“Walking Down Your Street” by The Bangles

"Walking Down Your Street" went out in 1987 as the fourth single from the Bangles' Different Light, and the last one American fans got from it; the next, "Following", was a UK-only release. Susanna Hoffs wrote it in 1984 with Louis Gutierrez under the working title "Desire", and producer David Kahne shares the credit. It was the newest of the handful of songs the band carried in when the album sessions began in 1985, and it was briefly pegged to lead the album until "Manic Monday" came along.

Hoffs sings lead, chasing a Supremes and Shangri-Las vocal feel; she and Vicki Peterson play guitar, Michael Steele bass and Debbi Peterson drums. It was the first of the band's US Top 40 hits written by a Bangle, and it reached 11 on the Hot 100 and 16 in the UK.

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