May's big hit in 1987 was "With or Without You," U2's first single from The Joshua Tree, which history has judged as "the" classic U2 album. The album, fueled by this #1 hit and follow-up #1 single "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For," solidified U2 in the U.S. and worldwide as a rock sensation. Personally, I find the song a bit dull, but It's never been personal favorite. The band looks so young in the video.
Also hitting #1 in May was The Cutting Crew with "(I Just) Died in Your Arms." The British band almost qualified as a one-hit-wonder, save for the fact that they followed this with a top 10 hit that no one remembers. This song is okay, not great.
My favorite song from this month has to be the debut single from Jody Watley, "Looking for a New Love." The song has a lot of energy, and Watley sounds great. It's really too bad she couldn't sustain her fame, because she was pretty good. She did win the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1987. The low-budget video is fairly silly though.
May also saw the release of Madonna's fifth and final True Blue single, "La Isla Bonita." It became her 11th consecutive top 5 hit. The breezy ballad, while not a personal favorite, is decent enough and holds up well.
Bryan Adams was in the top 10 with "Heat of the Night," the first and only top 10 hit from his album Into the Fire. His next album, 1991's Waking Up the Neighbours, would be more successful. The song's actually pretty decent. Finally, Chris DeBurgh hit the top 10 with his slow-dance classic "Lady in Red."
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LOVED Jody Watley! I had that tape and played it to death.
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