Music Minute!

Did you know that Teena Marie only scored 1 top 20 hit single on the Billboard Hot 100 throughout her entire career?

Marie’s lone top 20 song on the Hot 100 was ‘LoverGirl’, which ranked at #4 on the chart in 1984. Additionally, only one of other songs cracked the top 40 of the lineup – her 1981 hit ‘Square Biz’, which climbed to #37.

Interestingly, only 9 of Marie’s singles ever entered the Hot 100 since the start of her career in 1979. However, she did garner numerous hits on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, including her only #1 song on that lineup, ‘Ooo La La La’, which was famously reworked by the Fugees for their classic tune ‘Fu-Gee-La’. The latter track peaked at #29 on the Hot 100.

Watch Marie’s performance of ‘Ooo La La La’ on ‘Soul Train’ below:

Now you know!