The Excellent 80's Will Do Anything For You

It is the month of love and that means plenty of slow, sappy love songs and videos for you leading up to Valentine's Day. Today's #1 hit comes to you from 1988 when Gloria Estefan and her Miami Sound Machine were at the height of their powers. It was the first of three #1 hits from her. Here is the dark video with a bunch of pretty people in it - "Anything for You"...
Lyrics | Gloria Estefan lyrics - Anything For You lyrics "Anything for You" US Single Cover Single by Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine from the album Let It Loose A-side "Anything for You" (English version) B-side "Anything for You" (English/Spanish version) Released 1988 Format CD single, Cassette single Recorded 1987 Genre Pop, Adult Contemporary Length 4:02 (Album Version) 3:43 (7" edit) Label Epic Writer(s) Gloria Estefan Producer Emilio Estefan U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak: #1

Time Flies

Boy does it ever. "Time flies" are the first two words from today's hit as we conclude our "Gloria Estefan Fridays." The past four weeks have produced some of the best from Gloria and her Miami Sound Machine including today's track which peaked at #6 on the U.S. Billboard charts some 24 years ago when Gloria was a mere 31 years old. Here she is with "Can't Stay Away From You"...
Lyrics | Gloria Estefan lyrics - Can't Stay Away From You lyrics "Can't Stay Away from You" Single by Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine from the album Let It Loose Released January, 1988 Format 7" single, 3-inch CD single, cassette single Recorded 1987 Genre Soft rock Length 4:00 Label Epic Writer(s) Gloria Estefan Producer Emilio Estefan U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak: #6

At Night When You Turn Off All the Lights

Our "Gloria Estefan Fridays" roll on with my personal favorite of hers. The video is pretty outstanding as well because the drummer leads the chants at the beginning of the video and ends up being the wild, hyped up on too much caffeine guitarist at the end of the video. You don't see that too often. Also, the video features a keytar player as well. Despite a few weird looking costumes, Gloria brings it here in this top five hit - "Rhythm is Gonna Get You"...
Lyrics | Gloria Estefan lyrics - Rhythm Is Gonna Get You lyrics "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" Single by Gloria Estefan & The Miami Sound Machine from the album Let It Loose B-side "Give It Up" Released February 1987 (see release history) Format CD single Cassette single 12" vinyl single 7" vinyl single 3" CD single Recorded 1986–1987 Genre Dance-pop Length 3:56 Label Epic Writer(s) Enrique Garcia Gloria Estefan U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak: #5

I Know You Can't Control Yourself Any Longer

Get out your bongos and get ready to play along with the crazy sounds from Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine. Today's song and video was the first single released from their second English album called "Primitive Love." It was a worldwide smash and made everyone want to get up and do that "Conga"...
Lyrics | Gloria Estefan lyrics - Conga lyrics "Conga" Single by Miami Sound Machine from the album Primitive Love B-side "Mucho Money" Released September 3, 1985 (see Release history) Format Cassette single 12" Inch Vinyl single 7" Inch Vinyl single 3" CD single Recorded 1985 Genre Dance-Pop Length 4:14 Label Epic Writer(s) Enrique E. Garcia Certification Gold (RIAA) U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak: #10

Gloria Estefan Grows a Tail

I just realized that there are no Gloria Estefan videos in The Excellent 80's. What a travesty. Well, her and her sound machine did have eight top 10 hits in the U.S. during the 80's. Because of that success, it is my duty to give you fans of her work a "Gloria Estefan Friday." Including today, and for the next three Fridays, The Excellent 80's will be bringing you some of her finest works. First up, a video with way too many creepy cats for me... here is "Bad Boy"...
Lyrics | Miami Sound Machine lyrics - Bad Boys lyrics "Bad Boy" Single by Miami Sound Machine from the album Primitive Love B-side "Surrender Paradise" (North America) "Movies" (Europe) Released August 30, 1985 (see Release history) Format Cassette single Vinyl 7" Single Vinyl 12" single Recorded 1985 Genre Pop-Dance Length 3:58 (Album Version) 3:42(Single Remix) Label Epic Certification Gold (ARIA, RIAA) U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak: #8