It's not a bad song, but not one of my favorites. Get Ready is pretty awful IMO, but I can see the comparision. But I'd always had the impression that New Jersey was tailored to be Slippery #2, and in that case, 99 In The Shade loses against its brother Wild In The Streets.

Really like Born To Be My Baby, though. No shit it's poppy - that's the Prayer follow-up. Just look at the lyrics, and it also was the second single.