When “You’re In Love” reached #1, all three members of Wilson Phillips were 21 or 22. I don’t know whether it’s fully intentional, but the song at least leaves open the idea that these crazy kids could get back together.
The narrator keeps referring to the ex as “my love,” and she admits that she’s sad about it: “Sometimes, it’s hard to believe that you’re never coming back for me/ I’ve had this dream that you’d always be by my side/ Oh, I could’ve died.” But she keeps shaking off any lingering regret and returning to the chorus: “You’re in love! That’s the way it should be! ‘Cause I want you to be happy!” Also, on the first line of the song, they sing, “Open the door and come in/ I’m so glad to see you, my friend.” If that ex really is in love, then why are they going to see Wilson Phillips in person? Phones exist.
It’s not as simple as all that, of course. That ex has moved on and fallen in love, and so those Wilson Phillips voices say that it’s a good thing: “Now I see that you’re so happy/ And ooh, it just sets me free.” That narrator sings “You’re In Love” to an ex, and she does her very best to say how happy she is for that ex. The three young women in Wilson Phillips sing the lead vocal in close harmony, but all of them come together to form the voice of one narrator. In pop music, that’s not always a good thing. “You’re In Love,” the trio’s third chart-topper, isn’t especially great or memorable, but its success is a clear sign that Wilson Phillips, for that one year, were a serious pop-chart force. (“Impulsive” is a 7.) Almost a year after the release of their self-titled debut album, Wilson Phillips landed one last #1 hit. Wilson Phillips returned to #1 with “ Release Me,” their second single, and they got as far as #4 with “ Impulsive,” their third. Today, “Hold On” has about 10 times as many Spotify streams as the group’s second-most-played song, which happens to be the single edit of “Hold On.”Īt least for a little while, though, Wilson Phillips had legs, and nobody can ever accuse the group of being a one-hit wonder. When you come out of the gate with a song like that, it’s virtually impossible to equal that impact, and Wilson Phillips never did. “Hold On” was also an absolute smash - not just a #1 single but, according to Billboard, the biggest song of 1990. “ Hold On,” Wilson Phillips’ first single, is an all-time banger, a song that seemed to evoke instant nostalgia even when it was new. When anyone thinks of Wilson Phillips these days, the trio’s legacy seems to be limited to a single song. In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present.
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