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" 5 Dollars " is the third single from the upcoming September release CHRIS from French Canadian act Christine and the Queens . The moniker used by singer/songwriter Héloïse Letissier, who identifies as pansexual and now goes by "Chris", went to #2 on both the British and French albums chart with their debut album Chaleur Humaine , and hit #20 in the UK singles chart with the amazing song "Tilted".

" I Wish The Phone Would Ring " - Exposé from the album Exposé (1992) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #28 (two weeks) Weeks in the Top-40: 7 Today's song of the day comes from the Miami-based freestyle dance trio Exposé , who had again scored four top-40 pop hits from their second album What You Don't Know with " Your Baby Never Looked Good In Blue ", " Tell Me Why ", " When I Looked At Him ", and " What You Don't Know ". However, when they were touring behind that album, member Gioia Bruno fell ill and lost her voice, causing her to leave the group, who brought in Kelly Moneymaker as the third vocalist. With her on board, the group released their self-titled third album Exposé in the fall of 1992. The lead single from the record would be the mid-tempo new jack-ish dance track "I Wish The Phone Would Ring". Written by Michael Jay and Marvin Murrow, and produced by Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiero (who were m...

" He's The Greatest Dancer ", by Chic's greatest prodigy Sister Sledge , spent two weeks at #2 on Billboard 's Disco Chart in 1979 as a double-sided 12" single with "We Are Family". The song also climbed to #9 on the American pop chart, their first top-40 hit. Produced by Nile Rodgers of Chic, it remains one of his best.

" Phantom Of The Dance Floor " marks the return of Canadian dance-pop singer/songwriter Kiesza , who topped the British chart in 2014 with the stellar " Hideaway " (something from that video shows up here as well). If features bass-baritone opera singer Philippe Sly and a bunch of eerie puppet creatures. In a just world, this would be this year's Halloween anthem.

" Little Miss Can't Be Wrong " - Spin Doctors from the album Pocket Full Of Kryptonite (1991) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #17 (one week) Weeks in the Top-40: 12 Today's song of the day comes from the alternative rock group Spin Doctors , who came together in New York City in the last half of the 1980s under lead singer Chris Barron. He brought guitarist Eric Schenkman from a previous band, and took on bass player Mark White and drummer Aaron Comess to dub themselves the Spin Doctors. After releasing a live EP after being signed to Epic Records, they released their debut full length album Pocket Full Of Kryptonite . The first single from the record was the uptempo groovy, funky, and funny story-song of "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong". Written by the band, who produced the record with Peter Denenberg and Frankie LaRocka, Barron's delivery sounded uncannily like 1970s Steve Miller, and in no time it became a huge rock and them pop radio hit, describi...

A former back-up singer for Barry White, Viola Wills took this epic remake of the Gordon Lightfoot ballad to #2 on the Disco Chart in Billboard for five glorious weeks in 1980. In 1998, the trio of Ultra Nate', Amber, and Jocelyn Enriquez made it to #3 with their cover from the movie 54 .

"How I Feel" is the lead single from the EP Tough Love by Welsh singer/songwriter Bright Light Bright Light which comes out next month. Here's a bonus track from the EP, "Uh Huh"...