"Sha Drahve Mah Crah-Zay," quite possibly my least favorite #1 hit of all time.
has this always been so, or has it been soured by endless repetition? I seemed to recalll that it was quite beloved in '89 by critics as well as the public, so I looked up the Christgau Pazz & Jop page for '89. Check out the Top Ten fave Singles:
1. Public Enemy: "Fight the Power" (Motown) 75
2. Neneh Cherry: "Buffalo Stance" (Virgin) 74
3. Soul II Soul: "Keep on Movin'" (Virgin) 51
4. Fine Young Cannibals: "She Drives Me Crazy" (I.R.S.) 48
5. Tone-Loc: "Wild Thing" (Delicious Vinyl) 41 *
6. Young M.C.: "Bust a Move" (Delicious Vinyl) 38
7. Madonna: "Like a Prayer" (Sire) 37
8. The B-52s: "Love Shack" (Warner Bros.) 36
9. Tom Petty: "Free Fallin'" (MCA) 30
10. Rolling Stones: "Mixed Emotions" (Rolling Stones)
Note that four are Katrinas, more or less (FYC, B-52s, Petty, Stones) and the other
SIX have never appeared in anybody's 10@10 for 1989!