http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2459&rws=%2Floverboy%2Ftop-tracks.rssThe corporate rock of the 1980s provided a focus for the hatred of critics and post-punk musicians, but it also sold millions of records and produced its share of undeniable rock 'n' roll moments. While Loverboy were hardly one of the decade's great bands, they did display some smarts and a knack for entertaining-enough hooks along the way to their three platinum albums. Formed by veteran guitarist Paul Dean (who'd briefly worked with Streetheart) and singer Mike Reno, Loverboy were one of Canada's premier rock acts of the era. Their self-titled 1980 debut -- complete with a trendy-looking cover that prompted some to mislabel the band New Wavers – was a quick success, launching the single "Turn Me Loose" into <I>Billboard</I>'s Top 40. (Fredric Dannen's music-biz expose <I>Hit Men</I> gives an inside look at the machinations of breaking the record.) A follow-up, "The Kid is Hot Tonite," was another big favorite at album-rock radio, and was perhaps the first of the group's "guilty pleasure" cuts for listeners who normally shunned such fare. "Don't ask me how, but guess who hit the big time?" was the key lyric of "Lucky Ones," from the band's second album, <I>Get Lucky</I>. This kind of self-effacement was rarely heard in commercial pop and rock by this point, and its charm was hard to deny. <I>Get Lucky</I> also contained a true anthem for Loverboy's regular-guy (and girl!) listeners: "Working for the Weekend" still gets its share of airplay more than 20 years later, and it still rings true. By 1983, MTV was nearly as big a force in selling records as was radio, and Loverboy were one of the channel's favorites; that summer even saw the band cast an MTV contest winner in an ever-so-brief role in the clip for "Queen of the Broken Hearts." They were at the peak of their career, and though there were a few more hits in their future, Loverboy couldn't have gotten much bigger. - Jaan UhelszkiAORen720Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:50:21 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2459&rws=%2Floverboy%2Ftop-tracks.rss The corporate rock of the 1980s provided a focus for the hatred of critics and post-punk musicians, but it also sold millions of records and produced its share of undeniable rock 'n' roll moments. While Loverboy were hardly one of the decade's great bands, they did display some smarts and a knack for entertaining-enough hooks along the way to their three platinum albums. Formed by veteran guitarist Paul Dean (who'd briefly worked with Streetheart) and singer Mike Reno, Loverboy were one of Canada's premier rock acts of the era. Their self-titled 1980 debut -- complete with a trendy-looking cover that prompted some to mislabel the band New Wavers – was a quick success, launching the single "Turn Me Loose" into <I>Billboard</I>'s Top 40. (Fredric Dannen's music-biz expose <I>Hit Men</I> gives an inside look at the machinations of breaking the record.) A follow-up, "The Kid is Hot Tonite," was another big favorite at album-rock radio, and was perhaps the first of the group's "guilty pleasure" cuts for listeners who normally shunned such fare. "Don't ask me how, but guess who hit the big time?" was the key lyric of "Lucky Ones," from the band's second album, <I>Get Lucky</I>. This kind of self-effacement was rarely heard in commercial pop and rock by this point, and its charm was hard to deny. <I>Get Lucky</I> also contained a true anthem for Loverboy's regular-guy (and girl!) listeners: "Working for the Weekend" still gets its share of airplay more than 20 years later, and it still rings true. By 1983, MTV was nearly as big a force in selling records as was radio, and Loverboy were one of the channel's favorites; that summer even saw the band cast an MTV contest winner in an ever-so-brief role in the clip for "Queen of the Broken Hearts." They were at the peak of their career, and though there were a few more hits in their future, Loverboy couldn't have gotten much bigger. - Jaan Uhelszki http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1038697&variant=play&rws=%2Floverboy%2Ftop-tracks.rss AOR Thu, 1 Jan 1981 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Loverboy on Rhapsody Online 1038697 tra.1038697 Loverboy art.2459 0.99 Get Lucky alb.102825 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/6/3/3/1263360_170x170.jpg 1984-03-27 00:00:00.0 1981-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Working For The Weekend tra.1038697 223000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1038697&variant=play&rws=%2Floverboy%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1038697&variant=data&rws=%2Floverboy%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2863652&variant=play&rws=%2Floverboy%2Ftop-tracks.rss