Mark Menard
Writer, radio personality, and lifelong chart watcher.
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Latest writing
All written work →#1: "When Doves Cry" - Prince & The Revolution
Few, if any, pop music progenitors have been as wildly prolific as the mononymed Minnesotan who set his trajectory for the top of the music world in 1984.
#2: "Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)" - Phil Collins
When director Taylor Hackford was working on an updated motion picture remake of the 1947 film Out Of The Past, he knew he wanted a big ballad as its musical centerpiece, similar to what he had done two years earlier with his film An Officer And A Gentleman.
#3: "Eat It" - "Weird Al" Yankovic
His career could have been a super-obscure flash in the pan.
Latest audio
All audio →Mark’s Countdowns
Year-end song countdowns and personal rankings — the music Mark couldn’t stop playing, ranked and revisited.
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