February 18, 1984: Nena jumped into the top 10, from Number 12 to 4, on the Hot 100 chart with "99 Luftballoons." It will peak at number 2.
Way back in 1983, a German band released their debut album which contained a single that would eventually take the world by storm.
The song, “99 Luftballons,” became a #1 hit in West Germany by March of 1983 and went on to major international chart success the following year. The German version reached #2 in the United States in March of 1984, but was held out of the top spot by Van Halen’s “Jump”.
Read more: The Retro Network
February 18, 1978: Kansas entered the Billboard chart with "Dust In The Wind," on its way to becoming the group's only Top 10 hit.
"Dust in the Wind" was released by Kansas in 1977 on their album Point of Know Return. The song made it to number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1978, but never achieved that kind of fame.
Rather, the fame that "Dust in the Wind" has accomplished is better understood when you understand the lyrics. The haunting melodies and minimalistic lyrics are about the fleetingness of life and how little what we hold onto really is.
Read more: Pop Song Professor
February 18,1995: Newcomers Hootie & the Blowfish scored their first Top 10 song as "Hold My Hand" reached Number 10.
"Hold My Hand" is the debut single of the American rock band Hootie & the Blowfish from their album Cracked Rear View.
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All four of the band members wrote the song sometime in 1989, and it was released on a self-titled cassette EP the year after. Released in July 1994, "Hold My Hand" charted at number ten on the US Billboard Hot 100.
Read more: Wikipedia
February 18, 1985: Don Henley released the single "All She Wants To Do Is Dance."
"All She Wants to Do Is Dance" is a song written by Danny Kortchmar and performed by Don Henley, co-lead vocalist and drummer for Eagles.
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It was released as the second single from Henley's second studio solo album, Building the Perfect Beast, being Henley's sixth single. It was one of Henley's most commercially successful singles.
Read more: Wikipedia
February 18, 2012: "Call Me Maybe" by Canadian Idol alumna Carly Rae Jepsen goes viral via a YouTube lip dub video by Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez.
Justin Bieber tweeted to his many millions of Twitter followers, after hearing "Call Me Maybe" on Canadian radio in late 2011: it's “possibly the catchiest song I’ve ever heard lol”.
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His endorsement prompted his manager, Scooter Braun, to sign the artist, one Carly Rae Jepsen; then best known as the third-place runner-up on 2007’s Canadian Idol.
Read more: The Guardian
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