Laxury, today's song is from one of the most culturally influential artists in music and fashion history.

In fact, this song hit number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1985, and

we have to bring this up.

There are literally dozens of versions of this song.

That's absolutely right.

And there are dozens of titles for this song.

Crazy. If you look up the song on any service, you're likely to find other things that aren't the

song. We're going to talk about the canonical version in this episode. And we'll explain why that is

that there's all these variations. But this is this artist's most commercially successful single,

one on which she layers her smooth,

powerful voice over lush 80s synths, a really funky baseline, and interestingly, and

unusually, a Washington, D.C. style go-go beat. That's right. And this artist first made a name

for herself as a model. And then on the downtown New York, Andy Warhol, Steve Rubel, Studio 54 disco

scene, she has become an unforgettable international icon fusing genres and really challenging

gender and societal norms throughout her career on the mic, on the runway, and on the big

screen. And by the end of this episode, we'll answer the question,

is this a perfect song?

I'm going to state a pretty strong case.

Spoiler alert that it might just be a perfect song.

Just giving you a heads up, so you're ready for it.

Yeah, I'll see if I can make a case for Oregon.

Oh, okay.

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