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1001 Songs Challenge #666: Kiss (1986)
Kiss made Prince’s record label nervous, convinced it wasn’t hit material, given the musical arrangement and indeed the great man’s vocals.
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1001 Songs Challenge #665: Don’t Want to Know If You Are Lonely (1986)
Hüsker Dü's song, Don’t Want to Know If You Are Lonely, is a break up song simply bursting with pain and anguish.
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1001 Songs Challenge #664: Dear God (1986)
Controversial upon release, XTC's Dear God is from the perspective of an agnostic who has begun to lean down the path towards atheism
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1001 Songs Challenge #663: Love Can’t Turn Around (1986)
Love Can’t Turn Around is all about unrequited love i.e. the worst kind. The narrator sings about a girl he loves but it's not reciprocated.
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1001 Songs Challenge #662: Rise (1986)
I knew nothing of Public Image Ltd prior to starting this challenge; now I'm intrigued. It's fascinating to see the development of John Lydon.
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1001 Songs Challenge #661: Move Your Body (1986)
Move Your Body was the first to be released under Marshall Jefferson's own name, following earlier house music tracks he made under aliases.
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1001 Songs Challenge #660: True Colors (1986)
True Colors is about seeing deep within a person and finding the core of who they are. Lauper sings to one who's struggling with the world.
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1001 Songs Challenge #659: First We Take Manhattan (1986)
#659 of the 1001 Songs Challenge is First We Take Manhattan by Jennifer Warnes
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1001 Songs Challenge #658: Raining Blood (1986)
We join thrash metal band Slayer in 1986 with the release of Raining Blood, a track from their third album Reign in Blood.
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1001 Songs Challenge #657: No Sleep Till Brooklyn (1986)
In No Sleep Till Brooklyn, the Beastie Boys offer a narrative of life on the road and the music business in general.
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1001 Songs Challenge #656: Some Candy Talking (1986)
Some Candy Talking raised eyebrows upon release. Mention of getting a taste of candy left some radio stations sure the track referenced drugs.
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1001 Songs Challenge #655: There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (1986)
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out once again combines Morrissey’s knack for memorable lyrics with Johnny Marr’s fabulous guitar.
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1001 Songs Challenge #654: Wide Open Road (1986)
Wide Open Road from The Triffids captures a sense of nostalgia, bitterness and regret on the long journey that is life.
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1001 Songs Challenge #653: Time of No Reply (1986)
Nick Drake had died in 1974 but when we pick up the story 12 years on there have been numerous recordings issued of unreleased material.
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1001 Songs Challenge #652: Ay te dejo en San Antonio (1986)
Flaco Jiménez's Ay te dejo en San Antonio translates as I Will Leave You in San Antonio and is definitely not a comedy.
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1001 Songs Challenge #651: Kerosene (1986)
Kerosene is a dark portrayal of teenage life in a small American town where it is hard to find anything to entertain one’s self.
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1001 Songs Challenge #650: Sun City (1985)
In Sun City, the various musicians describe the situation in South Africa and how they are all united against apartheid.
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1001 Songs Challenge #649: Manic Monday (1985)
Manic Monday was written by Prince who shelved it rather than use it immediately. When he heard The Bangles he offered the track to them.
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1001 Songs Challenge #648: How Will I Know (1985)
#648 of the 1001 Songs Challenge is How Will I Know by Whitney Houston
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1001 Songs Challenge #647: Marlene on the Wall (1985)
#647 of the 1001 Songs Challenge is Marlene on the Wall by Suzanne Vega
