One of only two singles released from Heart's second album, Magazine, "Heartless" was penned by sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson.
Up until the last few ballots, this song had been in last place since voting commenced, but it would appear that 10 from Theus helped it overtake "My Baby".
It's not even that this song was dragged. Outside of Theus's 10, as well as a 9 from StonedSoulPicnic and a 2 from Wonderlust, nobody really had a strong opinion on it. There were a lot of scores around the 5 to 7 mark. Poor it.
The song that is evidently the least popular Parallel Lines single of the four featured in this rate, "Sunday Girl" is a song written by Chris Stein. It was not released as a single in the US.
I didn't expect people to be this indifferent to it, although I suppose it does get a biT too saccharine at times, and it does drag a bit.
What the GP had to say:
We turn to Buyonce1814 for commentary here. He calls "Sunday Girl" a "cute song", and tells us, "I love the little musical breakdown from 2:17. Very surfy."
Released as the second single from Heart's ninth studio album Bad Animals, "Who Will You Run To" was penned by Diane Warren, which is surprising considering it's not entirely terrible.
#FunHeartFacts: "Who Will You Run To" was the first Heart single to be released on CD in the UK.
The second ever single released by The Pretenders, "Kid" was the second single from their debut album, Pretenders. Despite being hailed as "probably the band's masterpiece", it would appear that ATRL wasn't really here for it.
What the GP had to say:
Playa Playa speaks nothing but praise of "Kid": "This song shows why Chrissie Hynde is my favourite vocalist from this rate. Most of the time her vocals have so much attitude ("Tattooed Love Boys", "Stop Your Sobbing") but for Kid she expresses herself with soft and tender vocals and songwriting. It's a gem of a pop song. The guitar work by James Honeyman-Scott is a high point as well." Although andresg770 was a fan, he admitted that one "can't just be handing out 10s left and right" and while that is true, maybe "Kid" could have done with the help.
Now it's time to lose our first (US) #1. A cover of a 1967 song by Jamaican group The Paragons, "The Tide Is High" was released as the lead single from Blondie's fifth album, Autoamerican. It does the unthinkable and sees them dabbling in – gasp! – reggae?
What the GP had to say:
Y'all really weren't here for this. Playa Playa reveals, "I didn't give it a 0 because I commend Blondie for experimenting with different musical influences, but this attempt at reggae was horrible." He further goes on to say, "The poor song has also been murdered at every karaoke." Latinazza had an epiphany: "I've just realised how much I hate this song and all of its versions." I would disagree but there isn't any version of this song I find myself ever wanting to listen to. And now we turn to Buyonce1814 for the ultimate injustice. "Always loved this song but I'm going to be honest... I prefer the Atomic Kitten version." Ouch. Not only poor Debbie, but poor Paragons.
Heartless scores
