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?
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