Toy Soldiers (song)

"Toy Soldiers"
"Toy Soldiers"
	Artwork for European releases
Single by Martika
from the album Martika
B-side	"Exchange of Hearts"; "It's Not What You're Doing";
Released	April 26, 1989
Genre	Pop rock
Length	4:47 (album version); 4:23 (single version);
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Martika; Michael Jay;
Producer(s)	Michael Jay
Martika singles chronology
Music video
	"Toy Soldiers" on YouTube

"Toy Soldiers" is a song by American singer-songwriter Martika, appearing on her self-titled debut album (1988) and released in the United States as the second single from the album on April 26, 1989. It was her only song to top the charts in the United States, reaching the number-one on Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in mid-1989. An edited version of the song is included in the imported version of the album Toy Soldiers: The Best of Martika. Its music video was directed by Jim Shea.

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^ Breihan, Tom (August 2, 2021). "The Number Ones: Martika's "Toy Soldiers"". Stereogum. Retrieved October 11, 2022. ..."Toy Soldiers" is, in a lot of ways, a fairly standard '80s pop-rock dirge...that nudge "Toy Soldiers" just slightly into the goth column.

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[2] Breihan, Tom (August 2, 2021). "The Number Ones: Martika's "Toy Soldiers"". Stereogum. Retrieved October 11, 2022. ..."Toy Soldiers" is, in a lot of ways, a fairly standard '80s pop-rock dirge...that nudge "Toy Soldiers" just slightly into the goth column.

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