the new line-up released one album, "edge of the century", featuring the dennis deyoung ballad "show me the way", which received an additional boost just prior to the first persian gulf war. some radio stations edited the top three hit to include the voices of children, whose parents were deployed in saudi arabia between 1990 and 1991. the song went all the way to no. 3 on both the hot 100 and at adult contemporary radio and notably remained in the top 40 for 23 weeks and ac for 31 weeks. with the huge success of the song "show me the way", styx joined a handful of musical acts to have top 10 singles in three different decades and under four different presidential administrations.