DEF: Prince “Purple Rain”
 Prince hit the Top 10 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart with four songs from the soundtrack to his 1984 film Purple Rain. Exactly 35 years ago, the film’s title track rose to a peak position...
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DEF: Prince “Batdance”
Among his five number one hits on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, Prince hit the top of the chart four times in the 1980s. Exactly 30 years ago, the last of those four hits, “Batdance” from...
DEF: Prince “When Doves Cry”
Among Prince‘s forty-eight songs to appear on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, his biggest hit came with the first of his five number one hits, “When Doves Cry.” Exactly 35 years ago, “When Doves Cry” rose...
25 Years Ago in the Nineties: Prince “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World”
In his original run on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart (i.e., not counting the chart return of some of his songs in the two weeks after his death in 2016), Prince hit the Top 5 on Billboard‘s Hot...
DEF: Prince “Sign ‘O’ The Times”
Prince hit the Top 10 with three songs from 1987 album Sign o’ the Times. On this date that year, the first of that trio of songs — the album’s title track — rose to...
DEF: Prince “Let’s Pretend We’re Married”
Four songs from Prince‘s 1982 album 1999 made appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this date in 1984, the last of those four songs — “Let’s Pretend We’re Married” — climbed to a peak position...
The 1980s Top 3 in the Top 3
Today’s Daily Eighties Flashback marks the 30th anniversary of Michael Jackson’s “Bad” hitting number one on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. Interestingly, we can look at the top three songs of that week and find an...
DEF: Prince “1999”
Pop music superstar Prince experienced his greatest period of success during the 1980s, when he hit the Top 40 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart nineteen times, with sixteen of those songs climbing to the Top...
MOTW: Sign O’ That Hill
What happens when two 1980s music legends splice their hits together? Not only do you get the mashup of the week, but you get an incredible sound! Kate Bush’s highest charting hit was Running...
25 Years Ago in the Nineties: Prince and the N.P.G. “Cream”
Prince hit number one on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart five times in his career, beginning with his biggest hit, “When Doves Cry,” which spent five weeks at the top in 1984. More than seven years...
