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Post by Kingpin on Dec 24, 2021 21:59:54 GMT 1
SMOKEYB'S TOP 50 SINGLES OF 1989
50 Kon Kan - I BEG YOUR PARDON 77
49 Depeche Mode - PERSONAL JESUS 78
47 Tom Petty - I WON'T BACK DOWN 79
47 Kirsty MacColl - INNOCENCE 79
46 Kate Bush - THIS WOMAN'S WORK 80
44 Carly Simon - WHY 81
44 Chris Rea - THE ROAD TO HELL (PART 2) 81
42 Dusty Springfield - IN PRIVATE 82
42 Fuzzbox - PINK SUNSHINE 82
40 Cher - IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME 83
40 T'Pau - ONLY THE LONELY 83
39 Black Box - RIDE ON TIME 84
38 Eurythmics - DON'T ASK ME WHY 87
36 Cure - LULLABY 88
36 Danny Wilson - THE SECOND SUMMER OF LOVE 88
35 Martika - TOY SOLDIERS 90
33 Cyndi Lauper - I DROVE ALL NIGHT 91
33 Simple Minds - THIS IS YOUR LAND 91
32 Lightning Seeds - PURE 93
30 Dusty Springfield - NOTHING HAS BEEN PROVED 94
30 Lisa Stansfield - ALL AROUND THE WORLD 94
29 Mike and The Mechanics - THE LIVING YEARS 95
27 Alice Cooper - POISON 97
27 Travelling Wilburys - END OF THE LINE 97
25 Roy Orbison - SHE'S A MYSTERY TO ME 99
25 Del Amitri - KISS THIS THING GOODBYE 99
24 Pet Shop Boys - IT'S ALRIGHT 100
21 Transvision Vamp - BABY I DON'T CARE 104
21 Simple Minds - BELFAST CHILD 104
21 Phil Collins - ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE 104
20 Madonna - LIKE A PRAYER 106
19 Kirsty MacColl - DAYS 107
18 James - SIT DOWN 109
17 Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - THE RATTLER 110
16 Texas - I DON’T WANT A LOVER 111
14 Deacon Blue - FERGUS SINGS THE BLUES 112
14 Billy Joel - WE DIDN’T START THE FIRE 112
13 Stevie Nicks - ROOMS ON FIRE 114
12 Deacon Blue - WAGES DAY 119
11 Tears For Fears - WOMAN IN CHAINS 121
10 Deborah Harry - I WANT THAT MAN 123
9 Belinda Carlisle - LEAVE A LIGHT ON 125
8 R.E.M. - ORANGE CRUSH 126
7 Marc Almond and Gene Pitney - SOMETHING'S GOTTEN HOLD OF MY HEART 131
6 Fuzzbox - INTERNATIONAL RESUCE 133
5 Beautiful South - YOU KEEP IT ALL IN 141
4 Roy Orbison - YOU GOT IT 153
3 Beautiful South - SONG FOR WHOEVER 160
2 R.E.M. - STAND 183
1 Tears For Fears - SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE 188
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Post by Kingpin on Dec 24, 2021 22:01:00 GMT 1
SMOKEYB'S TOP 50 ACTS OF 1989
48 Roxette 89
48 Stone Roses 89
48 Depeche Mode 89
47 Danny Wilson 90
46 Cyndi Lauper 91
45 Lightning Seeds 93
43 Liza Minnelli 95
43 Mike and The Mechanics 95
42 Travelling Wilburys 97
41 Del Amitri 99
40 Alice Cooper 101
38 Phil Collins 104
38 Duran Duran 104
36 Bible 108
36 Living In A Box 108
35 Soul II Soul 110
34 James 111
33 Billy Joel 112
32 U2 113
30 Pet Shop Boys 117
30 Stevie Nicks 117
29 Debbie Harry 123
28 Erasure 124
27 Holly Johnson 129
25 Gene Pitney 131
25 Marc Almond 131
24 Texas 132
23 New Order 142
22 Lisa Stansfield 147
21 Eurythmics 148
20 Kate Bush 153
19 Transvision Vamp 157
18 Cure 159
17 Martika 162
16 Belinda Carlisle 164
