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Ah, the glories of parachute pants, another relic of the bygone 80s. I never owned a pair, not being hip enough, but obviously the guys from Sly Fox were hip enough. Their song, "Let's Go All the Way," was one of the coolest hits from my high school years--and interestingly enough, it wasn't initially a hit in the U.S. As I understand it, the single was released in 1986, but sank without a trace until DJs at KKBQ in Houston (which was a top 40 station back in those days) took a liking to it and began playing the extended version heavily. Gradually, it's popularity spread and it became a top 10 hit in early 1987 (again, my recollections may be off, but the gist is there). Pretty cool. Something sorta similar happened with the Synch song "Where Are You Now?", which got very heavy airplay from KKBQ upon its original release in 1985 and never really fell off the playlist until it resurfaced as a top 10 hit in 1989.



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