Music Meme thingy that is all the rage. This week.

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Seen on several Blogs, most recently being slammerkinbabe

Go to musicoutfitters.com, and do a search on the most popular 100 songs from the year you graduated high school. (You can do this by searching on the year you graduated). Bold the ones you actually like. (Understand that the word "like" in this case means, in the very least, "wouldn't immediately change the radio station from.") Pick a favorite. Underline that favorite. And strike through the ones you loathe.


1. Careless Whisper, Wham! I'm sorry, but 'guilty feet have got no rhythem', is just a lyric I can't get past.
2. Like A Virgin, Madonna - Meh
3. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, Wham! This totally came out before 1985. And as an aside, I recently saw a very early "Wham UK! video and seriously, the gayest thing ever. Why we didn't suspect George Michael's sexual orientation I will never know.
4. I Want To Know What Love Is, Foreigner Again, meh
5. I Feel For You, Chaka Khan
6. Out Of Touch, Daryl Hall and John Oates Runner up for the gayest duo ever, next to the aforementioned Wham
7. Everybody Wants To Rule The World, Tears For Fears I liked Tears for Fears. The Hurting is the best wangsty album ever. But this song got on my nerves. Sellouts.
8. Money For Nothing, Dire Straits Sting is in it. What more could I want?
9. Crazy For You, Madonna Possibly the only Madonna song I really liked.
10. Take On Me, A-Ha I'm not ashamed to admit it. Though I think the video was better than the song
11. Everytime You Go Away, Paul Young Not his best song, but good. Loved Paul Young.
12. Easy Lover, Phil Collins and Philip Bailey
13. Can't Fight This Feeling, REO Speedwagon Oh, come on, this was SO before 1985
14. We Built This City, Starship
15. The Power Of Love, Huey Lewis and The News
16. Don't You (Forget About Me), Simple Minds Liked it until the radio station played it to death. Thanks, John Hughes.
17. Cherish, Kool and The Gang
18. St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion), John Parr see coment about Don't You forget about me
19. The Heat Is On, Glenn Frey
20. We Are The World, U.S.A. For Africa Don't even get me started about this song.
21. Shout, Tears For Fears see other Tears for Fears comment
22. Part-Time Lover, Stevie Wonder
23. Saving All My Love For You, Whitney Houston
24. Heaven, Bryan Adams
25. Everything She Wants, Wham!
26. Cool It Now, New Edition
27. Miami Vice Theme, Jan Hammer
28. Lover Boy, Billy Ocean
29. Lover Girl, Teena Marie
30. You Belong To The City, Glenn Frey
31. Oh Sheila, Ready For The World
32. Rhythm Of The Night, Debarge
33. One More Night, Phil Collins
34. Sea Of Love, Honeydrippers
35. A View To A Kill, Duran Duran Though I have to admit to being in the 'I liked them before they were popular and now they sold out' camp.
36. The Wild Boys, Duran Duran John Taylor was cute
37. You're The Inspiration, Chicago My boyfriend at the time loved Chicago
38. Neutron Dance, Pointer Sisters
39. We Belong, Pat Benatar
40. Nightshift, Commodores
41. Things Can Only Get Better, Howard Jones Again, another song that got played to death, and also another 'I liked him first' type thing.
42. All I Need, Jack Wagner
43. Freeway Of Love, Aretha Franklin
44. Never Surrender, Corey Hart
45. Sussudio, Phil Collins
46. Strut, Sheena Easton This song, which was supposed to be about how women shouldn't have to strut pout and put it out got used in a commercial once for some fitness club or something, and the irony of it was completely ignored.
47. You Give Good Love, Whitney Houston I really don't like Whitney Houston
48. The Search Is Over, Survivor
49. Missing You, Diana Ross
50. Separate Lives, Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin
51. Raspberry Beret, Prince and The Revolution
52. Suddenly, Billy Ocean
53. The Boys Of Summer, Don Henley
54. One Night In Bangkok, Murray Head He is totally the brother of Anthony "Giles on Buffy" Head. Did you know that?
55. If You Love Somebody Set Them Free, Sting Well, duh
56. Obsession, Animotion This was totally my theme song at one point in my life
57. We Don't Need Another Hero, Tina Turner
58. Material Girl, Madonna fun video
59. Better Be Good To Me, Tina Turner
60. Head Over Heels, Tears For Fears
61. Axel F, Harold Faltermeyer
62. Smooth Operator, Sade
63. In My House, Mary Jane Girls
64. Don't Lose My Number, Phil Collins Another really amusing video that was better than the song
65. All Through The Night, Cyndi Lauper
66. Run To You, Bryan Adams
67. Glory Days, Bruce Springsteen
68. Voices Carry, 'Til Tuesday Yay for wangsty songs
69. Misled, Kool and The Gang
70. Would I Lie To You?, Eurythmics
71. Be Near Me, ABC
72. No More Lonely Nights, Paul McCartney
73. I Can't Hold Back, Survivor
74. Summer Of '69, Bryan Adams
75. Walking On Sunshine, Katrina and The Waves
76. Freedom, Wham!
77. Too Late For Goodbyes, Julian Lennon He always reminded me more of Paul than John
78. Valotte, Julian Lennon
79. Some Like It Hot, Power Station
80. Solid, Ashford and Simpson
81. Angel, Madonna
82. I'm On Fire, Bruce Springsteen
83. Method Of Modern Love, Daryl Hall and John Oates
84. Lay Your Hands On Me, Thompson Twins
85. Who's Holding Donna Now, Debarge
86. Lonely Ol' Night, John Cougar Mellencamp
87. What About Love, Heart
88. California Girls, David Lee Roth Amusing video
89. Fresh, Kool and The Gang
90. Do What You Do, Jermaine Jackson
91. Jungle Of Love, The Time
92. Born In The USA, Bruce Springsteen
93. Private Dancer, Tina Turner
94. Who's Zoomin' Who, Aretha Franklin
95. Fortress Around Your Heart, Sting
96. Penny Lover, Lionel Richie
97. All She Wants To Do Is Dance, Don Henley
98. Dress You Up, Madonna
99. Sentimental Street, Night Ranger
100. Sugar Walls, Sheena Easton That was an annoying song

It's sort of scary how I can sing at least the first verse of almost every one of these songs, even the ones I don't like.