"Hanky Panky," Madonna (1990)
A big-band bop for bad, bad girls
Peak: #10 on the Hot 100
Streams: 4 million
In 1990 Madonna was at the absolute peak of her career, so that was pretty much the only time she could’ve sent a song like “Hanky Panky” into the top 10.
I don’t mean the song is bad. In fact, I like it quite a bit. What I mean is that in 1990, an artist had to be in her imperial phase to turn big-band song abou…
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