As their classic album The Writing’s on the Wall turns 25, we appraise the best of a girl group whose futuristic sound still sounds fresh – and who gave the world Beyoncé
There is no getting around the fact that Temptation is a deeply weird idea on paper: a dreamy ballad about contemplating infidelity (“I’ma write your number in the palm of my hand / Oops, I forgot I got a man”) with a melody stolen from the children’s song This Old Man. But the strangest thing about it may be how well it works.