The newly-revived Whigs, who used to do this sort of thing all the time in the 1990s with Prince, TLC and New Order songs, busted out this Frank Ocean heart-breaker on their latest tour before formalizing it here with a studio recording. Greg Dulli and perpetually underrated guitarist Rick McCollum know exactly how to execute it, turning Ocean’s gauzy ballad into high-octane, Stones-y rock, complete with bird song, melodramatic strings and a gaudy-yet-appropriate guitar solo. A groove armada.

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“Everyday People”

"Everyday People" managed to trailblaze in two different ways -- it was one of the first pop hits to deal with the subject of racial harmony, and it utilized Larry Graham's "slap" technique on the bass guitar, which would soon be copied by countless other bassists. Graham once said about his pulsating style, "I'd never done that before … that's where the freedom of creativity came in for the band, that we'd be allowed to do that." In 1978, the song's line "Different strokes for different folks" would be borrowed for the title of the hit television show Diff'rent Strokes.