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" Get On Your Feet " - Gloria Estefan from the album Cuts Both Ways (1989) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #11 (one week) Weeks in the Top-40: 8 Today's song of the day comes from Cuban-American pop/dance artist Gloria Estefan , who had struck out on her own nominally from the Miami Sound Machine in the fall of 1989 with her #1 pop ballad " Don't Wanna Lose You ". The second single from the Cuts Both Ways album would be an upbeat number with Latin-style rhythms that heralded back to the band days with "Get On Your Feet". Written by Miami Sound Machine members Clay Ostwald, Jorge Casas, and John DeFaria, the party anthem was a big hit in concert... "Get On Your Feet" became the second hit from the album, just missing the pop top-ten in America in November of 1989. The song did better at Adult Contemporary (or "easy listening") radio, peaking at #5 on that list, while the 12" remix returned her to the Dance Club Play ch...

Here's the top ten hits in Germany this week, according to their official singles chart , as "Human" from Rag N' Bone Man spends a seventh week on top... 1. " Human " - Rag N' Bone Man (1) 2. " Would I Lie To You? " - David Guetta & Cedric Gervais featuring Chris Willis (2) 3. "Rockabye" - Clean Bandit featuring Anne-Marie & Sean Paul (DEBUT) 4. " Starboy " - The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk (6) 5. " The Sound Of Silence " - Disturbed (4) 6. " My Way " - Calvin Harris (5) 7. " The Greatest " - Sia featuring Kendrick Lamar (3) 8. " Closer " - The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey (7) 9. " Say You Won't Let Go " - James Arthur (9) 10. " Let Me Love You " - DJ Snake featuring Justin Bieber (8) British neo-house act Clean Bandit leap into the top ten at #3 with their new single "Rockabye" featuring singer Anne-Marie and reggaeton artist S...

" Blame It On The Rain " - Milli Vanilli from the album Girl You Know It's True (1989) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #1 (two weeks) Weeks in the Top-40: 14 Today's song of the day comes from the pop/dance act Milli Vanilli , who had been fooling the world with their lipsynching frontmen while racking up three huge singles in the process with " Girl You Know It's True " and the #1 hits " Baby Don't Forget My Number " and " Girl I'm Gonna Miss You ". The fourth single from the Frank Farian -produced phenomenon would be "Blame It On The Rain", written by A-list "song doctor" Diane Warren. If it weren't for the scandalous way this was released and the true vocalists given their due, this pop nugget would be considered one of the classic songs of the year... "Blame It On The Rain" became Milli Vanilli's third and what would be final #1 pop hit in the U.S. in November of 1989. The single...

 Here's the top ten hits in France this week, according to their official singles chart , as Richard Orlinski and Eva Simons reign for a third week... 1. " Heartbeat " - Richard Orlinski & Eva Simons (1) 2. " Lost On You " - LP (3) 3. " I Feel So Bad " - KUNGS featuring Ephemerals (RE-ENTRY) 4. " 24K Magic " - Bruno Mars (5) 5. " This Girl " - KUNGS vs. Cookin' On 3 Burners (9) 6. " Human " - Rag N' Bone Man (6) 7. " Starboy " - The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk (10) 8. " Don't You Know " - KUNGS featuring Jamie N Commons (RE-ENTRY) 9. " The Greatest " - Sia featuring Kendrick Lamar (7) 10. "Heathens" - twenty-one pilots (DEBUT) American modern rock duo twenty-one pilots score their second top ten hit in this country with "Heathens" at #10. Their first, "Stressed Out", made it to #2... (Click below to see the rest of the post) ...

" Angelia " - Richard Marx from the album Repeat Offender (1989) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #4 (one week) Weeks in the Top-40: 11 Today's song of the day comes from pop singer/songwriter Richard Marx , whose second album Repeat Offender had already scored him a pair of #1 hits in America with " Satisfied " and " Hold On To The Nights ". The third single from the album was the mid-tempo pop-rock excursion "Angelia". Written and produced by the artist, the brooding number named for a flight attendant had the right combination of romantic yearning and breathy danger to have radio interested. The video was directed by futured sci-fi movie hack Michael Bay... "Angelia" became the third top-5 hit from Repeat Offender (and Richard's seventh consecutive overall) in December of 1989. The song also climbed to #2 on Billboard 's Adult Contemporary (or "easy listening") radio chart. Internationally, the record wen...

" The Way To Your Heart " - Soulsister from the album It Takes Two (1988) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #41 This week's 'robbed hit' comes from the Belgian "sophisti-pop" duo Soulsister , who got together in the mid-80s, and had a couple of minor hits in their country before hitting #1 with the bouncy dance song "The Way To Your Heart". Written by Jan Leyers and Paul Michiels of the duo themselves, the song caught on internationally, eventually making it to the States... Soulsister - Show Me The Way To Your Heart from Jordi DaBoss on Vimeo . While "The Way To Your Heart" was a big hit on American Adult Contemporary (or "easy listening") radio, reaching #5 on Billboard 's chart, the single stalled right under the pop top-40 at #41 for two weeks in November of 1989. They wouldn't been seen again in the U.S., but continued their modestly successful European career to this day. Also, Leyers co-wrote a #1 count...

" Sunshine " - Dino from the album 24/7 (1989) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #23 (one week) Weeks in the Top-40: 6 Today's song of the day comes from the dance-pop singer/songwriter/producer Dino, who finally landed his first top-40 pop hit in the U.S. with the third single from his debut album, " I Like It ". For the follow-up he released another bright mid-tempo dance track, "Sunshine". Written, produced, and sung by the artist, the song again found favor on pop radio with his innocuous lyrics and sunny attitude... "Sunshine" became Dino's second top-40 pop hit in November of 1989. The single also climbed to #47 on Billboard 's R&B chart. A fifth single from the album, the seductive "Never 2 Much Of U", was a minor hit on the pop (#61) and R&B (#69) charts. (Click below to see the rest of the post)