15 Goodbye Mr Mackenzie 168
14 Tom Petty 171
13 Guns n' Roses 174
12 Dusty Springfield 176
11 Kirsty MacColl 186
10 Madonna 215
9 Fine Young Cannibals 218
8 Fuzzbox 228
7 Simple Minds 242
6 Deacon Blue 250
5 Roy Orbison 252
3 Tears For Fears 309
3 R.E.M. 309
2 Queen 311
1 Beautiful South 370
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Post by Kingpin on Dec 24, 2021 22:01:42 GMT 1
SMURFIE'S TOP 50 SINGLES OF 1989
48 Beatmasters featuring Betty Boo - HEY DJ I CAN'T DANCE TO THAT MUSIC YOU'RE PLAYING 80
48 Shakespear's Sister - YOU'RE HISTORY 80
48 Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler - BACK TO LIFE 80
47 Kirsty MacColl - DAYS 81
46 A Guy Called Gerald - VOODOO RAY 82
44 Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville - DON'T KNOW MUCH 83
44 Martika - TOY SOLDIERS 83
42 Erasure - DRAMA! 86
42 Cher - IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME 86
40 S-Express - HEY MUSIC LOVER 88
40 Boy Meets Girl - WAITING FOR A STAR TO FALL 88
39 Depeche Mode - PERSONAL JESUS 89
38 Lightning Seeds - PURE 90
37 Fuzzbox - PINK SUNSHINE 92
36 Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan - ESPECIALLY FOR YOU 93
34 Jimmy Somerville with June Miles-Kingston - COMMENT TE DIRE ADIEU 94
34 Kaoma - LAMBADA 94
33 Holly Johnson - AMERICANOS 95
32 Cliff Richard - I JUST DON'T HAVE THE HEART 99
31 Edelweiss - BRING ME EDELWEISS 100
30 Bangles - BE WITH YOU 102
28 Sydney Youngblood - IF ONLY I COULD 104
28 Jeff Wayne - THE EVE OF THE WAR (REMIX) 104
27 Madonna - LIKE A PRAYER 106
26 Bananarama and Lananeeneenoonoo - HELP! 109
24 Big Fun - CAN'T SHAKE THE FEELING 110
24 Paula Abdul - STRAIGHT UP 110
23 Reynolds Girls - I'D RATHER JACK 113
21 Samantha Fox - I ONLY WANNA BE WITH YOU 115
21 Tears For Fears - SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE 115
20 Martika - I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE 119
19 Marc Almond and Gene Pitney - SOMETHING'S GOTTEN HOLD OF MY HEART 127
18 Big Fun - BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE 128
16 Kylie Minogue - WOULDN'T CHANGE A THING 133
16 London Boys - LONDON NIGHTS 133
15 Living In A Box - ROOM IN YOUR HEART 134
14 Sinitta - RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM 139
13 Kylie Minogue - HAND ON YOUR HEART 147
12 Donna Summer - I DON'T WANNA GET HURT 148
11 Holly Johnson - LOVE TRAIN 149
10 Kylie Minogue - NEVER TOO LATE 150
9 Technotronic featuring Felly - PUMP UP THE JAM 152
8 Bangles - ETERNAL FLAME 154
7 Gladys Knight - LICENCE TO KILL 159
6 Jason Donovan - TOO MANY BROKEN HEARTS 164
5 Belinda Carlisle - LEAVE A LIGHT ON 167
4 Kon Kan - I BEG YOUR PARDON 171
3 London Boys - REQUIEM 178
2 Sonia - YOU'LL NEVER STOP ME LOVING YOU 193
1 Donna Summer - THIS TIME I KNOW IT'S FOR REAL 215
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Post by Kingpin on Dec 24, 2021 22:02:16 GMT 1
SMURFIE'S TOP 50 ACTS OF 1989
50 Boy Meets Girl 88
