‘Til now I always got by on my own
I never really cared until I met you
Alone by Heart was released on May 16, 1987. It was the first single from the album Bad Animals.
The power ballad was a No. 1 hit in the United States and Canada. It reached No. 3 on the UK Singles chart.
Watch the official music video.
Wake me up before you go-go
Don’t leave me hanging on like a yo-yo
Wake Me Up Before You Go Go by Wham! was released in the United Kingdom on May 14, 1984. It was the first single from the album Make It Big.
The song was the duo’s first No. 1 hit in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Watch Wham! perform the song on Top of the Pops in 1984.
You’re the perfect one
For me and you forever will be
And I will love you so for always
Always by Atlantic Starr was released on May 13, 1987. It was the second single from the album All in the Name of Love.
The song reached No. l on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart.
Watch the official music video.
If you’re lost you can look and you will find me
Time after time
The U.K. and other versions of the Time After Time 7″ single came with this picture sleeve. The U.S. version did not.
As I mentioned in a previous post, I was a huge fan of Cyndi Lauper in the 80s, and She’s So Unusual was one of my very first albums. It still holds a lot of significance for me because it came out at a time when I was just starting to discover my own musical tastes and interests. Cyndi wasn’t my parents’ favorite singer or my brothers’ favorite band – she was all mine.
Time After Time is an absolutely stunning song and one of my all-time favorites. Released in 1984, it was the second single off of She’s So Unusual, after Girls Just Want to Have Fun, and Cyndi’s first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Continue reading
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