"Straight Up" by Paula Abdul, Monday, May 17, 2021
Before she was a singer, Paula Abdul was a dancer and choreographer, working on Hollywood movies and with some of the biggest names in '80s music in the golden age of the music video. But when her debut album dropped in 1988 her third single, " Straight Up " took her to the top of the charts. "Straight Up" started a streak of six number-one hits. However, Abdul released her latest studio album in 1995, occasionally touring with the old songs since, but mostly working on other endeavors, like judging American Idol , The X Factor , Masked Singer , and other reality TV appearances. HOW ABOUT SOME INFORMATION, PLEASE? "Straight Up" is straight up a guilty pleasure song these days. The song has appeared in movies, but it's not to the cliché level of some classic rock songs, like " Walking on Sunshine " or " One Way or Another ." Coming across the song today at work while grading papers on a gloomy, now third day of no sunshin