Published inThree Imaginary Girls42 Years Ago: New Order invents the future with “Blue Monday”How a song originally meant as a live stunt became the best-selling 12-inch single everMar 1617Mar 1617
Published inThree Imaginary GirlsR.I.P. Soul Legend Jerry Butler, 1939–2025The Ice Man was the king of Chicago soul in the ’60s and ‘70sFeb 262Feb 262
Published inThree Imaginary Girls1985: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 7: February 16, 1985)Classics from Dead Or Alive, The Smiths, and, oddly, Soft Cell, plus The Associates and The BluebellsFeb 1815Feb 1815
Published inThree Imaginary Girls1985: The Week In Top 40 Hits (Week 6: February 9, 1985)The Commodores, Kool and the Gang, Bronski Beat, Heaven 17, and David Bowie’s last good single of the ‘80sFeb 139Feb 139
Published inThree Imaginary Girls1985: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 5: February 2, 1985)King, Phil Collins, The Art Of Noise, Terry Hall and the Colour Field, and Kirsty MacColl makes a Billy Bragg tune a classicFeb 625Feb 625
Published inThree Imaginary Girls34 Years Ago: Teenage Fanclub’s BandwagonesqueHow Nirvana’s new labelmates made Spin’s best album of 1991Feb 26Feb 26
Published inThree Imaginary Girls1985: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 4: 26 January 1985)Strawberry Switchblade, Alison Moyet, the last good Thompson Twins single, and a mild mashup of The Skids and MagazineJan 278Jan 278
Published inThree Imaginary Girls1985: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 3: 19 January 1985)Tears For Fears, somebody called This Island Earth, Stevie Wonder, plus The Style Council and guests do their part for the striking minersJan 2111Jan 2111
Published inThree Imaginary Girls1985: My Year In The British Top 75 (Week 2: 12 January 1985)Easing out the holidays with Toy Dolls, Ian McCulloch without the Bunnymen, Limahl without Kajagoogoo, and The StranglersJan 1311Jan 1311
Published inThree Imaginary GirlsRemembering The Suburbs’ Beej Chaney, 1957–2025An underappreciated figure in American new wave is goneJan 125Jan 125
