Kylie Minogue’s 49 Best Songs, Ranked!

From: NewNowNext

38.

 “Shocked”

Fast-talking, electrified-in-love Kylie goes crazy and zaps us with fun during this keyboard blitz off Rhythm of Love. And who can forget that bridge, rapped by pre-Fefe Dobson wonder Jazzi P?

Song of the Day: 'Get Here' by Oleta Adams

From:  kenneth in the (212)

A favorite, today more than ever.

Song of the Day: 'In Your Wildest Dreams' by Tina Turner and Barry White

From: kenneth in the (212)

I must confess that sometimes when I'm listening to Tina Turner I ask myself, How can you say with a straight face that you like Debbie Harry, Chrissie Hynde, Madonna etc. better than this music legend? Even this way-after-her-comeback-prime single plays like an R&B classic from the mid-1970s, seductive and sleek. How lucky are we all to have been alive during Anna Mae Bullock's lifetime?

Song of the Day: 'I'm Your Puppet' by James and Bobby Purify

From: kenneth in the (212)

Gee. I wonder what provoked China to snatch a U.S. drone on Friday.

Song of the Day: 'That's What Friends Are For' by Dionne Warwick and Friends

From: kenneth in the (212)

While often regarded as a punchline these days, Dionne Warwick not only sang some of the definitive versions of the classic Bacharach-David songs, this song raised more than $3 million for amfAR when few celebrities were doing anything about the AIDS crisis at all.

The 30 Worst Music Videos Of All Time

From: NewNowNext

#8 

“Whatzupwitu” 

Eddie Murphy 

and 

Michael Jackson

Remember when Eddie Murphy tried to vomit up a music career? He had one big hit (“Party All The Time”) that was a hit only because of Rick James, and Eddie’s further output stunk to high heaven, culminating in this monstrosity.

Not only did 1993’s “Whatzupwitu” (and the album it came from) fail to chart, he somehow roped Michael Jackson into appearing in what would be the most embarrassing moment of both their careers.

The 100 Greatest Lost Hits of The 80’s Part 2: The New Batch

From: NewNowNext

#53 

“My Ever Changing Moods” 

The Style Council

Paul Weller is a music icon in the UK, but he’s not as well known in the U.S. (he’s charted 12 consecutive top ten UK solo albums since 1992, none of which made the U.S. chart). U.S. audiences know him best from his appearance on “Do They Know It’s Christmas,” his time with The Jam, and with The Style Council, who hit the top 40 once, with “My Ever Changing Moods,” which hit #29 in June 1984.

The 100 Greatest Lost Hits of The 80’s Part 2: The New Batch

From: NewNowNext

#57 

“Frankie” 

Sister Sledge

The sisters went back in time to the girl groups of the past (something they had more success with in their previous chart hit “My Guy”) for “Frankie,” which was a huge hit in the UK (four weeks at #1), but stiffed in the U.S., peaking at #75 in July 1985. It was their final entry on the Hot 100.

The 100 Greatest Lost Hits of The 80’s Part 2: The New Batch

From: NewNowNext

#69 

“Dangerous” 

Natalie Cole

The ’80s were a very rough time for Natalie Cole on the charts until her comeback in 1987 with the Everlasting album and its trio of hits “Jump Start,” “I Live For Your Love,” and “Pink Cadillac.” But her 1985 album “Dangerous” was a taste of the direction her career would take in the latter part of the decade, and the title track, a Pointer Sister-ish dance track, reached #57 in June.

The 100 Greatest Lost Hits of The 80’s Part 2: The New Batch

From: NewNowNext

#75 

“My One Temptation” 

Mica Paris

With a voice that echoed Natalie Cole, and a sound reminiscent of classic Dionne Warwick, “My One Temptation” should have been a surefire smash. It debuted on the Hot 100 in June 1989 at #97 … which is where it peaked, spending just four weeks on the chart. Really, U.S.?

The 100 Greatest Lost Hits of The 80’s Part 2: The New Batch

From: NewNowNext

#76 

“New Day For You” 

Basia

For a few years in the late 80’s and early 90’s, Basia carved out her own little niche in pop music. She has two songs on this list, starting with “New Day For You,” which peaked at #53 in January 1989.

