1988 No. 1 hit sold over a million copies and became one of the decade’s biggest songs

Paula Abdul’s 1988 hit Straight Up sold over 1 million copies, reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and became a defining pop song of the 1980s.

Paula Abdul Reveals Her Hit 'Straight Up' Was Almost Thrown Away Before Success

Straight Up' is one of the biggest pop music hits of the 1980s, but Paula Abdul shared why the song almost didn't get made.
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This 1988 Pop Hit Was Thrown Out by the Singer’s Mother and Recorded in a Bathroom (And Still Sounds Great)

Paula Abdul saved her 1988 hit, "Straight Up", from the bottom of her mother's trash can, then later recorded it in a bathroom.