What are you listening to?

[icystorm]

In late 1979, Christopher Cross released Ride Like the Wind, which reached No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in early 1980. Michael McDonald provided backing vocals on the track.

[icystorm]

In 1987, the Brothers Gibb released You Win Again. The song was their final No. 1 hit in the UK, although they would follow with other top 10 hits.

[icystorm]

Sheryl Crow released My Favorite Mistake in 1998. The song reached No. 20 in the US on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 9 in the UK, and No. 2 in Canada.

[icystorm]

Bryan Adams released the rock track Run to You in 1984. In the US, the song reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, and No. 1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. It reached No. 11 in the UK.

[icystorm]

Tommy Faragher contributed an uptempo pop-rock track to the Staying Alive Soundtrack in 1983. The movie featured two lovely actresses, Cynthia Rhodes and Finola Hughes.

(We Dance) So Close To The Fire

[icystorm]

Canadian pop-rock group Chilliwack released My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone) in 1981. In the US, the song reached No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100, and No. 16 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart. In Canada, the track reached No. 3.

[icystorm]

Pink Floyd's hit song Another Brick in the Wall, Part Two, reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100, as well as in the UK and numerous other countries around the world in early 1980.

[icystorm]

English drummer-singer, Phil Collins, released Don't Lose My Number in 1985. The song peaked at No. 4 in the US on the Billboard Hot 100. The song may not have been released in the UK, because it did not chart there.

[icystorm]

In 1986, Journey released Girl Can't Help It, which reached No. 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 9 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock charts in the US.

[icystorm]

In 1985, Sting released Fortress Around Your Heart, which reached No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100, and No. 1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock charts in the US.

[icystorm]

In 1990, Duran Duran released Serious, which reached No. 48 in the UK. I don't believe it was released as a single in the US.

[icystorm]

With Halloween around the corner soon, here's a cool album track from the Brothers Gibb from 1993, titled Haunted House.

[icystorm]

Among the category of very eerie and creepy new age songs, The Room of Ancillary Dreams from the late Harold Budd is among the strangest. 😱

[icystorm]

Huey Lewis and the News released a cover version of Heart and Soul in 1983. The song reached No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock charts in the US.

[icystorm]

The very talented Emily Linge recently covered the ABBA hit, SOS, which was originally released in 1975.