Aww, as nice as a cat on a sofa after pouring some cold lemonade. aww, sweet pop tunage.

I liked this song,back in 1988

Big, big fan of hers. But I never liked this one. Too overwrought, reminding me of those late 80's Gloria Estefan sorta ballads.

Debbie was hot doh! My teenage crush!

Debbie was hot doh! My teenage crush!

Her career was going really well,until she put out that silly "Electric Youth" single.

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SoulAlive said:

Electric Youth got to #11 on the Top 100 and the maxi single hit #3 on the dance chart. So I don't know how that is considered not going well.

MickyDolenz said:

Electric Youth got to #11 on the Top 100 and the maxi single hit #3 on the dance chart. So I don't know how that is considered not going well.

SoulAlive has a point. Her singles dropped off quite heavily after "Electric Youth" and she never really recovered chart wise. For a teen pop star, to come off a number 1 single and follow it up with one at number 11 would be seen as a disapointment I Imagine.

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Her demise wasn't that sudden though. She did 2 more albums for Atlantic after "Electric Youth", but her popularity or "chart power" had waned considerably, as it often can do to teen stars with teen fanbases.

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Atlantic tried to get a more sexual side to her on later singles like the ridiculous and clunky "Shock your mama" and the more mature "Losin' myself", but the public wouldn't bite and it's quite clear in hindsight she was uncomfortable with this slightly risque (for her) direction. Blame Madonna and "Justify my love/Erotica" era LOL. Debbie was no Madonna.

yeah,but that song was sorta like the beginning of the end I can't even name any singles that came after it.

MickyDolenz said:

Electric Youth got to #11 on the Top 100 and the maxi single hit #3 on the dance chart. So I don't know how that is considered not going well.

thesexofit said:

MickyDolenz said:

Electric Youth got to #11 on the Top 100 and the maxi single hit #3 on the dance chart. So I don't know how that is considered not going well.

SoulAlive has a point. Her singles dropped off quite heavily after "Electric Youth" and she never really recovered chart wise. For a teen pop star, to come off a number 1 single and follow it up with one at number 11 would be seen as a disapointment I Imagine.

Exactly.All of the previous singles did well."Electic Youth" was the first single that wasn't a major hit for her.I recall,at the time,many people thought that song was corny Her career never really recovered from that less-than-blockbuster single.

I used to love this song, and "Out of the blue" as well!

I remember,back in the late 80s,the media tried to do a "Debbie Gibson vs. Tiffany" rivalry Debbie wrote her own songs and Tiffany didn't,so of course the general consensus seemed to be that Debbie was the better artist.

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^^I still have a magazine from the time and Debbie said that Billy Joel was her favorite