Jon Secada - "Do You Believe in Us?"

This song is in heavy rotation at your neighborhood Walgreens -- at the corner of happy & healthy.

Richard Marx "Endless Summer Nights"

We've already learned that Adult Contemporary music from the 1980s loved their saxophone solos (just take a quick listen to the bridge of Richard Marx's "Endless Summer Nights"). Well, what else can we gather from Growing Up Adult Contemporary? Quite simply: don't talk shit about Richard Marx. A few years ago, a blogger referred to Marx's music as "shameless". It's something that internet writers and trolls do all the time (heck, if Rod Stewart read this blog he'd have some words for me). But, in the case, Richard didn't take this criticism lightly. He actually contacted the writer and asked him if he had the balls to meet him and say it to his face. Seeing it as an opportunity to take a non-story into a big story, the writer actually met with Marx and the two hashed things out. In the exchange (chronicled here), Marx claims that his music is "huuuuge at Walgreens" (the underlying theme of Growing Up Adult Contemporary). Definitely read the article and then try to answer the question: who is the hero and who is the villain in this bizarre tale.

Anthony David - "Something About You"

While sitting at my neighborhood Walgreens one rainy spring evening, a familiar song played over the loudspeaker.  I immediately recognized the song was "Something About You", but I didn't know the man's voice singing.  He almost sounded like Seal.  One quick trip to Google revealed the singer's name was R&B singer Anthony David (whose name sounds like a place you would go to get your hair done).  While the Cary Brothers successfully remade this song, add Anthony David's name to artists who also remade the '80s song without ruining it.