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

....So Emotional by Whitney Houston. Taking the top spot on January 9, 1988, Whitney racked up her 6th consecutive #1 song with So Emotional. The song was the third single and third #1 from Houston's second album, Whitney, and one of my all time favorite songs by "the voice". The song was written by the amazy song writing team of Tom Kelly and Billy Steinberg who wrote, among other hits, , I'll Stand By You by The Pretenders, , Alone by Heart, True Colors by Cyndi Lauper, Eternal Flame by The Bangles, and Like a Virgin by Madonna. Not too shabby, fellas. So Emotional stayed in the US top 10 for 14 weeks and became ranked #6 on the Billboard year-end chart. Whitney was on FIRE, guuurl. Anyway, get up, warm up your muscles and dance around to the #1 song 25 years ago today, Whitney's So Emotional. "I don't know why I like you. I just do..."

HUMPDAY SEXY SONG: I TOUCH MYSELF - DIVINYLS

Released in January 1991, the Divinyls' I Touch Myself caused quite a stir. The sexy, saucy lyrics were pretty controversial at the time, but despite that the song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Take that, prudes!!! The song was written by band members Christina Amphlett and Mark McEntee with powerhouse songwriting team Tom Kelly and Billy Steinberg. Kelly and Steinberg wrote such hits as Like a Virgin, True Colors, I'll Stand By You, and So Emotional among others. Christina came across an entry in their notebook with lyric ideas for I Touch Myself, loved it, and they all completed the song together. Thus, sexy song history was made. The song was famously used in the first Austin Powers movie to great effect. So shut off the lights and listen to the Divinyls' I Touch Myself, you big perv.