Toy Soldiers by Martika
Artist: Martika Weeks at #1: 2 weeks Chart dates: July 22, 1989 – July 29, 1989
About
“Toy Soldiers” was the second single from Martika’s debut album. It became her first and only number one hit, topping the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in July of 1989. Martika wrote the song about a friend of hers who had a cocaine addiction: He can’t listen to it. It gives him the chills. He says it affects him too much. He knows it’s about him. He loves it. he thinks it’s a beautiful song, but when he listens to my record, he skips over that. The chorus features vocals from some of the cast members of the ‘80s TV show Kids Incorporated ( which she was a cast member of) including Fergie, Rahsaan Patterson and actress Jennifer Love Hewitt. This song is also famously sampled by Eminem in his 2004 song “Like Toy Soldiers”. Silversun Pickups released a cover of this song on June 8th, 2020 at midnight on Spotify followed by a music video later that morning.
