THE #1 SONG 25 YEARS AGO TODAY WAS.....

.....Eternal Flame by The Bangles. The Bangles had already reached the top of the Hot 100 once with Walk Like An Egyptian in 1986, but Eternal Flame was little less of a surprise hit and eventually broke up the band. Susanna Hoffs, who most people consider the "lead" singer (the band disputes that label) wrote the song with hit-makers Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly and released it as the second single from their 1988 album Everything. While members of the band all agreed that the song was perfectly lovely, they didn't feel that Eternal Flame sounded like their music. Guitarist Michael Steele said on their episode of VH1's Behind the Music it was more of a Whitney Houston ballad than a song by The Bangles. The record label backed Hoffs and released the song, which hit #1 on the Hot 100 on April 1, 1989. April's Fool's indeed! Eternal Flame also topped the charts in Australia, the UK, Sweden, Norway, The Netherlands and Ireland as well as the US Adult Contemporary chart.  It is definitely one of their signature hits. The band eventually mended fences in the late 90s and put our another album and toured. Eternal Flame lives on.

80s BAND BERLIN HAS A NEW ALBUM OUT....AND IT'S AWESOME! READ AND LISTEN.

Berlin was a pioneering electro-pop band. It wasn't called "electro-pop" then, it was called New Wave, but they were still what I just said, so calm down, beyotch. They started gaining their initial momentum in 1980 when 19-year old Terri Nunn and the boys released the controversial prototype for all slut songs, Sex (I'm A...) and followed it up with the EP Pleasure Victim (I TOTALLY CAN with that title). The songs that followed rocked the dance floors around the world and lit up a new little channel you might know as MTV (yes, they used to show videos); The Metro, Masquerade, No More Words (my fave). The band found its biggest hit, and eventually its downfall, with a song from the Top Gun Soundtrack, Take My Breath Away. That song, written by Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock, was a monster hit all over the world, reaching #1 on Billboard Hot 100 and winning an Oscar and Golden Globe for Best Original Song. It was also such a powerful love song that it got known lesbians Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis to crave opposite genitals in the movie!! The band was very split on the success of TMBA. Lead singer Terri thought of it as a way to reach a wider audience and wanted to use that to catapult the band to greater success, but the rest of the band resented it as it was not written by them. Eventually the tension and the failure of the follow up album, Count Three & Pray, lead to the dissolution of the band. Terri released some solo work, but never quite found her place in the market. Flash forward to 2000 and the band reunites on VH1's Bands Reunited (what a clever name, huh?) and start touring again. They opened for INXS and did shows around the world. Now it's 2013 and they are back with an awesome electro-pop record that takes them right back to their roots. Animal is made for the clubs. Sure, there are a couple of ballads thrown in for good measure, but the majority of the album is full throttle dance. Terri is in MORE than fine voice and still looking pretty hot as well. Animal available on iTunes HERE and you can listen to the remix of the title track below. Check out the album and maybe click on the links on the songs above and check out some the old songs you know and love by Berlin while you're at it. Enjoy!!

MILEY CYRUS PERFORMS REBEL YELL AT VH1 DIVAS LIVE

While saying the word "diva" in the same sentence as some of the ladies who performed at this year's VH1 Divas Live concert makes my stomach drop out of my anus (Keri Hilson, Demi Lavato, Jordin Sparks??), I have to give props where props are due. Former Disney queen Miley Cyrus did a pretty great version of Billy Idol's classic 80s head-banger Rebel Yell. With full breast and crotch grabbing choreo, Miley gave us her best Idol with a cropped blonde 'do and plenty of leather. Respect! Check out the performance below.

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MADONNA TOPS THE VH1 LIST OF 100 GREATEST WOMEN IN MUSIC

Focusing on the last 20 years in music history, VH1 has compiled their list of The 100 Greatest Women in Music. Starting last night, VH1 is showing five nights of the special running all week. Of course, the top spot on that list belongs to the one and only Queen of Pop, Madonna. Like it or not, Madonna completely changed the way the pop music industry worked, especially for women, from the first time she hit the charts. She's continuously stayed ahead of the game and is still one of the most famous women in the world. There's no denying that she has left an indelible mark on the music scene. Here is the complete list of The 100 Greatest Women in Music for you to peruse at your leisure. Enjoy and know who is on top! MADONNA, THAT'S WHO!!!! Oh, where is Dolly Parton????

