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“In the ’80s, everybody came out with a power ballad – and we had a great one. It was never a No.1 record, but it’s a song that defines that whole era”: How an incredibly unlucky band finally got a break with a soft rock classic

Saturday December 27, 2025. 04:00 PM , from Keyboard Magazine

But was that song really about a nun who sells dope to school kids?

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