49 Bootzilla Orchestra 89
48 Malcolm McLaren 89
47 Natalie Cole 90
46 Lightning Seeds 90
45 Kaoma 94
44 Jimmy Somerville 94
43 June Miles-Kingston 94
42 Edelweiss 100
41 Kirsty MacColl 103
40 Cliff Richard 103
39 Jeff Wayne 104
38 Sydney Youngblood 104
37 Neneh Cherry 105
36 Inner City 107
35 Brother Beyond 108
34 Lananneeneenoonoo 109
33 Caron Wheeler 109
32 Paula Abdul 110
31 Reynolds Girls 113
30 Soul II Soul 113
29 Samantha Fox 115
28 Darling Buds 116
27 S-Express 120
26 Dusty Springfield 120
25 Adeva 125
24 Gene Pitney 127
23 Marc Almond 127
22 Depeche Mode 127
21 Debbie Gibson 144
20 Tears For Fears 144
19 Technotronic 152
18 Gladys Knight 159
17 Kon Kan 171
16 Erasure 171
15 Living In A Box 175
14 Fuzzbox 178
13 Bananarama 188
12 Sinitta 192
11 Belinda Carlisle 192
10 Martika 202
9 Madonna 208
8 Big Fun 238
7 Holly Johnson 244
6 Bangles 256
5 Sonia 351
4 London Boys 399
3 Donna Summer 440
2 Jason Donovan 487
1 Kylie Minogue 525
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Post by Kingpin on Dec 24, 2021 22:02:49 GMT 1
THORNEY'S TOP 50 SINGLES OF 1989
49 Tom Petty - FREE FALLIN' 80
49 R.E.M. - STAND 80
46 Blue Nile - DOWNTOWN LIGHTS 82
46 Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - GOODWILL CITY 82
46 Stevie Nicks - ROOMS ON FIRE 82
44 R.E.M. - ORANGE CRUSH 85
44 Tears For Fears - SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE 85
43 Bad English - WHEN I SEE YOU SMILE 86
39 Roxette - LISTEN TO YOUR HEART 88
39 London Boys - LONDON NIGHTS 88
39 Silencers - THE REAL McCOY 88
39 Paula Abdul - STRAIGHT UP 88
38 Happy Mondays - HALLELUJAH 90
37 Gun - BETTER DAYS 91
35 Neneh Cherry - BUFFALO STANCE 92
35 Guns n' Roses - PATIENCE 92
34 When In Rome - THE PROMISE 93
32 House Of Love - NEVER 94
32 House of Love - I DON'T KNOW WHY I LOVE YOU 94
30 River Detectives - SATURDAY NIGHT SUNDAY MORNING 96
30 Fine Young Cannibals - SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY 96
29 Lightning Seeds - PURE 98
28 Belinda Carlisle - LEAVE A LIGHT ON 101
26 Don Henley - NEW YORK MINUTE 105
26 Billy Joel - WE DIDN’T START THE FIRE 105
25 Tom Petty - I WON'T BACK DOWN 108
24 Stone Roses - SHE BANGS THE DRUMS 109
23 Stone Roses - FOOLS GOLD 111
22 Deacon Blue - FERGUS SINGS THE BLUES 113
21 Bangles - ETERNAL FLAME 114
20 Don Henley - THE END OF THE INNOCENCE 115
19 Texas - I DON’T WANT A LOVER 117
18 Bible - HONEY BE GOOD 118
17 Martika - TOY SOLDIERS 119
14 Outfield - VOICES OF BABYLON 120
14 Pixies - MONKEY GONE TO HEAVEN 120
14 Roxette - THE LOOK 120
13 Del Amitri - KISS THIS THING GOODBYE 122
12 Richard Marx - RIGHT HERE WAITING 123
11 Silencers - SCOTTISH RAIN 126
10 Call - LET THE DAY BEGIN 127
9 Richard Marx - SATISIFED 128
8 Bible - GRACELAND 134
7 Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - THE RATTLER 139
6 Danny Wilson - THE SECOND SUMMER OF LOVE 144
5 1927 - THAT'S WHEN I THINK OF YOU 145
4 Guns n' Roses - PARADISE CITY 146
