Published inThree Imaginary Girls1985: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 16, April 20, 1985)DeBarge crosses over, Duran Duran detours, Prince drops a hint, and David Lee Roth goes full VegasJust nowJust now
Published inThree Imaginary Girls1985: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 15: April 13, 1985)Madonna Dominates, Frankie Titillates, Fogerty Fights Back, and Jules Gets Weird5d ago125d ago12
Published inThree Imaginary Girls48 Years Ago: David Bowie Invents Post-Punk, Just Before PunkHow Berlin, Bowie, and one weird snare drum sound rewrote rock history with LowApr 1214Apr 1214
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 1618Mar 1618
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 263Feb 263
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
