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
- Living On A Prayer – Bon Jovi
- Mony Mony – Billy Idol (1st released in 1981)
- (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life – Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes
- Lean On Me – Club Nouveau
- Songbird – Kenny G
- Always – Atlantic Starr
- Oh Yeah – Yello
- La Bamba – Los Lobos
- Faith – George Michael
- You Can Call Me Al – Paul Simon
- With Or Without You – U2
- Don’t Give Up – Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush
- Bad – Michael Jackson
- It’s Tricky – Run DMC
- You Got It All – the Jets
- U Got The Look – Prince
- I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For – U2
- Girls, Girls, Girls – Motley Crew
- Didn’t We Almost Have It All – Whitney Houston
- Casanova – Levert
- La Isla Bonita – Madonna
- Funky Town – Pseudo Echo
- Wanted Dead Or Alive – Bon Jovi
- Can’t We Try – Dan Hill and Vonda Sheppard
- (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party) – Beastie Boys
- The Final Countdown – Europe
- Open Your Heart – Madonna
- Looking For A New Love – Jody Watley
- In Too Deep – Genesis
- Let’s Wait Awhile – Janet Jackson
- Where The Streets Have No Name – U2
- Tonight, Tonight, Tonight – Genesis
- Shake You Down – Gregory Abbott
- Somewhere Out There – Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram
- Talk Dirty To Me – Poison
- Rhythm Is Gonna Get You – Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
- Big Time – Peter Gabriel
- The Finer Things – Steve Winwood
- Land of Confusion – Genesis
- Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now – Starship
- Luka – Suzanne Vega
- Girls – Beastie Boys
- The Lady In Red – Chris Deburgh
- I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) – Whitney Houston
- True Faith – New Order
- Dude (Looks Like A Lady) – Aerosmith
- Touch Me (I Want Your Body) – Samantha Fox
- Moonlighting Theme – Al Jarreau
- Heart and Soul – T’ Pau
- 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:
- What A Wonderful World* – Louis Armstrong
- It Takes Two – Rob Base & E-Z Rock
- Da Butt – EU
- Hot Hot Hot – Buster Poindexter
- I’ll Always Love You – Taylor Dayne
- Man In The Mirror – Michael Jackson
- Sweet Child Of Mine – Guns N Roses
- Red Red Wine – UB40
- Just Got Paid – Johnny Kemp
- Don’t Worry, Be Happy – Bobby McFerrin
- Pour Some Sugar On Me – Def Leppard
- Every Rose Has Its Thorn – Poison
- Welcome To The Jungle – Guns N Roses
- Paradise – Sade
- The Flame – Cheap Trick
- 1 2 3 – Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
- Kokomo – Beach Boys
- Need You Tonight – INXS
- Pump Up The Volume – M/A/R/R/S
- Roll With It – Steve Winwood
- Baby I Love Your Way/Freebird (Medley) – Will To Power
- Power Of Love – Laura Branigan
- Push It – Salt N Pepa
- One More Try – George Michael
- Can’t Stay Away From You – Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
- Wild, Wild West – Kool Moe Dee
- One Moment In Time – Whitney Houston
- Hot Hot Hot!!! – The Cure
- The Promise – When In Rome
- The Way You Make Me Feel – Micheal Jackson
- Chains Of Love – Erasure
- What’s On Your Mind (Pure Energy) – Information Society
- Honestly – Stryper
- Don’t Be Cruel – Bobby Brown
- Bad Medicine – Bon Jovi
- Strangelove – Depeche Mode
- Nothin’ But A Good Time – Poison
- Angel – Aerosmith
- Candle In The Wind – Elton John
- Forever Young – Alphaville
- Pink Cadillac – Natalie Cole
- Always On My Mind – Pet Shop Boys
- Tall Cool One – Robert Plant
- Forever Young – Rod Stewart
- Beds Are Burning – Midnight Oil
- Tomorrow People – Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers
- I Know You’re Out There Somewhere – Moody Blues
- Just Like Heaven – The Cure
- Wild Wild West – The Escape Club
- 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?