3 Sundays - CAN'T BE SURE 162
1 Del Amitri - STONE COLD SOBER 172
1 Love and Money - STRANGE KIND OF LOVE 172
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Post by Kingpin on Dec 24, 2021 22:03:19 GMT 1
THORNEY'S TOP 50 ACTS OF 1989
50 Then Jerico 76
47 Blue Nile 82
47 Hue And Cry 82
47 Stevie Nicks 82
46 Bad English 86
45 XTC 87
44 U2 90
43 Neneh Cherry 92
42 When In Rome 93
41 James 97
40 Lightning Seeds 98
38 Beloved 100
38 Tears For Fears 100
37 Billy Joel 106
36 Simple Minds 116
35 Outfield 120
34 Happy Mondays 123
32 Wonder Stuff 125
32 Belinda Carlisle 125
31 Call 127
30 Fine Young Cannibals 128
29 Madonna 131
28 Paula Abdul 134
27 Bangles 137
25 1927 145
25 Cure 145
24 London Boys 147
23 Aerosmith 149
22 Gun 155
21 Sundays 162
20 R.E.M. 165
19 River Detectives 168
18 Bon Jovi 173
17 Pixies 180
15 House Of Love 188
15 Martika 188
14 Texas 192
13 Danny Wilson 204
12 Silencers 214
11 Deacon Blue 220
10 Goodbye Mr Mackenzie 221
9 Don Henley 222
8 Guns n' Roses 238
7 Tom Petty 246
6 Bible 252
5 Roxette 261
4 Stone Roses 290
3 Del Amitri 294
2 Love and Money 298
1 Richard Marx 300
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Post by Kingpin on Dec 24, 2021 22:03:59 GMT 1
WHITNEYFAN'S TOP 50 SINGLES OF 1989
47 Michael Jackson - LIBERIAN GIRL 66
47 Michael Jackson - LEAVE ME ALONE 66
47 London Boys - REQUIEM 66
47 Shakespear's Sister - YOU'RE HISTORY 66
44 Milli Vanilli - GIRL I'M GONNA MISS YOU 67
44 Erasure - DRAMA! 67
44 Danny Wilson - THE SECOND SUMMER OF LOVE 67
41 Tiffany - ALL THIS TIME 68
41 Chris Rea - THE ROAD TO HELL (PART 2) 68
41 Guns n' Roses - PARADISE CITY 68
38 Carly Simon - LET THE RIVER RUN 71
38 Kate Bush - THIS WOMAN'S WORK 71
38 Deborah Harry - I WANT THAT MAN 71
37 Gloria Estefan - DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU 72
34 Coldcut featuring Lisa Stansfield - PEOPLE HOLD ON 74
34 Donna Summer - I DON'T WANNA GET HURT 74
34 Roxette - DRESSED FOR SUCCESS 74
32 Kirsty MacColl - FREE WORLD 75
32 Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler - BACK TO LIFE 75
31 Paula Abdul - STRAIGHT UP 77
30 Roxette - THE LOOK 79
29 Alice Cooper - POISON 80
28 London Boys - LONDON NIGHTS 82
27 Phil Collins - ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE 83
25 Natalie Cole - MISS YOU LIKE CRAZY 86
25 Transvision Vamp - BABY I DON'T CARE 86
23 Cyndi Lauper - I DROVE ALL NIGHT 87
23 Roxette - LISTEN TO YOUR HEART 87
22 Billy Joel - WE DIDN’T START THE FIRE 88
21 INXS - MYSTIFY 89
20 Donna Summer - THIS TIME I KNOW IT'S FOR REAL 91
18 Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville - DON'T KNOW MUCH 92
18 Cure - LOVESONG 92
17 Kirsty MacColl - DAYS 98
16 Mike and The Mechanics - THE LIVING YEARS 100
15 Madonna - LIKE A PRAYER 101
14 Black Box - RIDE ON TIME 103
13 Tom Petty - I WON'T BACK DOWN 104
12 Marc Almond and Gene Pitney - SOMETHING'S GOTTEN HOLD OF MY HEART 110
11 Bangles - ETERNAL FLAME 113
