Friday, September 24, 2010

AHH, ONLY IN THE 80'S WOULD A DUO SUCH AS THIS SORE TO THE TOP OF THE CHARTS BY SELLING TRILLIONS OF RECORDS. RELEASED IN THE SPRING OF 1989, THIS SONG STARTED THE MILLI VANILLI MANIA THAT INCLUDED A STRING OF TOP 10 RECORDS AND A PAIR OF #1 SINGLES. I AM NOT GONNA FRONT, I WAS SO INTO THIS GROUP. IT WASN'T MY FAULT! THE SONGS WERE JUST SO DAMN CATCHY! I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE WHO THOUGHT SO - THEY WERE AWARDED THE 1990 GRAMMY FOR BEST NEW ARTIST. UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS LATER REVEALED THAT THEY WERE NOT THE VOCALIST OF THEIR SONGS AND HAD TO RETURN THAT DAMN GRAMMY. THEIR DEBUT ALBUM WAS EVEN TAKEN OFF SHELVES. TO BAD BECAUSE WHILE THEY MAY HAVE JUST PROVIDED THE "LOOK" - THEY HELPED MAKE THIS SONG A CLASSIC. 

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