"Boomchild" by Dennis DeYoung

After leaving the legendary band Styx, Dennis DeYoung struck out for a promising solo career. He hit it big out of the gate with "Desert Moon" in 1984, but it would prove to be his only top 40 hit as a solo artist (it went to #10). The follow-up single, "Don't Wait For Heroes" fumbled at #83.

For his second solo outing, he released the song "Call Me" (not a Blondie cover), but it hung up at #54. His career on the singles chart ended in 1986 with "This Is The Time", which couldn't rise past #93 even after being featured in Karate Kid Part II.

"Boomchild" is a great AOR track from his third album of the same name. Remarkably, this album didn't even hit the Top 200 - it should have been a comeback for DeYoung, who proved with this record that he still had excellent songwriting chops. Check out "Harry's Hands" and "Beneath The Moon" too.