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“Sweet Child O’ Mine” marked a turning point for Guns N’ Roses

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Art Tavana

PublishedApril 11, 2016

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Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy” embraced the eccentric in R&B

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TJ Kliebhan

PublishedMarch 30, 2016

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Haddaway’s “What Is Love” is the one-hit wonder that keeps hitting home

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Victor Beigelman

PublishedDecember 29, 2015

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Robert Palmer’s “Addicted To Love” helped define the MTV era

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Ron Hart

PublishedDecember 2, 2015

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Duran Duran’s “A View To A Kill” propelled James Bond into the modern world

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Annie Zaleski

PublishedNovember 4, 2015

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Mellon Collie foretold both glory and doom for The Smashing Pumpkins

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Corbin Reiff

PublishedOctober 20, 2015

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With Blood On The Tracks, Bob Dylan bid an angry, ragged farewell to his wife

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Corbin Reiff

PublishedAugust 21, 2015

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The Stones blended slavery, sex, and (maybe) heroin in “Brown Sugar”

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Corbin Reiff

PublishedAugust 4, 2015

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New Radicals’ only hit, “You Get What You Give,” was secretly influential

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Annie Zaleski

PublishedJuly 28, 2015

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The Rembrandts’ “I’ll Be There For You” was a golden albatross

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Annie Zaleski

PublishedJune 11, 2015

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With “West End Girls,” Pet Shop Boys set a high standard for U.K. hip-hop

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kenneth-partridge

PublishedJune 2, 2015

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“The Power Of Love” gave Huey Lewis And The News pop culture immortality

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Annie Zaleski

PublishedMay 26, 2015

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Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill was a powerful, DIY feminist statement

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Annie Zaleski

PublishedMay 5, 2015

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With “Shoop,” Salt-N-Pepa took control professionally and sexually

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Annie Zaleski

PublishedApril 21, 2015

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Michael Jackson’s “You Are Not Alone” is creepier and sadder than you think

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kenneth-partridge

PublishedApril 14, 2015

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With Nine Lives, Aerosmith managed one last gasp of greatness

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Zach Schonfeld

PublishedMarch 10, 2015

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After Illmatic, Nas had to return to Earth

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Clayton Purdom

PublishedFebruary 24, 2015

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With “Sex And Candy,” Marcy Playground turned disco gibberish into alternative gold

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Jonah Bayer

PublishedFebruary 9, 2015

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Encore, once considered Eminem’s worst, stands as satire within chaos

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Brian Josephs

PublishedJanuary 26, 2015

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If you can do the Bartman, you’re bad like Michael Jackson

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Marah Eakin

PublishedJanuary 13, 2015

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