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No matter, the song is a Madonna classic. This caused outrage on two different sides: the pro-choice people who thought the message of the song was pro-life and then there’s the people who thought this song was advocating for teen pregnancy. Over an orchestral dance beat, it tells the story of a girl who admits to her father that she’s pregnant and that she’s going to keep the baby and raise it with her boyfriend, no matter how much the father disapproves. She wasn’t afraid to be controversial, either. She laid the groundwork for every female pop star who came after her. Her influence on pop music cannot be overlooked. Well, it took this long, but I finally get to talk about Madonna in this list. I didn’t even think of that until I looked at the lyrics. In spite how laidback and relaxing the instrumentation is, the lyrics are very sexually driven as it describes a woman about to give up the goods for the first time. The instrumentation is simple and effective. One of the earliest new wave hits, it’s also one of the most iconic. Here’s a song that’s pretty much synonymous with the 80s, Brass In Pocket by The Pretenders. This song is perfect for playlists of any 80s-themed party and is one of the many classics Whitney has under her belt. This song is an 80s dance staple thanks to its synth-heavy production, Whitney’s amazing vocals, and the simplicity of wanting somebody to dance with. The first four singles of her second album Whitney all went to number one and we’re gonna talk about one of them, I Wanna Dance With Somebody. Even though she’s not around, her music still is. It’s been more than five years since she’s passed. The former song is an acoustic guitar-rooted song with a kick ass guitar solo while the latter song is a power ballad with pianos and organs. What makes these songs work is the details in the writing and some really good instrumentation. In Take It On The Run, she wants to leave town because of these rumors and in Keep On Loving You, he still want to love her despite the fact that she hurt him. They’re both songs about Kevin Cronin’s reaction to finding out his girlfriend might be cheating on him. I didn’t know which song was better, Take It On The Run or Keep On Loving You, so I picked both. There are some bands and songs in the genre that work really well like REO Speedwagon. 47.Ĭontrary to what some might think, I don’t hate all soft rock. Belinda brings the same passion she had while with the Go-Go’s as she seeks a piece of mind and a heaven on Earth. Michelle Phillips of The Mamas & The Papas contributes backing vocals and Thomas Dolby of She Blinded Me With Science fame is on the keyboards. It’s a power pop ballad with lush, anthemic instrumentation. When the band broke up in 1985, she started a solo career with her biggest hit being Heaven Is A Place On Earth. 48.īelinda Carlisle is the frontwoman of the all-female band the Go-Go’s. Rotem sampled this song for one of Rihanna’s earliest hits S.O.S., but he could never recreate the greatness of Soft Cell’s cover. I like the Gloria Jones version fine enough, but Soft Cell took it to another level with those gothic synths and organs in the production and Marc Almond’s pain sounding more convincing. Soft Cell took this old soul song about toxic love and made it into a new wave hit. More specifically, a cover to the Gloria Jones song of the same title. Tainted Love by Soft Cell is one of those covers. There’s been many instances of covers that are so well-known that most people don’t even realize that they’re covers.
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This is one of those songs that you’re gonna hear at sporting events. Thankfully, Van Halen took that inspiration and made a more inspiring song about jumping towards opportunities. The lyrics were inspired by a news report of a guy threatening to jump off of a building while onlookers were shouting “jump.” That’s kinda dark. It goes along with the rest of the arena rock instrumentation, which are stadium-level huge, and David Lee Roth being David Lee Roth. Jump by Van Halen might have one of the best synth riffs of any song period. Every time I hear this song, the intro gives me goosebumps.