Maybe we forgot about this little gem that launched a new decade of music in 1990. It sounded nothing like the typical Concrete Blonde canon. When you listen to “Joey”, you want to sing along to it. But there’s also a lingering sense of remorse here. It’s about Johnette Napolitano losing her husband (Marc Moreland of Wall of Voodoo) to kidney failure. While “Joey” almost didn’t get recorded, the music world was better off with it.

“I know you've heard it all before. So I don't say it anymore. I just stand by and let you fight your secret war.”