12. LIKE A VIRGIN- Madonna (#3, 1984, 1,013,000)
80s position: 6
And so a superstar was born, though “Holiday” was a top 10 hit some months before it was “Like A Virgin” that caused the controversy and announced the arrival of the most influential female soloist of the last 40 years. The Venice set video, the erotic Gondola dancing, it’s all here with some suggestive (for 1984) lyrics, and the public lapped it up making it the highest selling Non No 1 hit of the decade by a female soloist when the decade closed. She didn’t want to record the single when first heard, only when she couldn’t get it out of her head did she relent and pop history was born.
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80s position: 6
And so a superstar was born, though “Holiday” was a top 10 hit some months before it was “Like A Virgin” that caused the controversy and announced the arrival of the most influential female soloist of the last 40 years. The Venice set video, the erotic Gondola dancing, it’s all here with some suggestive (for 1984) lyrics, and the public lapped it up making it the highest selling Non No 1 hit of the decade by a female soloist when the decade closed. She didn’t want to record the single when first heard, only when she couldn’t get it out of her head did she relent and pop history was born.
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