8 Elton John - SACRIFICE 123
8 Tina Turner - THE BEST 123
8 Liza Minnelli - LOSING MY MIND 123
7 Bette Midler - WIND BENEATH MY WINGS 127
6 Stevie Nicks - ROOMS ON FIRE 128
4 Cher - IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME 130
4 Belinda Carlisle - LEAVE A LIGHT ON 130
3 Lisa Stansfield - ALL AROUND THE WORLD 131
2 Lynne Hamilton - ON THE INSIDE 156
1 Martika - TOY SOLDIERS 238
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Post by Kingpin on Dec 24, 2021 22:04:56 GMT 1
WHITNEYFAN'S TOP 50 ACTS OF 1989
50 Kate Bush 84
47 Natalie Cole 86
47 Kylie Minogue 86
47 U2 86
45 Bon Jovi 88
45 Chris Rea 88
43 Cyndi Lauper 89
43 INXS 89
41 Linda Ronstadt 92
41 Aaron Neville 92
40 James 96
38 Black Box 103
38 Erasure 103
37 Transvision Vamp 104
36 Paula Abdul 106
34 Caron Wheeler 107
34 Holly Johnson 107
32 Gene Pitney 110
32 Marc Almond 110
28 Gloria Estefan 118
28 Tiffany 118
28 Fine Young Cannibals 118
28 Billy Joel 118
27 Neneh Cherry 124
26 Bette Midler 127
25 Dusty Springfield 128
24 Cher 130
23 Michael Jackson 132
22 Cure 142
21 Mike and The Mechanics 150
20 Bobby Brown 153
19 Tom Petty 154
18 Lynne Hamilton 156
17 Liza Minnelli 159
16 Beautiful South 163
15 Soul II Soul 164
14 Adeva 166
13 Elton John 170
12 Jason Donovan 173
11 Stevie Nicks 174
9 Tina Turner 175
9 Donna Summer 175
8 London Boys 177
7 Bangles 178
6 Belinda Carlisle 184
5 Kirsty MacColl 226
4 Roxette 240
3 Madonna 244
2 Martika 261
1 Lisa Stansfield 266
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Post by Kingpin on Dec 24, 2021 22:05:42 GMT 1
And here are the combined Top 100 acts of 1989:
100 Sheena Easton 548
98 New Order 549
98 Darling Buds 562
97 Yazz 581
96 Elton John 589
95 Paul McCartney 590
93 Big Fun 595
93 Goodbye Mr Mackenzie 595
92 Milli Vanilli 600
91 Pixies 602
90 Sinitta 604
89 Gladys Knight 611
88 Bananarama 622
87 Roachford 623
86 Bon Jovi 629
85 Mike and The Mechanics 631
84 Tone Loc 631
83 James 652
82 Debbie Harry 670
81 Del Amitri 676
80 Danny Wilson 681
79 Alice Cooper 691
78 Miami Sound Machine 691
77 Kate Bush 701
76 Shakespear's Sister 703
75 Eurythmics 719
74 Alyson Williams 726
73 Midnight Oil 735
72 Chris Rea 748
71 Morrissey 751
70 Janet Jackson 765
69 Texas 766
68 Monie Love 777
67 Liza Minnelli 784
66 Adeva 793
65 Waterboys 795
64 Simply Red 808
63 S-Express 810
62 Natalie Cole 820
61 Inner City 827
60 Technotronic 834
59 Phil Collins 853
58 Stevie Nicks 854
57 Boy Meets Girl 858
56 Sam Brown 867
55 Karyn White 874
54 Tina Turner 878
53 Gene Pitney 894
52 Marc Almond 894
51 Richard Marx 894
50 Cher 899
49 Sydney Youngblood 901
48 Michael Jackson 903
47 Billy Joel 912
46 Simple Minds 918
45 Pet Shop Boys 926
44 Cliff Richard 935
43 Cure 971
42 Depeche Mode 974
41 Living In A Box 984
40 Cyndi Lauper 1,015
39 Bobby Brown 1,018
38 Kon Kan 1,063
37 Sonia 1,083
36 Dusty Springfield 1,087
35 Lightning Seeds 1,099
34 U2 1,100
33 R.E.M. 1,138
32 Paula Abdul 1,141
