As of today, I will start giving you, my readers, an insight into some of the tracks that I cherished growing up and hopefully introduce you to something new or bring back a fond memory from a time way back when that will put a smile on your face.

This friday I’m going to go back to 1998. Not such a distant past but one I remember well for tracks such as Lovestation – Teardrops. I don’t know how many of you actually heard it but it seems that despite there being a video and it selling so well, I still get  a weird look when I mention it. Sorta “umm…LOVEstation? TEARDROPS?…what is this? cheesy pop music?”. No it isn’t (or rather wasn’t) pop music, in the traditional sense, despite there being a video and being aired on TV a lot.

You may or may not have heard of Womack & Womack (Cecil & Linda Womack that is) who released a song by the same name in 1988 that was bigger than ever. Yes, it’s the original. You may have also recently heard the Sugababes cover from 2009…..seems this track has a way of coming back every 10 years.

You’re probably tired of reading so lets cut to the vids courtesy of youtube:

Lovestation – Teardrops (1998)

Womack & Womack – Teardrops (1988)

and for the sake of comparison,

Sugababes – Teardrops (2009)