Poptime

Herein, I collect and count down my favorite pop, rock, r&b and hip hop singles released between the time I was born (1/74) and right this minute. Ordering is pretty loose and arbitrary until I reach the top 10 or so, when rankings will really mean something.

I'm limiting myself to things that have actually charted in the Billboard Hot 100 (or Billboard subcharts or foreign equivalents when applicable). Otherwise, trying to narrow a list down to 101 songs would be border on impossible.

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  1. Artist: Scandal
    Song: The Warrior
    Year: 1984
    Highest Chart Position: #7 (Billboard Hot 100)

    Anyone know why Patty Smyth got special billing for this? I don’t. Not that it really matters, because it was actually their only full-length album (their sole other release came the year before in the form of the 5-song EP, including “Goodbye to You”).

    So, “The Warrior”. It’s completely and indefensibly ridiculous, especially the video which looks like an Andrew Lloyd Webber nightmare, but it’s the most awesome kind of ridiculous. Urgency without a point, a gigantic chorus with a lyrical hook that makes no sense no matter how it’s parsed. You know and I know you sing along to it every time it comes on the radio, though.

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