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1989 Top Ten

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Roxlander said on August 21, 2003 16:44:

1989 was one of my favourite years when we talk about music. There are great song from that year, and of course, it was when I first met Roxette :-)

So, I wanted to share with you my Top Ten from 1989:

1. THE LOOK-ROXETTE
2. Listen to your heart-Roxette
3. Dressed for success-Roxette
4. She wants to dance with me-Rick Astley
5. You’ve got it (The right stuff)-New Kids on the block
6. Girl you know it’s true-Milli Vanilli
7. Rock on-Michael Damian
8. Waiting for a star to fall-Boy meets Girl
9. Angelia-Richard Marx/Baby I love your way-Will to Power
10. Straight up-Paula Abdul

And I would like to know about yours :-)

TheRain1981 said on August 23, 2003 04:00:

Oooh, good year for music. Well, I’ll try to compile my Top Ten off the top of my head:

1. Like A Prayer - Madonna
2. Listen To Your Heart - Roxette
3. Lovesong (Remix) - The Cure
4. The Look - Roxette
5. Express Yourself - Madonna
6. Cry - Waterfront
7. Dressed For Success (Chris Lord-Alge Mix) - Roxette
8. Cherish - Madonna
9. If I Could Turn Back Time - Cher
10. We Didn’t Start The Fire - Billy Joel

I’m sure there are more I’m forgetting.

Roxlander said on August 25, 2003 16:30:

@TheRain... those are great songs too. I also like them all! 1989 was a good year for Madonna too.

Cry by Waterfront, I thought nobody remembered that song. I’ve got it recorded in a cassette, but I hardly listen to cassettes nowadays. Anyway, great song.

wendy said on August 25, 2003 19:53:

I was 5 by then,so,i just listened to “the smurfs” and stuff like that :p

TheRain1981 said on August 26, 2003 05:16:

Yeah, I was only 8 in 1989. It’s funny because I remember so many of these songs from my childhood from hearing them on the radio. It’s amazing how they can stick with you and when you hear them years later, you remember them and love them! That’s what happened to me with 80s music. “Cry” by Waterfront is such a great song. I remember really hearing this one from memory around 1991/1992 on a local AC station. My friend and I used to sing a long to it a lot. Brings back memories.

Roxlander said on August 26, 2003 14:37:

Well, I was 15 that year, and I always say my life really began that year, maybe because I started writing a diary and every event in my life since then is registered there :-)

I also began my own music chart, so every song I’ve ever liked is registered too, that’s why I remember them all.

I ’ve got charts of the 80’s songs too, and I love them. Great decade for music.

Santi said on August 27, 2003 21:35:

- She bangs the drums - THE STONE ROSES
- I won’t back down - TOM PETTY
- Eternal Flame - THE BANGLES
- Toy Soldiers - MARTIKA
- Lambada - KAOMA
- I want it all - QUEEN
- The Look - ROXETTE
- My Brave Face - PAUL MCCARTNEY
- Like A Prayer - MADONNA
- You got it - ROY ORBISON
- Entre salitre y sudor - DUNCAN DHU
- Smooth criminal - MICHAEL JACKSON

That I remember by now...

Roxlander said on August 28, 2003 20:03:

Lambada-Kaoma, another great song. I can’t help dancing when I hear it ;-)

Stormkeeper said on April 2, 2004 20:39:

Robrox said on April 2, 2004 21:54:

I was only 3. So I don´t know exactly which song is from which year.
But I want to add Fine Young cannibals - She drives me crazy.
I love this song! It was on a Columbo episode too.

TheRain1981 said on April 3, 2004 03:59:

I see that this topic has made a return. Let me add one to my list then...

Love & Rockets - So Alive

Majdy said on April 3, 2004 04:58:

I was only ten that times. but I like Eternal flames. still love it until now.

Sascha said on April 6, 2004 15:16:

It’s shocking to see how many great songs came out in the good old times. Many of these songs are classics now! The creative output suddenly went downhill since 1993. Look at the crappy tunes that dominate the charts now... :-(

kachina008 said on April 6, 2004 15:41:

yeah like that song on the radio: Fuck it (I dont want you back)...

GEEEEEZ :P

Roxlander said on April 7, 2004 23:05:

“Love & Rockets - So Alive”

Don’t you think the voice of this guy sounds a little like Per’s? And someone remembers the video? They had a Per’s similar hardcut too :-p

TheRain1981 said on April 9, 2004 05:27:

LOL. I just pick up the remastered 2-CD “Love And Rockets” album today. Yeah, his hairdo is similar to Per’s. Sounding like Per? Yeah, maybe in a “raspy” kind of way? I don’t remember the video though. I guess I was too young - 8 years old at the time. But I just love the song!

