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1583:Soft and Wet
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42:verification
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2439:Private Joy
2417:Other songs
2279:Erotic City
2254:Free Urself
2173:Black Sweat
2103:Angie Stone
1874:Scandalous!
1727:Purple Rain
1678:Do Me, Baby
1664:Controversy
1629:Sexy Dancer
1154:Kent, David
1107:. Octopus.
660:Ultratop 50
634:Australia (
506:lyric video
501:music video
495:Music video
472:nuclear war
285:Producer(s)
2616:1987 songs
2595:Categories
2201:Dance 4 Me
2145:Musicology
1941:Insatiable
1892:The Future
1671:Let's Work
1643:Dirty Mind
1362:. Ultratop
1344:October 2,
958:References
769:UK Singles
662:Flanders)
580:Eric Leeds
533:12" single
488:Cat Glover
462:Challenger
416:Cat Glover
387:. In 2010
190:1987-02-18
75:newspapers
2551:One of Us
2297:Nona Gaye
2293:Love Sign
2240:Breakdown
2117:Supercute
2074:The Truth
1839:Glam Slam
1783:Mountains
1699:Delirious
1505:March 18,
1499:Billboard
1473:Billboard
1455:Billboard
1438:April 22,
1413:March 18,
1388:March 18,
1366:March 18,
1338:Billboard
1319:Billboard
1030:April 24,
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998:Billboard
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873:Position
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786:Billboard
670:Finland (
658:Belgium (
646:Austria (
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576:Sheila E.
547:Personnel
518:7" single
379:Billboard
105:June 2024
2361:Get Wild
2295:" (with
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1913:Gett Off
1860:Partyman
1853:Batdance
1762:Pop Life
1479:April 6,
1203:Ultratop
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1023:(1987).
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744:Sweden (
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732:Norway (
564:LinnDrum
464:disaster
440:HIV/AIDS
353:'s 1987
198:Recorded
183:Released
2488:17 Days
2432:Partyup
2375:Come On
2368:The War
2018:Letitgo
1955:Sexy MF
1948:Thunder
1769:America
1568:singles
1528:Discogs
1265:May 28,
1237:July 3,
915:Hot 100
788:Hot 100
682:Italy (
478:Artwork
452:poverty
381:Hot 100
374:R&B
331:(1987)
322:(1987)
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2187:Guitar
2159:S.S.T.
1976:Damn U
1636:Uptown
1565:Prince
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231:Length
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1920:Cream
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220:Genre
96:JSTOR
82:books
2180:Fury
2046:Gold
1776:Kiss
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