The Lost Songs Project

The Lost Songs Project

"1-2-3," Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine (1988)

This one really does go to eleven!

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Mark Blankenship
May 13, 2024
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Peak: #3 on the Hot 100
Streams: 8 million

For a while there in elementary school, “1-2-3” was my favorite song. (You will not be surprised to learn I kept careful track of which song held this title at any given moment.) I remember coming home from some event with my friend Adam’s family, and when this song came on the radio, I rocked that mini-van hard.…

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