Billboard

For Taylor Swift’s ‘1989,’ a 1989 Pop Mixtape

With the announcement today of Taylor Swift’s new album, 1989, came with an explanation for its full-blown pop lead single “Shake It Off”: Not only is the album title in dedication to the year… By ...
Stereogum

The Number Ones: Martika’s “Toy Soldiers”

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Martika has said ...
UPI

Martika comeback spawned by Eminem

DAYTON, Ohio, May 31 (UPI) -- The onetime teen singer Martika is enjoying a resurgence thanks to the rapper Eminem sampling her 1989 hit, "Toy Soldiers," for his "Like Toy Soldiers." It comes at an ...
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Silversun Pickups – “Toy Soldiers” (Martika Cover)

Silversun Pickups released their fifth studio album, Widow’s Weeds, a little over a year ago. Today, the Los Angeles rockers are back with a cover of Martika’s 1989 hit “Toy Soldiers,” recorded in ...