Billboard #1 Hits: #698: ‘Toy Soldier’- Martika. July 22, 1989. #1 for 2 weeks in Billboard Hot 100.

• Single: ‘Toy Soldier’- Martika
• Record Company-Columbia
• Genre: Pop
• Written by Michael Jay and Martika
• Time: 3:43
• B-side:’ Exchange Of Hearts’
• Album- Martika
• Grade B
• Peaked at #1 2 weeks in Billboard Hot 100. #5 in UK Singles Chart, #1 in New Zealand.

Martika- born Marta Marrero in Whittier, California in 1969- is a Latin singer- actress. She had 5 Hot 100 singles with 4 making the Top 40. ‘Toy Soldiers’ is about a friend of hers who was battling a cocaine addiction.