31 Queen 1,153
30 Erasure 1,170
29 Deacon Blue 1,197
28 Roy Orbison 1,241
27 Transvision Vamp 1,242
26 Fuzzbox 1,268
25 Guns n' Roses 1,291
24 Holly Johnson 1,291
23 Black Box 1,314
22 De La Soul 1,401
21 Tom Petty 1,403
20 Fine Young Cannibals 1,490
19 Belinda Carlisle 1,560
18 Stone Roses 1,562
17 Kirsty MacColl 1,620
16 Lisa Stansfield 1,688
15 Tears For Fears 1,730
14 Jason Donovan 1,827
13 Roxette 1,851
12 Gloria Estefan 1,852
11 Kylie Minogue 1,903
10 Martika 1,907
9 Bangles 1,953
8 Debbie Gibson 1,961
7 Donna Summer 1,989
6 Caron Wheeler 2,019
5 Neneh Cherry 2,035
4 Beautiful South 2,082
3 London Boys 2,311
2 Soul II Soul 2,573
1 Madonna 3,326
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Post by Kingpin on Dec 24, 2021 22:07:55 GMT 1
No great surprises there, with Madonna achieving Biggest Act of the Year for the second time in the 80s.
That wraps up the countdown for 1989....I'll start the countdown for the decade at some point in the new year, otherwise see you all in 1990!
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Post by Whitneyfan on Dec 25, 2021 8:12:51 GMT 1
Great job Kingpin. Thank you very much for compiling these.
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Post by darkstar79 on Dec 25, 2021 13:17:42 GMT 1
Very well done, Kingpin. Thanks a lot for all the statistics and for hosting all over the year.
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Post by smokeyb on Dec 26, 2021 19:04:10 GMT 1
Excellent piece of works Kingpin, always look forward to these year end stats to see what we all like.
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Post by rubcale on Dec 28, 2021 16:30:21 GMT 1
Thanks for the (long!) rundown Kingpin - always look forward to the year end charts. I usually can't work out what my #1 was but no question this year. Great news you're continuing in 1990
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Post by popchartfreak on Jan 1, 2022 13:51:17 GMT 1
Thanks Kingpin! Appreciate the hard work and interesting rundowns! Have 5 gold stars too!
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Post by Shireblogger on Jan 6, 2022 16:11:56 GMT 1
It has taken me some time to absorb this, which is testament to how much work you put into this Kingpin. Thank you very much. My love for the Waterboys' tracks from 1989 was certainly well apart from most of the rest of Haven - 2nd biggest act for me, 65th overall. The three people whose taste seemed to correlate most closely to mine in 1989 were:- (1) o, (2) Whitneyfan and (3) smokeyb.
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Post by o on Jan 6, 2022 17:26:59 GMT 1
Great stats as always, much appreciated! Very disappointed that Eternal flame was our #1 single, really, it's a dreary dull ballad, and also my wedding song, but just because it was good for a slow dance, and the ex wife liked it.
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