Throwback Thursday: A discussion on Biz Markie’s “Just A Friend”
Chris DeMakes A Podcast
Chris DeMakes
4.9 • 957 Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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| 1:16.9 | Hey, everybody. |
| 1:20.0 | Krista makes a podcast producer, Chris Fafalius here. |
| 1:23.0 | It's throwback Thursday again. |
| 1:25.1 | And this week, we're throwing it back to August of 2022 when Chris and I |
| 1:29.1 | took a look back at the late Biz Marquis and his hit single Just a Friend. The song hit number |
| 1:35.3 | nine on the Hot 100 on March 17th of 1990, which was one spot above Demob featuring Kathy Dennis |
| 1:42.7 | with Come On and Get My Love. One spot above biz was Phil Collins |
| 1:47.9 | with I Wish It Would Rain Down. At number seven was Michelle with No More Lies. At six was Billy Joel |
| 1:54.6 | with I Go to Extremes. Price of Love from Bad English was at five. Number four was Taylor Dane's Love Will Lead You Back. |
| 2:03.7 | Rome from the B-52s was at number three. Black Velvet from Alana Miles was at two. And the number one |
| 2:11.1 | song at this moment in history was Escapade from Janet Jackson. March of 1990 was also when driving Miss Daisy won best |
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