Be the One to Walk in the Sun, Part 2
Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia
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The Bangles - Tisin Essence, Eternal Flame
Eternal flame was a gentle ballad with old school bones. It was also primarily a showcase for hoffs, whose lead vocal was more prominent than on any prior bangle song. The other bangles do provide gorgeous backing vocals on the track. But there's otherwise not much for the peterson sisters and michael steele to do. Given the song's orchestration and its susanna spot lighting arrangement, the rest of the group bristled at even including it on the everything album,. but the label pushed for it, and then chose it as the l p's second single. By april of 89, it had gone all the way to number one, do eeom already
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