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Billy Ray Cyrus, ‘Achy Breaky Heart’: The government made me line dance
Line dancing was socially acceptable for a brief while in 1992. Some of use were even forced to do it in PE.
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Janet Jackson and Luther Vandross, ‘The Best Things In Life Are Free’: The long road to success
Jam & Lewis took the long road to a successful album. Along the way, they worked with the best—and had a food fight with Prince.
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Freddie Mercury and Monsterrat Caballé, ‘Barcelona’: Opera for the masses
When high art met low culture
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Jimmy Nail, ‘Ain’t No Doubt’: Jimmy Nail’s Multiverse of Madness
We could have had any number of infinite alternative Jimmy Nails. Here’s how we got this one.
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Electronic, ‘Disappointed’: The unlikely friendship of two icons
The Smiths, New Order, and finding the right people at the right time.
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Kate Bush, ‘Cloudbusting’: Nazis, UFOs and sex cults
The incredible story behind the song
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George Michael: ‘Too Funky’: What happened to George Michael’s missing album?
George Michael‘Too Funky’ Highest UK Top 40 position:Number 4 on June 7, 1992 At the end of the 1980s, few stars burned as brightly as George Michael. Michael had already…
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Erasure, ABBA-Esque: How Erasure saved ABBA from obscurity
ErasureABBA-Esque EP Highest UK Top 40 position:Number One on June 7, 1992 I was in the car with my teenage daughter recently when the radio started playing the new Lizzo…
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Kris Kross, ‘Jump’: The avoidable tragedy of Kris Kross
Childhood stardom can be brutal, especially when you’re a hip-hop pioneer.
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Flowered Up, ‘Weekender’: The party doesn’t stop until you’re dead
The tragedy of Flowered Up, plus The Cure’s new album, Wish.