Go to Music Outfitters. Enter the year you graduated high school in the search box, select the top one hundred songs. Bold the ones you liked and cross out the ones you didn’t, underline your favorite and Italicise your guilty pleasures.
Good grief. What a load of top-40 crap. I can barely remember half of these. And the ones I can, I don’t much care for… Ok, to add to the confusion, I’ve put ‘?”s next to the ones I just plain don’t remember.
1. Look Away, Chicago ?
2. My Prerogative, Bobby Brown
3. Every Rose Has Its Thorn, Poison
4. Straight Up, Paula Abdul
5. Miss You Much, Janet Jackson
6. Cold Hearted, Paula Abdul
7. Wind Beneath My Wings, Bette Midler
8. Girl You Know Its True, Milli Vanilli
9. Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird, Will To Power
10. Giving You The Best That I Got, Anita Baker ?
11. Right Here Waiting, Richard Marx ?
12. Waiting For A Star To Fall, Boy Meets Girl ?
13. Lost In Your Eyes, Debbie Gibson ?
14. Don’t Wanna Lose You, Gloria Estefan ?
15. Heavan, Warrant
16. Girl I’m Gonna Miss You, Milli Vanilli ?
17. The Look, Roxette
18. She Drives Me Crazy, Fine Young Cannibals
19. On Our Own, Bobby Brown ?
20. Two Hearts, Phil Collins
21. Blame It On The Rain, Milli Vanilli
22. Listen To Your Heart, Roxette ?
23. I’ll Be There For You, Bon Jovi
24. If You Don’t Know Me By Now, Simply Red
25. Like A Prayer, Madonna
26. I’ll Be Loving You (Forever), New Kids On The Block ?
27. How Can I Fall?, Breathe ?
28. Baby Don’t Forget My Number, Milli Vanilli
29. Toy Solider, Martika ?
30. Forever Your Girl, Paula Abdul
31. The Living Years, Mike and the Mechanics
32. Eternal Flame, The Bangles
33. Wild Thing, Tone Loc
34. When I See You Smile, Bad English ?
35. If I Could Turn Back Time, Cher
36. Buffalo Stance, Neneh Cherry
37. When I’m With You, Sheriff ?
38. Don’t Rush Me, Taylor Dayne ?
39. Born To Be My Baby, Bon Jovi ?
40. Good Thing, Fine Young Cannibals
41. The Lover In Me, Sheena Easton
42. Bust A Move, Young M.C.
43. Once Bitten, Twice Shy, Great White
44. Batdance, Prince
45. Rock On, Michael Damian ?
46. Real Lov, Jody Watley ?
47. Love Shack, B-52’s
48. Every Little Step, Bobby Brown ?
49. Hangin’ Tough, New Kids On The Block ?
50. My Heart Can’t Tell You No, Rod Stewart ?
51. So Alive, Love and Rockets ?
52. You Got It (The Right Stuff), New Kids On The Block ?
53. Armageddon It, Def Leppard ?
54. Satisfied, Richard Marx ?
55. Express Yourself, Madonna
56. I Like It, Dino ?
57. Soldier Of Love, Donny Osmond ?
58. Sowing The Seeds Of Love, Tears For Fears
59. Cherish, Madonna
60. When The Children Cry, White Lion ?
61. 18 And Life, Skid Row
62. I Don’t Want Your Love, Duran Duran
63. Second Chances, .38 Special ?
64. The Way You Love Me, Karyn White ?
65. Funky Cold Medina, Tone Loc
66. In Your Room, Bangles ?
67. Miss You Like Crazy, Natalie Cole ?
68. Love Song, Cure ?
69. Secret Rendesvous, Karyn White ?
70. Angel Eyes, Jeff Healey Band ?
71. Patience, Guns N’ Roses
72. Walk On Water, Eddie Money
73. Cover Girl, New Kids On The Block ?
74. Welcom To The Jungle, Guns N’ Roses
75. Shower Me With Your Love, Surface ?
76. Stand, R.E.M.
77. Close My Eyes Forever, Lita Ford ?
78. All This Time, Tiffany ?
79. After All, Cher and Peter Cetera ?
80. Roni, Bobby Brown ?
81. Love In An Elevator, Aerosmith
82. Lay Your Hands On Me, Bon Jovi
83. This Promise, When In Rome ?
84. What I Am, Edie Brickell and The New Bohemians ?
85. I Remember Holding You, Boys Club ?
86. Paradise City, Guns N’ Roses
87. Iwanna Have Some Fun, Samantha Fox ?
88. She Wants To Dance With Me, Rick Astley
89. Dreamin’, Vanessa Williams ?
90. It’s No Crime, Babyface ?
91. Poison, Alice Cooper
92. This Time I Know It’s For Real, Donna Summer ?
93. Smooth Criminal, Michael Jackson
94. Heavan Help Me, Deon Estus ?
95. Rock Wit’cha, Bobby Brown ?
96. Thinking Of You, Sa-fire ?
97. What You Don’t Know, Expose ?
98. Surrender To Me, Ann Wilson and Robin Zander ?
99. The End Of The Innocence, Don Henley
100. Keep On Movin’, Soul II Soul ?