Album · Josie Cotton
Convertible Music by Josie Cotton
Convertible Music is an album by Josie Cotton, released in 1982. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 6 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Johnny Are You Queer?”, on 6 lists with a best position of #5.
Convertible Music, Josie Cotton's 1982 debut on Elektra, is new wave pop at its most sugar-coated and sly, with Roy Thomas Baker at the controls polishing it all to a candy-apple shine.
The record's two best-known songs, "He Could Be the One" and "Johnny Are You Queer?", were only minor hits at the time, but Cotton performed both of them in the 1983 movie Valley Girl, and the film's soundtrack made the Billboard 200. "Johnny Are You Queer?", a bouncy, cheeky bit of bubblegum, is the one the countdowns still remember, and it turned up again decades later in Jackass Number Two.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Convertible Music on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnny Are You Queer? | 6 | #5 | – | 1981–2006 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.