It's time again to hand the turntables over to Mini Moose. Here are her seven picks for the week.
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SONG OF THE monDAY
Jump was released by Van Halen in 1983 as their lead single from the album, 1984. The song is Van Halen's most successful single to date. David Lee Roth dedicated the song to his martial arts instructor, Benny "The Jet" Urquidez.
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Heart and Soul is by the band T'Pau from their debut studio album, Bridge of Spies (1987). Carol Decker provides vocals, and after the song was featured in a Pepe Jeans' commercial it reached number four on both the UK and US charts.
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SONG OF THE wednesDAY
I Love Rock 'n' Roll is a song originally by the Arrows. Joan Jett covered it in 1976 after seeing them in England while on tour with the Runaways. She re-recorded it in 1982 with the Blackhearts and it topped the charts for seven weeks.
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SONG OF THE thursDAY
Already Gone was originally released on the 1974 Eagles' album, On the Border. The song style is a blend of Peaceful Easy Feeling and Take It Easy and has been covered by Wilson Phillips and Tanya Tucker.
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SONG OF THE friDAY
Free Fallin' is from Tom Petty's 1989 debut solo album, Full Moon Fever. Petty wrote the song with Jeff Lynne, co-founder of the Traveling Wilburys and ELO. Free Fallin' is one of Petty's most famous and longest-charting songs.
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SONG OF THE saturDAY
You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) is from Dead or Alive's 1985 album, Youthquake. Released in November, 1984 the song took 17 weeks to reach number one. Pete Burns said it was inspired by Luther Vandross's I Wanted Your Love and "Little" Nell Campbell's See You Round Like a Record.
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SONG OF THE sunDAY
Dust In the Wind is from the 1977 Kansas album, Point of Know Return. Radically different from their sound, Dust In the Wind has proven to be the band's biggest and most commercially-successful song. It was certified Gold after its release and again 25 years later for its digital download.
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