DEF: Yazz and the Plastic Population “The Only Way Is Up”

In 1988 London-born singer Yasmin Evans, who is more widely known simply as Yazz, hit number one for five weeks in the United Kingdom alongside the group the Plastic Population with the song “The Only Way Is Up.” The song also charted in the United States toward the end of that year, though not with as much success. On this date in 1988, “The Only Way Is Up” by Yazz and the Plastic Population hit its peak position of number 96 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. Today, the song is the Daily Eighties Flashback.