奠定〔瑪蒂卡〕偶像地位的代表作──擋住歌壇女皇〔瑪丹娜〕后座的〔Toy Soldiers／玩具兵〕

It wasn't my intention to mislead you
It never should have been this way
What can I say
It's true, I did extend the invitation
I never knew how long you'd stay

When you hear temptation call
It's your heart that takes, takes the fall
(Won't you come out and play with me)

(Chorus)
Step by step
Heart to heart
Left, right, left
We all fall down
Like toy soldiers
Bit by bit
Torn apart
We never win
But the battle wages on
For Toy soldiers

It's getting hard to wake up in the morning
My head is spinning constantly
How can it be?
How could I be so blind to this addiction?
If I don't stop, the next one's gonna be me

Only emptiness remains
It replaces all, all the pain
(Won't you come out and play with me)

(Chorus)
(Chorus

１９８９年初　拉丁裔的美國少女歌手瑪蒂卡（Martika）推出首張同名專輯第三主打〔Toy Soldiers／玩具兵〕

由她跟製作人Michael Jay合寫

這是首帶有流行搖滾編曲的抒情歌曲
瑪蒂卡後來解釋〔Toy Soldiers〕的靈感來自她身邊一名與毒品對抗的友人

因此詮釋得相當投入

此曲於１９８９年７月登上美國流行榜兩週冠軍

將歌壇天后瑪丹娜的〔Express Yourself〕擋在亞軍

不但讓奠定瑪蒂卡真正揚名樂壇

並讓她與蒂芬妮（Tiffany） , 黛比吉布森（Debbie Gibson） 並列為８０年代末三大少女偶像的基礎
開啟了她短暫卻耀眼的偶像生涯

國際市場也頗為成功：英國／德國／澳洲＃５　紐西蘭冠軍　瑞士／愛爾蘭＃３　瑞典＃４　荷蘭＃１７
推薦這首反毒的抒情搖艮名作給各位

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvdLovAaYzM