Debuting on the Hot 100 on April Fool's Day 1989, Neneh Cherry's "Buffalo Stance" had peaked at #2 in the UK three months earlier and saw a then eight-months-pregnant Cherry performing on Top Of The Pops. HERC remembers first hearing the song on the Friday Night mix show he listened to at work. The song would peak at #3 on the Hot 100 at the end of June. HERC got his hands on the album Raw Like Sushi as soon as he could and made "Buffalo Stance" a staple of his Summer Of 1989 mixtapes.
Much to HERC's surprise and delight, Neneh later appeared on one of his favorite albums of 2006: Soft Machine by Teddybears. Backed by the Schultz sisters and a surprisingly upbeat droning instrumental track, Neneh gets all melancholy and submissive in another of HERC's Favorite Songs Of Summer, "Yours To Keep":
We can drive around with the top down/Stereo turned up loud with a fat sound/'Cause I'm yours to keep if you want to
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