100. Pussycat Dolls

99. Demi Lovato

98. Ashanti

97. Grace Potter

96. Mandy Moore

95. Wilson Phillips

94. Colbie Caillat

93. Feist

92. Jordin Sparks

91. Monica

90. Regina Spektor

89. Hillary Scott (Lady Antebellum)

88. SWV

87. Robyn

86. Ingrid Michaelson

85. Faith Evans

84. Avril Lavigne

83. Meg White (The White Stripes)

82. Miley Cyrus

81. Spice Girls

80. Sara Bareilles

79. PJ Harvey

78. Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth)

77. Hayley Williams (Paramore)

76. Leona Lewis

75. Kim Deal (The Breeders, The Pixies)

74. Paula Abdul

73. Dido

72. Brandy

71. Natalie Merchant

70. Macy Gray

69. Courtney Love

68. Indigo Girls

67. M.I.A.

66. Natasha Bedingfield

65. Liz Phair

64. Eve

63. Jill Scott

62. Leann Rimes

61. Shirley Manson (Garbage)

60. Florence + The Machine

59. Destiny’s Child

58. Miranda Lambert

57. Ke$ha

56. Gloria Estefan

55. Fiona Apple

54. Tori Amos

53. Sarah McLachlan

52. En Vogue

51. Nelly Furtado

50. Lauryn Hill

49. Amy Lee (Evanescence)

48. Aaliyah

47. Kylie Minogue

46. Toni Braxton

45. Lil’ Kim

44. Erykah Badu

43. Taylor Swift

42. Melissa Etheridge

41. Jewel

40. Nicki Minaj

39. Dixie Chicks

38. Salt N Pepa

37. Faith Hill

36. Shakira

35. Shania Twain

34. Queen Latifah

33. Norah Jones

32. Fantasia

31. Cher

30. Sade

29. Bjork

28. k.d. Lang

27. Fergie

26. Amy Winehouse

25. Sheryl Crow

24. Jennifer Hudson

23. Carrie Underwood

22. Annie Lennox

21. Celine Dion

20. Rihanna

19. Kelly Clarkson

18. Missy Elliott

17. Katy Perry

16. Jennifer Lopez

15. Alanis Morissette

14. Alicia Keys

13. Gwen Stefani

12. TLC

11. Britney Spears

10. P!nk

09. Mary J. Blige

08. Christina Aguilera

07. Janet Jackson

06. Whitney Houston

05. Adele

04. Lady Gaga

03. Beyoncé

02. Mariah Carey

01. Madonna

ADAM LAMBERT: UNPLUGGED. WHATYA WANT FROM ME

Adam Lambert performed on VH1's new Unplugged and did a damn fine job, I must say. Here is Adam singing his song Whataya Want From Me. He can really sing!! Watch more clips of Adam singing acoustic versions of his songs here.

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ADAM LAMBERT KICKS OFF VH1 UNPLUGGED

The Unplugged series is coming back to MTV, CMT and VH1 with different artists on each channel. To kick it off on VH1 they have chosen AI alum and sassy-boy Adam Lambert. Lambert's debut album, For Your Entertainment came out November 23 of last year and debuted at #3 on the Hot 100. Adam's episode of the stripped down versions of his song will air March 10 on VH1. Lambert is currently traveling around the world promoting his album on shows like Australia's So You Think You Can Dance, and various appearances in Japan, Canada and the UK. [source]

VH1 EXPOSES ITSELF

VH1 is debuting a show called The Music Video Exposed. Sounds salacious!!! It's not really. It does sound fun though. A half-hour docu-show, The Music Video Exposed will take us behind the scenes and tell us the story about the most memorable, fantastic videos of the 1980s. Let's face it, it was the golden age of videos. Remember when MTV and VH1 played videos??? Oh, me either. I'm too young. I'm a fetus. Anyway, the show will debut on January 22 at 8PM and will run for 6 weeks. [source]