Who Wins The “Push It” Title Title?
 In this Title Title battle, Static X’s “Push It” goes up against Salt-N-Pepa’s “Push It“. Static X’s song went to #20 on the U.S. Modern Rock Chart back in 2000 while Salt-N-Pepa’s song...
Monthly Archive: January 2020
DEF: Alabama “(There’s a) Fire in the Night”
Amid a run of hitting number one with twenty-one straight songs to appear on Billboard‘s Hot Country Singles chart, Alabama reached the top of the chart with four songs from their 1984 album Roll On. Exactly...
Guess What? Pete Townshend’s Second Song He Wrote Was A Hit!
 Back in 1964, The Who were looking to establish themselves as a band. Pete Townshend took it upon himself to start writing his own music rather than just doing covers. Per Townsend’s autobiography...
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Underdog
This week’s edition of Saturday Morning Cartoons features the theme song for Underdog, which originally ran on Saturday mornings on NBC from 1961 to 1973 and later appeared for years in syndication.
DEF: Dire Straits “Walk of Life”
Dire Straits hit the Top 10 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart three times. On this date in 1986, the last of those three hits, “Walk of Life,” climbed to a peak position of number 7.
It’s Already Been Five Years: Nick Jonas “Jealous”
Outside of the Jonas Brothers, as a lead or featured artist Nick Jonas has made eight appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, with three of those songs reaching the Top 40 and one hitting the...
Analog Adventures: Hounds of Love
Kate Bush Hounds of Love (1985) About the Artist Kate Bush is a pop music pioneer. She grew up playing music and the love for writing never waned. Her demo tape made the rounds...
It Happened 50 Years Ago: Elvis Presley “Don’t Cry Daddy”
Elvis Presley‘s 1970 album Worldwide 50 Gold Award Hits Vol. 1 contained four new songs, three of which hit the Top 40 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. Exactly 50 years ago, the second of those three...
DEF: Ann Wilson “The Best Man in the World”
Heart’s Ann Wilson contributed the song “The Best Man in the World” to the soundtrack of the 1986 film The Golden Child. The song was released as a single, and on this date in 1987...
DEF: Eddie Rabbitt “Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight”
Eddie Rabbitt hit the Top 40 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart with three songs from his 1981 Step by Step album. On this date in 1982, the second of those three hits, “Someone Could Lose a...