The 100 Greatest Lost Hits of The 80’s Part 2: The New Batch

From: NewNowNext

#78 

“Love Light In Flight” 

Stevie Wonder

The first of two songs on the list from Stevie, it was the second single from the Woman In Red soundtrack, but completely overshadowed by “I Just Called To Say I Love You,” even though “Love Light In Flight” is a much, much better song. It peaked at #17 in February 1985.

The 100 Greatest Lost Hits of The 80’s Part 2: The New Batch

From: NewNowNext

#94 

“One Step Closer” 

 Gavin Christopher

Gavin Christopher made his mark as a songwriter in the 70’s (he penned the top ten hit “Once You Get Started” for Rufus And Chaka Khan), but his one and only chart appearance as a singer was the jubilant “One Step Closer,” which he took to #22 in July 1986.

This wasn’t the first version of “One Step Closer,” though. Marilyn Martin (who, you’ll recall, had the #2 song on the original Lost Hits Of The 80’s list with “Night Moves”) included it on her stellar debut album

Beating Off Together: 150 Gayest Songs EVER

From: Boy Culture

Ari Gold

 "Where the Music Takes You" 

2007

Ari Gold (born February 11, 1974) is an American pop singer and songwriter. He is openly gay and regularly addresses both his being Jewish and gay, also starring in an autobiographic theater production, Ari Gold – Untitled: The Making Of A Gay Pop Star.

Beating Off Together: 150 Gayest Songs EVER

From: Boy Culture

God-Des and She

"Love You Better"

2006

The 25 Best Songs About Underwear

From: The Underwear Expert

#16. 

There it is

Barry White

The Lyric

Let me undress you 

from your clothes 

to your underwear

Umm, Barry, we’re not trying to be rude or overstep our bounds or anything — I mean you are the reason like 80% of the children born in the western world are here — but, see, underwear are clothes. So we’re just — not sure how you undress us from our clothes to our underwear. It’s no big deal. Whatever.

Woof — that was serious and kinda sad. We could use a laugh right about now. Good thing when it comes to Underwear in songs you can bet a few of them will be comical. 15 more ’til the secret surprise guest arrives!

Top 100 Hits Of The Ladies Of the 80′s

From: The Backlot

#33 

“I Feel For You” 

Chaka Khan

The biggest hit of her career, it was the title track from the biggest album of her career, and won her the R&B Grammy. She took a minor Prince song, and with the help of Grandmaster Melle Mel and Stevie Wonder, turned it into her signature song. It peaked at #3 in December 984.

25 Albums Every Gay Guy Should Hear

From: Next Magazine

Grace Jones

Nightclubbing

This critically acclaimed 1981 classic was one of Jones’ most beloved and commercially successful. Nightclubbing remains a unique amalgam of reggae, pop, new wave and soul. The benchmark sonics were accompanied by iconic, gender-bending Jean-Paul Goude cover art: a steel-eyed, blue-black Jones working a tight military flat top and crisp Armani jacket. Feeling like a woman, looking like a man, indeed. —BC

Nightclubbing is the fifth studio album by Grace Jones, released in 1981. It was the second album of her Compass Point trilogy, and has become her best-selling studio release, spawning hits "Pull Up to the Bumper" and "I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)".

Top 100 Hits Of The Ladies Of the 80′s

From: The Backlot

 #34 

“Smooth Operator” 

Sade

Our introduction to Sade was actually the fourth single from Diamond Life, but it was the first to make the Billboard chart, where it peaked at #5 in May 1985. Over the last thirty years Sade Adu and her group have carved out a unique niche in pop music, which will never be replicated.

Top 100 Hits Of The Ladies Of the 80′s

From: The Backlot

#53

 “Sweet Love” 

Anita Baker

Her first album The Songstress should have shot her to stardom, but it was her follow-up, Rapture, that hit the bullseye, thanks to the first single “Sweet Love,” which won two Grammys and peaked at #8 in November 1986.