DSTM Blog - Welcome To The Neighborhood!

SO I FOR THIS WEEK'S FLASHBACK JAM, I AM GOING WITH A MOODY BALLAD. MAYBE IT IS THE HARD WEEK I HAD. MAYBE IT IS THE BIT OF WINE I ENJOYED WITH MY DINNER. OR MAYBE IT IS SIMPLY BECAUSE THIS SONG IS JUST AMAZING. RELEASED IN 1987, IT WAS THE THIRD SINGLE FROM HIS SOLO DEBUT ALBUM. THE SONG WAS ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO BE AN UPTEMPO SONG, BUT WHILE MIXING THE FINAL VERSION, THE TEMPO WAS SLOWED DOWN AND HE REALIZED THAT THE SONG SOUNDED MUCH BETTER AS A BALLAD. SO DID THE REST OF AMERICA AS IT QUICKLY TOPPED THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 (ALTHOUGH IT ONLY WENT TO 11 IN THE U.K.) AND BECOMING ONE OF HIS SIGNATURE SONGS. THE ACCOMPANYING VIDEO WAS GROUNDBREAKING AS WELL. TO MTV'S DISMAY, THE VIDEO DID NOT FEATURE ANY LIP-SYNCING, BUT THE VISUAL CAPTURED THE MOODINESS OF THE SONG AND WOULD GO ON TO WIN A BEST DIRECTION AT THE 1988 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS.