Franklin to miss the Top 25 of the main Billboard chart, peaking at number 30, and reaching number 2 on the R&B albums listing.