from the 12” single, Jam Packed Records, 1984Radio stations come and go, but the truly magnificent ones will always linger on in the collective memory, and if you happened to grow up around southwest Florida in the ‘80s, from Ft. Myers to Naples, Lazer 93.5 is just that kind of cherished artifact; among the many memories I have attached to this station, their weekly spinning of this song right as work & school would let out on Fridays, as a declaration of ‘TGIF’, has stuck with me more than any other. Unfortunately, the story behind the singer of this track is not a terribly happy one: being overweight and only 16 years old at the time of this release, Debbie Deb was taken advantage of by producer ‘Pretty’ Tony Butler, receiving no royalties on the cut and being replaced by a thinner imposter for touring purposes back in the ‘80s; however, she tours today with freestyle reunion shows, and she has been oft-quoted as saying that it was completely worth getting ripped off, for sake of being put on wax at all---go figure.
