[1985-1989 Best Songs]
Billboard Top 100, 1988, #1
The number one song of 1988 was one of the few number ones to really deserve its place. If you were around in 1988, you may not appreciate this, since the song was played to death that year. You can't blame a song for its popularity, though. If it's good, it's good.
Faith is textbook Pop music. Catchy melody, great hook, easy-to-relate-to lyrics.
What really makes Faith a great song is that, in an age of musical production overkill, it relies on a very spartan collection of instruments. Aside from the forty seconds of church organ at the start (get it? "Faith"), it's just an acoustic guitar, simple drums, a tambourine, and a little 12-string guitar in the interlude for a change of pace.
So it went away for a while (a nice long while). I say we can all safely bring it back now and enjoy it again. (The same can't be said for George Michael himself)
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