AOR Tue, 1 Jan 1980 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Loverboy on Rhapsody Online 2863652 tra.2863652 Loverboy art.2459 0.99 Loverboy alb.301113 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1989 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Loverboy on Rhapsody Online 1038703 tra.1038703 Loverboy art.2459 0.99 Big Ones alb.107654 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/6/1/6/1316166_170x170.jpg 1989-11-07 00:00:00.0 1989-11-07 00:00:00.0 true Lovin' Every Minute Of It tra.1038703 211000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1038703&variant=play&rws=%2Floverboy%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1038703&variant=data&rws=%2Floverboy%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1038698&variant=play&rws=%2Floverboy%2Ftop-tracks.rss AOR Thu, 1 Jan 1981 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Loverboy on Rhapsody Online 1038698 tra.1038698 Loverboy art.2459 0.99 Get Lucky alb.102825 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/6/3/3/1263360_170x170.jpg 1984-03-27 00:00:00.0 1981-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Take Me To The Top tra.1038698 374000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1038698&variant=play&rws=%2Floverboy%2Ftop-tracks.rss 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http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2866991&variant=play&rws=%2Floverboy%2Ftop-tracks.rss AOR Tue, 27 Sep 1994 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Loverboy on Rhapsody Online 2866991 tra.2866991 Loverboy art.2459 0.99 Loverboy Classics alb.241875 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/4/4/0/1690440_170x170.jpg 1994-10-11 00:00:00.0 1994-09-27 00:00:00.0 true Turn Me Loose tra.2866991 336000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2866991&variant=play&rws=%2Floverboy%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2866991&variant=data&rws=%2Floverboy%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1038699&variant=play&rws=%2Floverboy%2Ftop-tracks.rss AOR Tue, 7 Nov 1989 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Loverboy on Rhapsody Online 1038699 tra.1038699 Loverboy art.2459 0.99 Big Ones alb.107654 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/6/1/6/1316166_170x170.jpg 1989-11-07 00:00:00.0 1989-11-07 00:00:00.0 true Hot Girls In Love tra.1038699 239000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1038699&variant=play&rws=%2Floverboy%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1038699&variant=data&rws=%2Floverboy%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3130063&variant=play&rws=%2Floverboy%2Ftop-tracks.rss AOR Tue, 14 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Loverboy on Rhapsody Online 3130063 tra.3130063 Loverboy art.2459 0.99 Love Songs alb.263766 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/9/2/5/1265290_170x170.jpg 2003-01-14 00:00:00.0 2003-01-14 00:00:00.0 true Heaven In Your Eyes tra.3130063 245000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3130063&variant=play&rws=%2Floverboy%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3130063&variant=data&rws=%2Floverboy%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2866992&variant=play&rws=%2Floverboy%2Ftop-tracks.rss AOR Tue, 27 Sep 1994 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Loverboy on Rhapsody Online 2866992 tra.2866992 Loverboy art.2459 0.99 Loverboy Classics alb.241875 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26 Aug 1997 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Loverboy on Rhapsody Online 2457870 tra.2457870 Loverboy art.2459 0.99 Super Hits alb.193880 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/0/4/7/1307408_170x170.jpg 1997-08-26 00:00:00.0 1997-08-26 00:00:00.0 true Turn Me Loose tra.2457870 336000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2457870&variant=play&rws=%2Floverboy%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2457870&variant=data&rws=%2Floverboy%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3024270&variant=play&rws=%2Floverboy%2Ftop-tracks.rss AOR Tue, 21 Aug 2001 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Loverboy on Rhapsody Online 3024270 tra.3024270 Loverboy art.2459 0.99 80's Pop Hits alb.267199 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/4/4/0/1690441_170x170.jpg 2001-08-21 00:00:00.0 2001-08-21 00:00:00.0 true This Could Be The Night tra.3024270 298000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3024270&variant=play&rws=%2Floverboy%2Ftop-tracks.rss 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