DEF: ABC “Be Near Me”
Of Sheffield, England-based band ABC‘s seven appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100, five made the Top 40 and two reached the Top 10. On this date in 1985, the first of the band’s two Top 10 hits, “Be Near Me,” climbed to a peak position of number 9. Today, “Be Near Me” by ABC is the Daily Eighties Flashback.