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- “Step By Step” The one New Kids song that even haters had to give it up for at least a little bit. Meshing a Motown-ready melody and lyric — the “STEP ONE!”
- “You Got It (The Right Stuff)” Still the New Kids song that probably best illustrates the group’s core appeal: an effervescent pop production, a simple-but-unstoppable bubblegum hook, just enough hip-hop edge that your parents couldn’t confuse ’em with The Osmonds, and even a little corresponding dance in the video for good measure.
- “Hangin’ Tough” Mixing stomping arena rock (the riff is not a far cry from “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll”) with Whodini-flavored sing-speak and some “Tarzan Boy” woah-oh-ohs for good measure, this would be the strangest No. 1 to top the Hot 100 in a normal year, except 1989 also saw “Batdance” and “We Didn’t Start the Fire” crown the chart.
- “Tonight” By the end of its first minute, NKOTB’s most ambitious single has already hit you with a flamenco guitar intro, a plodding, softly falsetto’d first verse that sounds borrowed from the Alan Parsons Project (if not for self-referential lyrics: “Told you ’bout ‘Hangin’ Tough’/ Long as you got ‘The Right Stuff’…”) and an ornate pre-chorus straight from Sgt.
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- "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" A whip-smart rhythmic riff, plaintive yet oddly perky singing, silky harmonies — if you could combine the Jackson 5 circa 1971 with 1980s synth-pop (think "Der Kommissar"), you'd have this.
- "Tonight" From the Beatlesque intro that segues into sweet soul harmonies, it becomes a restless strut, exclaiming "TONIGHT" —what many people dream of, where work and/or school are distant memories, borne upon a zinger of a chorus and almost baroque-ish touches (the "Penny Lane"-lile clarion call therein).
- "Baby I Believe In You" A melody that shimmers like a summer rain and then a sweetly soulful, this-is-from-the-heart lead vocal. The harmonies are as rich and luxurious as anything by the 1970s' classiest soul/R&B vocal groups such as the Manhattans and Blue Magic.
- "Cover Girl" With an intro as rousing as anything in the Springsteen canon, a tune as snappy as anything on Jacko's "Thriller" and a rippling bassline, the lads put that cover girl on the pedestal of their dreams.
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May 15, 2024 · Amazon. 2. 151 votes. You Got It (The Right Stuff) Amazon. 3. 143 votes. Hangin' Tough. Amazon. 4. 110 votes. Tonight. Amazon. 5. 120 votes. I'll Be Loving You (Forever) Amazon. 6. 132 votes. Please Don't Go Girl. Amazon.
