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Heart - Alone (1987)

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Heart released the song as the first single from their ninth studio album, Bad Animals , in May 1987. Their version is a power ballad that begins with a piano line and a subdued vocal from Ann Wilson before exploding into an amplified hard rock and synth-led chorus. Read more about the song

Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night) [1983]

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" All Night Long (All Night) " is a hit single by American singer-songwriter Lionel Richie from 1983. Taken from his second solo album, Can't Slow Down, it combined Richie's soulful Commodores style with Caribbean influences. This new, more dance music, pop-inspired approach proved popular, as the single reached number one on three Billboard charts (pop, R&B and adult contemporary). Richard Marx contributed backing vocals as an unknown until his 1986 debut album appeared. Read more about the song

Kylie Minogue - Spinning Around (2000)

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 " Spinning Aroun d" is a 2000 song recorded by Australian singer Kylie Minogue for her seventh studio album, Light Years (2000). It won the 2000 ARIA Music Award for Best Pop Release. Written by Ira Shickman, Osborne Bingham, Kara DioGuardi, and Paula Abdul, " Spinning Around " was initially meant to be recorded by Abdul for her own album, but was given to Minogue after the plan never came to fruition. Produced by Mike Spencer, the disco-influenced dance-pop song was then released as the lead single from Light Years on 19 June 2000. Lyrically, the song addresses the theme of reinvention, with Minogue claiming that she has changed as a person and learned from the past.   Read more about the song

Crystal Waters - 100% Pure Love (1994)

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" 100% Pure Love " is a 1994 single recorded by house musician Crystal Waters. The song is inspired by her relationship at the time. The singer says she chose the stylings of the song as a reaction to the popularity of gangsta rap during the mid-1990s in the United States. Read more about the song

The Cure - Close To Me (1985)

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"Close to Me" is a song by English rock band the Cure, released in September 1985 as the second and final single from their sixth album, The Head on the Door. Read more about the song

Genesis - Invisible Touch (1986)

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" Invisible Touch " is the title track and first single from the 1986 album of the same name by the English rock band Genesis. The song is a group composition which featured lyrics written by singer and drummer Phil Collins. Read more about the song

Garbage - You Look So Fine (1999)

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" You Look So Fine " is a single released in 1999, and was the final single taken from Garbage's second album Version 2.0, where it was also the closing track. " You Look So Fine " closed either the main set or encore at every headlining show Garbage performed on the two-year-long Version 2.0 world tour. Read more about the song

Robert Plant - 29 Palms (1993)

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"29 Palms " is a song from Robert Plant's 1993 album Fate of Nations . It was written by Charlie Jones, Chris Blackwell, Doug Boyle, Phil Johnstone, and Robert Plant. The song was written about the small town of Twentynine Palms, California, which is located in San Bernardino County in the Mojave Desert. It is said to be based on Canadian singer Alannah Myles, whom Plant was touring with in California at the time he wrote the song. There is an alternative theory that it was written about a male disc jockey who reportedly worked on the radio station there at that time that Robert "had an interest in". Read more about the song

Billy Joel - Just the Way You Are (1978)

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" Just the Way You Are " is a song by Billy Joel; it is the third track from his album The Stranger (1977). It became both Joel's first US Top 10 and UK Top 20 single (reaching #3 and #19 respectively), as well as Joel's first gold single in the US. The song also topped the Billboard Easy Listening Chart for the entire month of January 1978. Read more about the song

Simply Red - Say You Love Me (1998)

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Blue is the sixth studio album by Simply Red, released on East West Records on 19 May 1998, and includes " Say You Love Me ". Read more about the album