Post by Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action on Jan 13, 2008 2:58:37 GMT -5
Talking Heads just died in Cutting Crews arms tonight. That's right, I stole it from Insomniac!
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One of my favorite Madonna songs (and I love the cover Sonic Youth did... I think it was Sonic Youth) vs. Tiffany.
Madonna - Into The Groove
"Into the Groove" is the fourth UK single by pop singer Madonna from her second studio album, Like a Virgin (1985 reissued version). It was released in July, 1985 by Sire Records. It also appears on the 1987 remix compilation You Can Dance and the 1990 greatest hits compilation The Immaculate Collection. In some countries it was released only as the B-side to the third single "Angel".
Vs.
Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now
American singer Tiffany covered the song for her first album Tiffany (1987). The song spent two weeks at number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 (and was unusually followed on the top spot by another Tommy James & the Shondells cover, "Mony Mony" by Billy Idol) and three weeks at number-one on the UK Singles Chart. The Tiffany version went quadruple platinum in the US in a thirteen week chart run. The video was shot in a shopping mall which echoed the way her early career had been promoted.
When George Tobin, Tiffany's manager, gave Tiffany the cassette of the original version by Tommy James & the Shondells, Tiffany hated the idea of recording a version of her own for her album mostly because she thought the song wasn't modern or hip enough. It turned out to be her biggest hit once she recorded it.
"I Think We're Alone Now" was not the first single off of Tiffany's debut album. The first single was "Danny", but radio started picking up "I Think We're Alone Now", another track on the album. It became a runaway number-one hit. It became the eighteenth highest selling single for 1987 and the thirty-second highest selling single in Australia for 1988.
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One of my favorite Madonna songs (and I love the cover Sonic Youth did... I think it was Sonic Youth) vs. Tiffany.
Madonna - Into The Groove
"Into the Groove" is the fourth UK single by pop singer Madonna from her second studio album, Like a Virgin (1985 reissued version). It was released in July, 1985 by Sire Records. It also appears on the 1987 remix compilation You Can Dance and the 1990 greatest hits compilation The Immaculate Collection. In some countries it was released only as the B-side to the third single "Angel".
Vs.
Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now
American singer Tiffany covered the song for her first album Tiffany (1987). The song spent two weeks at number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 (and was unusually followed on the top spot by another Tommy James & the Shondells cover, "Mony Mony" by Billy Idol) and three weeks at number-one on the UK Singles Chart. The Tiffany version went quadruple platinum in the US in a thirteen week chart run. The video was shot in a shopping mall which echoed the way her early career had been promoted.
When George Tobin, Tiffany's manager, gave Tiffany the cassette of the original version by Tommy James & the Shondells, Tiffany hated the idea of recording a version of her own for her album mostly because she thought the song wasn't modern or hip enough. It turned out to be her biggest hit once she recorded it.
"I Think We're Alone Now" was not the first single off of Tiffany's debut album. The first single was "Danny", but radio started picking up "I Think We're Alone Now", another track on the album. It became a runaway number-one hit. It became the eighteenth highest selling single for 1987 and the thirty-second highest selling single in Australia for 1988.