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Believe Again - Delta Goodrem;	We are the world-Michael Jackson	When you say nothing at all- Alison Krauss
knock on heaven's door-Avril	The Girl With April In Her Eyes	The Loneliness - Kenneth Edmonds
EveryTime-Britney	Moonlight Shadow-Dana Winner	A Time For Us-"Romeo and Juliet"
Tears In Heaven-Eric Clapton	The Thunder Rolls - Garth Brooks	Take Me Home Country Roads-John Denver
life is cool - sweetbox	Toy Soldiers- Martika

 

What is the song?

Martika is the only one singing throughout the song, although the chorus of the song consisted of some of Martika's former castmates from Kids Incorporated, including Stacy Ferguson (Fergie), Rahsaan Patterson, Renee Sands, Shanice Wilson along with later cast members Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Devyn Puett. The inspiration for the song came from a friend who was battling a drug addiction at the time. According to an episode of VH-1's Pop-Up Video in which the video was featured, the friend in question ultimately beat the addiction.

The song spent two weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. while reaching the top ten in the UK. When it spent its first week at number one, it had leapt over Madonna's "Express Yourself" and kept that song from reaching the top spot. On Billboard's year-end chart for 1989, "Toy Soldiers" placed number twenty nine. It was Martika's only number-one single in the U.S. and Chile, and her highest-ranking single in the UK. The single was certified Gold in the United States by the RIAA.

The music video depicts Martika's relationship with a drug dealer and an addict. As he descends deeper into addiction, Martika is consumed by pain and helplessness as she remembers the earlier, happier times in their relationship. Martika is powerless to save him and he eventually dies (there is a brief shot of a man's body floating underwater) and she is seen placing a flower on a grave. Martika however vows that she will not fall victim to the same addiction that claimed him.

Eminem's Encore album features samples from "Toy Soldiers" in a song titled "Like Toy Soldiers". The subject of the Eminem song is markedly different from the Martika song, concerning violence and murder linked to rap music rather than drug addiction.

British rock band My Vitriol released a cover of "Toy Soldiers" on the B-side of their 2007 EP "A Pyrrhic Victory".

In The Simpsons 18th season episode "G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)" the music playing during the assault course is "Toy Soldiers".

In March and April 2009, VH1 ran a countdown of the 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s. "Toy Soldiers" placed at #67 on the countdown despite the fact that Martika had three other Top 40 hits: "More Than You Know" (#18); "I Feel the Earth Move" (#25); and "Love ... Thy Will Be Done" (#10).