Timeline

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Four versions of "White Lines (Don`t Do It)" were released at the time. The 4:29 length is for the 7" single.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Single edit omits the opening rap by Vincent Price
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
The only Timeline entry (so far) to be among the infamous "Filthy Fifteen" songs found most objectionable (for allusions to masturbation) by the Parents Music Resource Center. Not until the PMRC put pressure on Congress did record companies begin to label some music as EXPLICIT.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
The We Are The World album followed the single on the charts by about a month. Springsteen donated this previously unreleased track, written by Jimmy Cliff. Its only other official CD release is on the Essential Springsteen compilation, on the bonus third disc.
 

 

 

 
Prior to its inclusion on the "Immaculate Collection," "Into the Groove" was available in the U.S. only as the B-side of the 12" single "Angel." It reached #1 for five weeks on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles chart as a two-sided entry. In several other countries it was released as a single in its own right and raced to #1. The original vinyl version clocks at 4:40. This CD version seems to be the same one to me.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
In 2008 the Illegal Records label released a compilation of all the mastermixes of Steve Stein (Steinski), including this amazing tour de force of the art of mixing, done with Douglas DiFranco (Double Dee). Dave Marsh tells the whole story behind this track in his book, "The Heart of Rock & Soul," where he ranks it 212 out of 1001.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
The first rap song to hit the top 5 of the Hot 100, this brilliant synthesis of rock and rap helped rap break into mainstream pop music and paved the way for all the rap/sung collaborations since then.