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Go to popculturemadness.com, search the year you turned 18, and snip out the top 50 songs.

Bold = I like the song
Stricken out = I do not like the song
Italicized = don’t care one way or the other
Under lined = no idea what the song is

1. Living On A Prayer - Bon Jovi
   
2. Mony Mony - Billy Idol (1st released in 1981)
   
3. (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life - Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes
   
4. Lean On Me - Club Nouveau
   
5. Songbird - Kenny G
6. Always - Atlantic Starr
   
7. Oh Yeah - Yello
   
8. La Bamba - Los Lobos
   
9. Faith - George Michael
   
10. You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon
    
11. With Or Without You - U2
    
12. Don’t Give Up - Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush
    
13. Bad - Michael Jackson
    
14. It’s Tricky - Run DMC
15. You Got It All - the Jets
16. U Got The Look - Prince
    
17. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For - U2
    
18. Girls, Girls, Girls - Motley Crew
    
19. Didn’t We Almost Have It All - Whitney Houston
    
20. Casanova - Levert
21. La Isla Bonita - Madonna
    
22. Funky Town - Pseudo Echo
23. Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi
    
24. Can’t We Try - Dan Hill and Vonda Sheppard
    
25. (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party) - Beastie Boys
    
26. The Final Countdown - Europe
    
27. Open Your Heart - Madonna
    
28. Looking For A New Love - Jody Watley
    
29. In Too Deep - Genesis
    
30. Let’s Wait Awhile - Janet Jackson
    
31. Where The Streets Have No Name - U2
    
32. Tonight, Tonight, Tonight - Genesis
    
33. Shake You Down - Gregory Abbott
    
34. Somewhere Out There - Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram
    
35. Talk Dirty To Me - Poison
    
36. Rhythm Is Gonna Get You - Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
    
37. Big Time - Peter Gabriel
    
38. The Finer Things - Steve Winwood
39. Land of Confusion - Genesis
    
40. Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship
    
41. Luka - Suzanne Vega
    
42. Girls - Beastie Boys
    
43. The Lady In Red - Chris Deburgh
    
44. I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) - Whitney Houston
    
45. True Faith - New Order
46. Dude (Looks Like A Lady) - Aerosmith
    
47. Touch Me (I Want Your Body) - Samantha Fox
    
48. Moonlighting Theme - Al Jarreau
    
49. Heart and Soul - T’ Pau
    
50. Heartbreak Beat - Psychedelic Furs

Because my birthday is at the end of December, the next year is probably just as interesting (to me). Let’s have a look:

1. What A Wonderful World* - Louis Armstrong
2. It Takes Two - Rob Base & E-Z Rock
3. Da Butt - EU
4. Hot Hot Hot - Buster Poindexter
5. I’ll Always Love You - Taylor Dayne
6. Man In The Mirror - Michael Jackson
7. Sweet Child Of Mine - Guns N Roses
8. Red Red Wine - UB40
9. Just Got Paid - Johnny Kemp
10. Don’t Worry, Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin
11. Pour Some Sugar On Me - Def Leppard
12. Every Rose Has Its Thorn - Poison
13. Welcome To The Jungle - Guns N Roses
14. Paradise - Sade
15. The Flame - Cheap Trick
16. 1 2 3 - Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
17. Kokomo - Beach Boys
18. Need You Tonight - INXS
19. Pump Up The Volume - M/A/R/R/S
20. Roll With It - Steve Winwood
21. Baby I Love Your Way/Freebird (Medley) - Will To Power
22. Power Of Love - Laura Branigan
23. Push It - Salt N Pepa
24. One More Try - George Michael
25. Can’t Stay Away From You - Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
26. Wild, Wild West - Kool Moe Dee
27. One Moment In Time - Whitney Houston
28. Hot Hot Hot!!! - The Cure
29. The Promise - When In Rome
30. The Way You Make Me Feel - Micheal Jackson
31. Chains Of Love - Erasure
32. What’s On Your Mind (Pure Energy) - Information Society
33. Honestly - Stryper
34. Don’t Be Cruel - Bobby Brown
35. Bad Medicine - Bon Jovi
36. Strangelove - Depeche Mode
37. Nothin’ But A Good Time - Poison
38. Angel - Aerosmith
39. Candle In The Wind - Elton John
40. Forever Young - Alphaville
41. Pink Cadillac - Natalie Cole
42. Always On My Mind - Pet Shop Boys
43. Tall Cool One - Robert Plant
44. Forever Young - Rod Stewart
45. Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil
46. Tomorrow People - Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers
47. I Know You’re Out There Somewhere - Moody Blues
48. Just Like Heaven - The Cure
49. Wild Wild West - The Escape Club
50. In God’s Country - U2

Keep in mind that a lot of the ones marked as “no idea what the song is” can be blamed on the fact that these charts are US oriented, as far as I can tell, and I grew up in the Netherlands!

Can you guess what the years are without checking various years on the website?