"Toy Soldiers" | ||||
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Single by Martika | ||||
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Released | April 26, 1989[1] | |||
Genre | Pop rock[2] | |||
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Label | Columbia | |||
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Producer(s) | Michael Jay | |||
Martika singles chronology | ||||
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"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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was invoked but never defined (see the help page)...."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.