
GUILTY
BARBRA STREISAND & BARRY GIBB
1980
A duet of absolute titans, yet it shouldn’t necessarily work on paper. But damn, does it.

CRYING AT THE DISCOTHEQUE
ALCAZAR
2000
Giving new life to Sheila & B. Devotion’s “Spacer” (Nile Rodger’s best riff tbh), this weird-ass song is pop gold. I mean, Richard Gere gets a shout out?

CRUSH ON YOU
THE JETS
1986
This track doesn’t really have any peaks or valleys, but you’d never realize it because the melody’s good enough to carry.

DO THAT TO ME ONE MORE TIME
CAPTAIN & TENNILLE
1979
This middle-of-the-road ballad deserves its due. Toni Tennille’s composition is flawless, and so is her vocal.

SWEET BUT PSYCHO
AVA MAX
2018
This is a brilliantly attention-grabbing melody that kind of infests your brain. Ava Max’s debut instantly showed off her pop prowess that has still yet to be fully appreciated.

USE TA BE MY GIRL
THE O’JAYS
1978
The final O’Jays hit remains ones of their best and most revered. I mean, that chorus will make you fly.

SOMETHING ABOUT YOU
LEVEL 42
1985
Tell me the falsetto doesn’t get you every time. Please don’t try to sing along, you can’t.

DAMAGED
DANITY KANE
2008
This quickly fell by the wayside in a sea of similar sounding hits, but all these years later it sounds better than most of em.

FOREVER YOUNG
ALPHAVILLE
1984
This synthpop classic really has come back to life in some form or another over the years; a testament.

UNTOUCHED
THE VERONICAS
2007
Those opening chords are a call to arms! “Untouched” goes on to be so many different things at once… it’s almost as if they forgot to write a first verse.










