“Bebe Le Strange” by Heart

The title song of Bébé le Strange, Heart's fifth album, came out on Epic in 1980 as the record's second and last single, and Cash Box heard "aggressive, two-fisted rock ‘n’ roll" riding brawny bass and guitar riffs. Ann Wilson sings lead, shakes the tambourine and stacks the backing vocals with Nancy Wilson, who plays guitar alongside Howard Leese, Sue Ennis and Chrissie Schefts, while Michael Derosier drives it from the drums. The Wilsons wrote it with Ennis and Roger Fisher, and Mike Flicker produced, with Connie & Howie also credited.

For all that muscle, it became the first Heart song to miss the Hot 100 entirely. The slump didn't last: later that same year "Tell It Like It Is" went top ten in the US.

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