“I wanted to write my own haunting breakup ballad,” Gibson recalls. “I drew on experiences from my older sisters and my limited puppy love experiences.”
chart 25 years earlier, on the ranking dated June 25, 1988. The song made history for Gibson: As she was 17 years old when the ballad reigned, she became the youngest woman to have written, produced and performed a Hot 100 No. 1, a mark that still stands.
“When I was writing it,” Gibson further recalled in 2013, “I was guessing what love would be like … and then also guessing what it would be like to lose love. Now that I’ve been through all that, I can sing the very simple lyrics and really fill it.”Out of the Blue. Her breakthrough hit “Only in My Dreams” reached No. 4 on the Hot 100, as did follow-up “Shake Your Love,” while the title cut then hit No. 3.
“This track had all those great synth sounds that were signature of the time, reminiscent of Climie Fisher and Steve Winwood. Hall and Oates could do no wrong — still can’t!”“I loved INXS, and they were labelmates at the time. I remember seeing them with [then-Atlantic president] Doug Morris at Radio City Music Hall, and he commented on Michael Hutchence and his swagger being reminiscent of Mick Jagger. The world was indeed ready for a new sensation that was INXS.
would have killed! I love Brenda and she spoke to her audience in the way only a raw New York gal can.”“[Writers] Rick Nowels and Ellen Shipley nailed this modern bohemian vibe so well suited for Belinda’s personality, and she delivered it with pure pop vocal perfection. So free and easy.”“Lita brought being a female rocker to the forefront with this pop/rock crossover classic. I am a hook girl, and this delivered the ear candy element that invited the pop audience into the rock world.
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