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" The Boss " was a club hit for former Supreme and Motown music legend Diana Ross . Appearing on her album of the same name , the track was written and produced by the husband and wife team of Nicholas Ashford and Valerie Simpson. The Boss charted as an entire album, with no cuts listed separately, and spent two weeks at #1 on Billboard magazine's Disco Top 80 chart in 1979. The song also peaked at #19 on the pop chart and #12 on the R&B list. (Click below to see the rest of the post)

" Gone " is the new collaboration single between English pop singer/songwriter Charli XCX and French gender-fluid indie-pop artist Christine & The Queens (aka Heloise Letissier). Coming from Charli's upcoming third full-length album Charli , the bouncy bass-heavy single finds the pair cavorting in the rain in this new steamy music video. A worthy addition to your beachtime playlist...

Hey everyone! I'm back from my yearly trek to Bear Week in Provincetown, and I'm back to catch up with my top 100 "hit" songs from the previous week. Lewis Capaldi is at #1 for a fourth week, while Katy Perry (pictured above) climbs a pair of notches in the top ten. Former big hits from the Black Keys, Panic At The Disco, and Marshmello/CHVRCHES drop off my list, while songs from Lil' Nas X/Billy Ray Cyrus (!), OneRepublic, and Lana Del Rey make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red ). Thanks for being patient! This Week          Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi (1) 2. Hey Look Ma, I Made It - Panic! At The Disco (3) 3. Gloria - The Lumineers (4) 4. Bad Guy - Billie Eilish (6) 5. Missed Connection - The Head & The Heart (7) 6. Walk Me Home - Pink (2) 7...

" None Of Your Business "/" Heaven & Hell " from Salt-N-Pepa from the album Very Necessary (1993) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #32 (one week) Weeks in the Top-40: 5 (Ed. Note: Thank you for waiting a week while I was on vacation. As much as I love doing this little corner of the interwebs, it was worth it to be able to take a break to relax. Now I'm back with a two-fer!) Today's song(s) of the day come from the female rap group Salt-N-Pepa , who were enjoying the biggest pop success of their career with their Very Necessary album from 1993, which had already spun off a pair of top ten pop hits in America with " Shoop " and their collaboration with En Vogue, " Whatta Man ". (In 1994, "Shoop" also had a second run on the British charts in its "Ghetto Lab" remix , climbing to #13). The third single release from the album in America actually combined two tracks from the record released separately as singles inte...

" Turn The Beat Around " by Gloria Estefan from the albums Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me and The Specialist (Original Soundtrack) (1994) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #13 (three weeks) Weeks in the Top-40: 19 Today's song of the day comes from Cuban-American pop star Gloria Estefan, whose last English-language studio album Into The Light had spun off a pair of top-40 pop hits in America with " Live For Loving You " and the #1 " Coming Out Of The Dark ". After that, she released a Greatest Hits set, including four new tracks; one of them, " I See Your Smile ", almost made the top-40 at #48 in the spring of 1993. Later that same year, Gloria released two more special projects; first the Spanish-language album Mi Tierra, which contained two songs that topped the Latin Songs chart, as well as another, " Tradicion ", that went to #1 on Billboard 's Dance Club Play list. She also put out a holiday album, Christmas Through Your E...

Friday's here, and it's time to run down my top 100 "hit" tunes from the previous week. Lewis Capaldi reigns for a third week, while newcomer Billie Eilish (pictured above) rolls up three spots in the top ten. Songs from David Guetta/RAYE, Maren Morris, and Halsey make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red ), while former big hits from Halsey, Cage The Elephant, Billie Eilish, Lauv/Troye Sivan, Cody Johnson, and Meduza drop off my list. Safe travels, bears! This Week        Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Someone You Loved - Peter Capaldi (1) 2. Walk Me Home - Pink (2) 3. Hey Look Ma, I Made It - Panic! At The Disco (4) 4. Gloria - The Lumineers (6) 5. Sucker - Jonas Brothers (3) 6. Bad Guy - Billie Eilish (9) 7. Missed Connection - The Head and the Heart (7) 8. Trampoline - SHAED (8) 9. Da...

" Here Comes The Hotstepper " by Ini Kamoze from the albums Pret-A-Porter (Ready To Wear) (Original Soundtrack) and Here Comes The Hotstepper (both 1995) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #1 (two weeks) Weeks in the Top-40: 23 Today's song of the day comes from the reggae singer Cecil Campbell, who recorded under the moniker Ini Kamoze . Born in northern Jamaica, he started releasing music in the early 1980s, with little notice outside the reggae community. But it would take until a decade later for him to get his mainstream breakthrough. "Here Comes The Hotstepper", a bouncy midtempo pop-reggae tune about a guy on the lam from the cops, was built around a hook using the "na na na na" chorus from "Land Of A Thousand Dances" (which gave writer Chris Kenner a writing credit). But with a remix that incorporated the rhythm groove of Taana Gardner's disco hit "Heartbeat", along with being added to the soundtrack to the fashion movie ...