Eternal Flame: Bangles' Iconic Hit at 37

0:00It's April 1st. I'm Cory with the story, and this is Entertainment and Celebrity News. Today, your AI-powered entertainment report. 37 years ago, the bangles dropped their massive hit. Eternal flame right to number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on April 1st, 1989. That pop rock ballad marked their second time topping the charts. Coming after walk like an Egyptian held the spot for four straight weeks back in. 1986. The track came from their third album Everything, released that October and hit as a single the next January. Susanna Hoffs teamed up with Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly to co-write it, and it blew up worldwide, grabbing number 1 in 9 countries, including A. 4 week run in the UK. Fans still call it a defining anthem of the 80s, one that sealed the band's legacy as trailblazers. They became just the third all-female group to score multiple Hot 100 number 1s, following the Cherelles and the Supremes.

1:00The bangles flirted with the top spot a couple more times too, like with Manic Monday peaking at number 2 in 1986 pinned by Prince. Whose own kiss kept them out. Then their cover of Hazy Shade of Winter hit the same spot the next year for the less than zero soundtrack. That eternal vibe from Eternal Flame keeps burning bright, reminding us how those bangles beats shaped the generation.