“Sweet Child O’ Mine” marked a turning point for Guns N’ Roses
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Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy” embraced the eccentric in R&B
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Haddaway’s “What Is Love” is the one-hit wonder that keeps hitting home
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Robert Palmer’s “Addicted To Love” helped define the MTV era
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Duran Duran’s “A View To A Kill” propelled James Bond into the modern world
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Mellon Collie foretold both glory and doom for The Smashing Pumpkins
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With Blood On The Tracks, Bob Dylan bid an angry, ragged farewell to his wife
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The Stones blended slavery, sex, and (maybe) heroin in “Brown Sugar”
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New Radicals’ only hit, “You Get What You Give,” was secretly influential
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The Rembrandts’ “I’ll Be There For You” was a golden albatross
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With “West End Girls,” Pet Shop Boys set a high standard for U.K. hip-hop
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“The Power Of Love” gave Huey Lewis And The News pop culture immortality
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Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill was a powerful, DIY feminist statement
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With “Shoop,” Salt-N-Pepa took control professionally and sexually
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Michael Jackson’s “You Are Not Alone” is creepier and sadder than you think
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With Nine Lives, Aerosmith managed one last gasp of greatness
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After Illmatic, Nas had to return to Earth
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With “Sex And Candy,” Marcy Playground turned disco gibberish into alternative gold
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Encore, once considered Eminem’s worst, stands as satire within chaos
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If you can do the Bartman, you’re bad like Michael Jackson
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