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" Love Is You " was a club hit for the disco singer from Montclair, New Jersey, Carol Williams. Appearing on her album 'Lectric Lady on the Salsoul Label, the song was written by Vince Montana Jr and Ronnie Walker. As the "B-side" to the 12" single " Come Back ", the pair of songs climbed to #29 on the National Disco Action Top-40 in 1977. In 2000, "Love Is You" was sampled to provide the base for DJ Spiller and Sophie Ellis-Bexter's " Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) ", which topped the British singles charts and went to #3 on the American dance club play list. (Click below to see the rest of the post)

" Interstate Love Song " - Stone Temple Pilots from the album Purple (1994) Billboard Hot 100 peak: ineligible to chart Billboard Hot 100 Airplay peak: #18 (one week) Weeks in the Hot 100 Airplay Top-40: 24 Today's song of the day comes from the post-grunge rock band Stone Temple Pilots , whose second album Purple had already spun out two radio hits that couldn't reach the official pop Hot 100 because they were not released commercially as physical singles: " Big Empty ", which was also a big part of the soundtrack to the movie The Crow , and " Vasoline ", which even made the airplay top-40 but couldn't be found on Casey Kasem's American Top-40 countdown many of us grew up with. Such also was the case with the third release from the album, "Interstate Love Song", a chunky rock piece that was instantly recognizable yet not toss-away sing-a-long number with even the title missing from the lyrics. Written by lead singer ...

" Walk Away From Love " was a big radio hit for former Temptations singer David Ruffin. Appearing on his album Who I Am , the breezy mid-tempo pre-disco shuffle-style number was written by Charles Kipps (a heralded screenwriter) and produced by Van McCoy, most famously known for his own record "The Hustle". The song missed the "disco" chart in Billboard magazine, but topped the R&B chart for a single week in 1976, while reaching the top ten on both the American (#9) and the UK (#10). (Click below to see the rest of the post)

" When We Dance " - Sting from the album Fields Of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984-1994 (1994) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #38 (one week) Weeks in the Top-40: 1 Today's song of the day comes from singer/bassist/songwriter and former Police frontman Sting , who had landed his sole solo-billed #1 hit with his collaboration with Bryan Adams and Rod Stewart, " All For Love ", in the beginning of 1994. Sting finished that same year with a collection of his solo hits to that point, Fields Of Gold , named for the top-40 hit he had from his previous album Ten Summoner's Tales in the summer of 1993. Along with a dozen of his most popular solo songs, there were two new selections unreleased until the set. Both were released as singles. The first, "When We Dance", was a muted but classy piece that just relies on the song and no new gadgets... "When We Dance" returned Sting to the American pop top-40 in December of 1994. The song also climbe...

" In Hollywood (Everybody Is A Star) " was a club hit for the iconic camp disco act the Village People . Appearing on their self-titled debut album , the song was written by Jacques Morali, Henri Belolo, and Phil Hurtt. On Billboard magazine's National Disco Action Top-40, the whole Village People album charted as one entry, where it spent seven weeks at #1 in 1977.

Friday's here, and it's time to run down my top 100 "hit" tunes from the previous week. Panic At The Disco stick around at #1 for a fourth week, while Icelandic rockers Of Monsters and Men (pictured above) climb two spots in the top ten. A former big hit from Benny Blanco/Halsey/Khalid drops off my list, while songs from Camelphat/Jake Bugg, Lizzo, and Avicii make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red ). Here we go again, calendar... This Week            Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Hey Look Ma, I Made It - Panic! At The Disco (1) 2. You Need To Calm Down - Taylor Swift (3) 3. Bad Guy - Billie Eilish (2) 4. Never Really Over - Katy Perry (4) 5. Talk - Khalid (6) 6. Beer Never Broke My Heart - Luke Combs (7) 7. Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi (5) 8. Alligator - Of Monsters And ...

" You Don't Know How It Feels " - Tom Petty from the album Wildflowers (1994) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #13 (one week) Weeks in the Top-40: 17 Today's song of the day comes from the late southern rock legend Tom Petty , who by the mid-1990's had been in a coasting period, releasing his first greatest hits album with both music billed "solo" and with the Heartbreakers. The collection even scored Tom and the Heartbreakers another top 20 pop hit as well as Petty's ninth total #1 Mainstream Rock radio single with " Mary Jane's Last Dance ". Switching labels to Warner Bros (explaining the hits set), Petty started out his tenure with the company with Wildflowers , the second album billed as a solo set, even though almost all of the Heartbreakers save drummer Stan Lynch, who left the band in 1994 and at the time was drumming for the reunited Eagles. Hiring Rick Rubin to co-produce the set along with long-time guitarist Mike Campbell, Pe...