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• Aug 31, 20262.7x their median

  “Pet Sematary” is from Ramones’s 1989 album Brain Drain. Written by Dee Dee Ramone, the song was inspired by Stephen King’s novel Pet Sematary and written for the 1989 film adaptation. It became one of the band's biggest commercial successes, reaching #4 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart and becoming one of the Ramones' best-known songs. The song came about after Stephen King, a longtime Ramones fan, invited the band to his home in Maine while they were on tour. According to the story, Dee Dee Ramone read an advance copy of the novel overnight and wrote the song the following day. The film's success helped introduce the Ramones to a broader audience.

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• Sep 6, 20262.1x their median

  “Come On Eileen” is from Dexys Midnight Runners’ 1982 album Too-Rye-Ay. The Celtic-influenced pop classic became a massive global phenomenon, reaching #1 on both the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100, where it famously knocked The Rolling Stones’ "Start Me Up" off the top spot. The track gradually accelerates throughout its running time, culminating in a frenetic finale that mirrors the escalating passion of the lyrics. To mark a drastic artistic reinvention, Rowland replaced the band's brass-driven sound with fiddles and Celtic folk influences, adopting a rural Irish aesthetic featuring denim overalls. Though initially shocking to critics, the look became permanently etched in pop culture history thanks to the song's heavy MTV rotation.

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• Sep 4, 20262.1x their median

  “Party All the Time” began after comedy legend Richard Pryor made a $100,000 bet with Eddie Murphy, challenging him to record a serious music album with no jokes. Murphy teamed up with his friend Rick James, who wrote and produced the track. The two ended up snowed in together for about two weeks at James’s estate in Orchard Park as a result of the so-called “Six-Pack Blizzard,” a historic storm that dumped over 33 inches of snow on the region in 1985. The song far exceeded expectations and became one of the biggest crossover hits of 1985. The track is from Eddie Murphy's 1985 debut album, "How Could It Be." Written and produced by Rick James, the synth-funk anthem became an unexpected commercial success, reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 where it stayed for three weeks, kept off the top spot by Lionel Richie's "Say You, Say Me", and also charting internationally. Despite Murphy's fame as a comedian, the song proved he could also score a legitimate pop hit. Despite being widely remembered today as an '80s novelty, Murphy took the project seriously. He continued returning to music over the years, including reggae-influenced material more recently, such as the 2013 single "Red Light," featuring Snoop Dogg (then known as Snoop Lion).

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• Sep 5, 20262.0x their median

  “Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now” is Starship's biggest hit. Written by Diane Warren and Albert Hammond specifically for the 1987 film Mannequin, the song was partly inspired by Hammond's own life: he had been living with his girlfriend Claudia for seven years and was finally able to marry her after his divorce from his previous wife was finalised. What began as an idea for a wedding song was transformed by Hammond and Warren into the sweeping romantic anthem that became the film's signature song. Released as a single in 1987, “Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now” became Starship's third and final No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, where it spent two weeks at the top. It also topped the UK Singles Chart for four weeks and became the UK's second-best-selling song of 1987. The song earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song at the 60th Academy Awards in 1988, while its success made it one of the defining romantic pop-rock anthems of the late 1980s.

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• Sep 5, 20261.9x their median

  When Boney M. became one of the first Western pop groups to perform in the Soviet Union in 1978, the authorities prohibited the band from performing "Rasputin", considering its portrayal of the Russian mystic irreverent and its lyrics ("lover of the Russian queen" and "Russia's greatest love machine") too provocative. Despite the ban, the song became enormously popular through unofficial recordings, sparking renewed interest in the historical figure of Rasputin among Soviet audiences. Although Bobby Farrell became the face of Boney M. with his energetic dancing and charismatic stage presence, most of the male vocals on the group's studio recordings were actually performed by producer Frank Farian, who used Farrell primarily as the group's live frontman.

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• Sep 5, 20261.8x their median

  “Jump” was the debut single by Kris Kross from their 1992 album Totally Krossed Out. The duo were only 12 and 13 years old when they recorded the song. Atlanta producer Jermaine Dupri discovered the teenagers and helped turn them into a sensation, writing and producing most of their debut album. “Jump” itself was produced by Dupri and Joe “The Butcher” Nicolo and became one of the biggest pop-rap hits of the early 1990s. The track spent eight consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1992, making it the longest-running No. 1 hit since The Police's “Every Breath You Take” in 1983. It sold more than two million copies in the United States that year, making it the country's third best-selling single of 1992. The music video, directed by Rich Murray and filmed in Atlanta, became just as memorable: during the shoot, Atlanta experienced a rare snowfall that Murray recalled as the city's first in about 20 years, providing the unexpected snow-covered scenes seen in the video.

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• Sep 5, 20261.6x their median

  "House of the Rising Sun" is a traditional American folk ballad with origins dating back to at least the early 1900s, though its exact history remains uncertain. Inspired by Bob Dylan's 1962 recording, The Animalstransformed the song into a electric rock arrangement in 1964. Released as a single, it spent three weeks at #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and also topped the UK Singles Chart. It became the first #1 hit by a British band in the United States with a non-original song, helping define the sound of the British Invasion.

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• Sep 4, 20261.6x their median

  “Streets of Philadelphia” was written by Bruce Springsteen for Philadelphia (1993), after director Jonathan Demme asked for a song that would capture the loneliness, pain and quiet resilience of Tom Hanks’s character as he wanders through the city. Released as a single in 1994, it became one of the biggest hits of Springsteen’s career, reaching #9 on the Billboard Hot 100, his 12th(!) and most recent U.S. Top 10 hit as well as #2 on the UK Singles Chart, his highest chart position there. It also topped the charts in countries including Germany, France, Austria, Ireland and Italy. The song went on to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song and four Grammy Awards, including Song of the Year.

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• Sep 6, 20261.5x their median

  “Karma Chameleon” has often been interpreted as a reflection of Boy George's turbulent relationship with Culture Club drummer Jon Moss. George himself, however, described the song more broadly as being about the fear of alienation, changing yourself to please other people and the consequences of not being true to who you are. That ambiguity gives the seemingly cheerful song a more bittersweet meaning. Recorded for Culture Club's 1983 album Colour by Numbers, “Karma Chameleon” became the band's biggest worldwide hit. It topped the Billboard Hot 100 in the US, becoming their first and only No. 1 there, and also reached No. 1 in the UK, where it spent six weeks at the top and became the country's best-selling single of 1983. The colourful music video, directed by Peter Sinclair, was filmed at Desborough Island in Weybridge.

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• Sep 6, 2026

  “Voyage, Voyage” is the biggest hit by French singer Desireless (Claudie Fritsch-Mentrop). Written by Jean-Michel Rivat and Dominique Dubois and released in 1986, the atmospheric synth-pop song became an unexpected international phenomenon despite being sung entirely in French. It reached No. 1 in Germany, Austria, Norway and Spain, while peaking at No. 2 in France, where it remained there for four weeks. Its dramatic vocals, electronic production and mysterious atmosphere made it one of the defining European synth-pop hits of the 1980s. Desireless was relatively unknown before “Voyage, Voyage,” and she never matched the song's enormous international success. In the UK the original recording reached No. 53 in 1987, while a 1988 remix climbed to No. 5. Despite becoming a major hit across Europe, the song did not enter the US Billboard charts. The music video, directed by photographer Bettina Rheims, features American actor David Caruso, who was still at the beginning of his acting career at the time.

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