1991 Cher: The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)

A cover version of a 1964 Betty Everett original, Cher pulls out all the Cher stops with a wrecking ball of a vocal to pave over Everett's hesitant attempt at self assurance with a ballsy, cock sure enthusiasm that brokers no dissent. "Oh, Oh, Oh, hug him, squeeze him tight. To find out what you want to know" - Cher knows her way around a bloke and the maturity she brings could so easily have buried the simple naivety of the song under a welter of bombast. But this version has a chunky sing-along-ness that craves audience participation (those "Oh oh oh"'s could have been sampled from the party staple that is Lulu's 'Shout') with Cher herself happy to play Mein Host ("Oh NOOO, that's NOT the way, and you're NOT listening to all I say") to get things swinging. The world didn't need anther cover of 'The Shoop Shoop Song' in 1991, so give thanks that at least it got a decent one.