Everybody loves power ballads, whether or not they admit it ... “I Remember You” reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and remains one of Skid Row’s most popular tunes.

The band teased their hair and broke big with this schlocky power ballad, an MTV favorite and car ride sing-a-long staple that made it all the way to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in fall 1989.

it rose to No. 5 on the Hot 100, her highest place on the chart to date. As full-throttle as Pat Benatar’s biggest songs can be, her power ballads are just as epic. “Don’t Let It Show ...

Musicologist David Metzer calls this power ballad a 'continuous escalation' - and probably the key to its massive success is the way it builds more than most as it starts with such with such a ...

But it may not have resonated as a ‘power ballad’ without one key ... Released on June 19, 1972, it made the Billboard Hot 100 on July 15 as the week’s highest new entry at No.68.