Many people consider “Dancing With Myself” to be a Billy Idol number, but it is originally by the band Generation X. It is the band’s best known-hit, though its success wasn’t explosive until the Idol recording. While he plays the song at most of his shows, Idol always credits the song to Gen-X. The song has also been covered by the Donnas, Green Day, Blink182, Laura Bell Bundy and Kevin McHale.

“Solitaire,” a ballad about lost love, was written by Neil Sedaka and released by him in 1974. One of the most famous cover versions was released by the Carpenters in 1975. Other covers have been release by Clay Aiken, Sheryl Crow, Elvis Presley, Westlife and Dean Martin.

“Physical” is Olivia Newton-Johns’ best-known single and one of the biggest songs of the 1980s. It spent ten weeks at the top of the charts in 1982 and the video was banned by several broadcasters due to its sexual nature. A duet version with Jane Lynch was featured in the “Bad Reputation” episode of Glee last spring.

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