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Run-DMC released the single Christmas In Hollis November 25, 1987

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We did it!! Team #ItTakesTwo brought home the March Fadness crown.

Thanks to all who read, listened, and voted! And thanks especially to MC Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock for their timeless hit.

This one goes out to the 217 and the Montgomery Hills crew.

We did it!! Team #ItTakesTwo brought home the March Fadness crown.

Thanks to all who read, listened, and voted! And thanks especially to MC Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock for their timeless hit.

This one goes out to the 217 and the Montgomery Hills crew.

Right about now…now…now…”It Takes Two” is in the #FinalFour of the @marchxness tournament and needs your votes! Link in bio for where to vote. (at South Bend, Indiana)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CqYYocsO-9W/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

75 minutes until tip off! Vote “It Takes Two” at www.marchxness.com

75 minutes until tip off! Vote “It Takes Two” at www.marchxness.com

Friends (and strangers): 

I’ve been holding off asking for this favor until the Sweet 16, but I have advanced to the round of 16 of the March Fadness tournament of 1980s one-hit-wonders. I am repping Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock’s “It Takes Two”–one of the most iconic hits of the late 80s, and I NEED YOUR VOTES!

Here’s how it works: Every song is repped by a writer who writes an essay about why their song is best. Often these essays get personal and tell the story of how we first came to know and love the song. 

In my case, the essay reflects on growing up in Decatur, IL and hearing “It Takes Two” in my neighbor’s basement for the first time, and what a transcendent experience that was. 

It’s also about going to school dances at Mound Middle School and, later, Stephen Decatur, and this song being the track that got everyone on the dance floor.

If you feel that way about, too, “It Takes Two,” please visit the website and cast your vote! Thanks for voting and reading!

Voting is open until 11 am EST tomorrow (3/23)

blondebrainpower:

Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock wearing Dapper Dan for their album “It Takes Two”, 1988