TheRain1981 said on April 9, 2004 05:30:

Roxlander, how about a 1988 Top Ten? Unless I missed it of course. Then perhaps a 1987, 86, etc.

Roxlander said on April 13, 2004 18:35:

@TheRain, I’ve got my own Top Tens from 1980 until today. Even when I was 6 years old in 1980, when I started to love music, indeed in 1989, I made my charts to those years. If you like I could post them here or we could talk about it by email, you tell me.

ally77 said on April 13, 2004 19:11:

Here is mine...

KYLIE & JASON – ESPECIALLY FOR YOU

MISTLETOE & WINE – CLIFF RICHARD

ETERNAL FLAME – BANGLES

FERRY ACROSS THE MERSEY – GERRY MARSDEN

SONG FOR WHOEVER – BEAUTIFUL SOUTH

RIDE ON TIME – BLACK BOX

ALL AROUND THE WORLD – LISA STANSFIELD

YOU GOT IT – NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK

IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME – CHER

ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE – PHIL COLLINS

TheRain1981 said on April 14, 2004 08:13:

Roxlander, go ahead and post them here. I’d like to see them.

Roxlander said on April 14, 2004 22:43:

OK, I’ll do it tomorrow.

Roxlander said on April 15, 2004 22:47:

So, today is tomorrow, and here are the first three...

1980:

1. ANOTHER BRICK ON THE WALL - PINK FLOYD
2. Woman in love - Barbra Streisand
3. All out of love - Air Supply
4. Another one bites the dust - Queen
5. Rock with you - Michael Jackson
6. Video killed the radio star - Buggles
7. Magic - Olivia Newton John
8. Please don’t go - KC and the Sunshine Band
9. Pilotos de viento - Charlie Dore (I don’t remember this in English)
10. This time - John Cougar

1981:

1. BETTE DAVIS’ EYES - KIM CARNES
2. Woman - John Lennon
3. The tide is high - Blondie
4. Making your mind up - Buck Fizz
5. Urgent - Foreigner
6. Xanadú - Olivia Newton John
7. Flash Theme - Queen
8. Every little thing she does is magic - The Police
9. Queen of hearts - Juice Newton
10. Looking for clue - Robert Palmer

1982:

1. EYE OF THE TIGER - SURVIVOR
2. Physical - Olivia Newton John
3. I’m gonna harden my heart - Quaterflash
4. Nobody’s bussiness - Maxus
5. Evano and ivory - Paul McCartney & Steve Wonder
6. Hold me - Fleetwood Mac
7. A little bit of the action - Buck Fizz
8. I love rock and roll - Joan Jett and The Blackhearts
9. Gloria - Laura Branigan
10. Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band

I’ll go on later.

TheRain1981 said on April 17, 2004 04:41:

Very cool! :) I’ll work on compiling mine.

Stormkeeper said on April 17, 2004 08:07:

1981 without Kids In America? :o

Roxlander said on April 19, 2004 21:08:

@Stormkeeper, I knew that song in 1994, but anyway I don’t like it that much, sorry :-(

Roxlander said on April 19, 2004 21:09:

@TheRain, do I give you time and post next years later?

TheRain1981 said on April 21, 2004 03:24:

Okay, then, let me try to do the first few years as well...

1980:

01 Visage - Fade To Grey
02 Pat Benatar - Wuthering Heights
03 The Cure - Boys Don’t Cry
04 The Pretenders - Brass In Pocket
05 REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You
06 Pat Benatar - Hell Is For Children
07 Gary Numan - Cars
08 Devo - Whip It
09 Romantics - What I Like About You
10 J. Geils Band - Love Stinks

1981 (the year I was born):

01 The Human League - Don’t You Want Me
02 Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight
03 Hall & Oates - I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)
04 Romeo Void - Never Say Never
05 Rod Stewart - Young Turks
06 The Pretenders - Message Of Love
07 Soft Cell - Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go (Medley)
08 Greg Kihn - The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ’Em)
09 Hall & Oates - You Make My Dreams
10 Kim Wilde - Kids In America

1982:

01 Yaz - Situation
02 ABC - All Of My Heart
03 The Pretenders - Back On The Chain Gang
04 ABC - The Look Of Love
05 Billy Idol - Mony Mony (Studio Version)
06 Madonna - Everybody
07 A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)
08 ABC - Poison Arrow
09 Vanity 6 - Nasty Girl
10 The Cars - Since You’re Gone

Roxlander said on April 22, 2004 18:26:

Rain, great songs, but isn’t “Mony mony” from 1987?

Now, more...

1983:

1. MR. ROBOTO - STYX
2. Total eclipse of the heart - Bonnie Tyler
3. Hungry like a wolf - Duran Duran
4. Baby Jane - Rod Stewart
5. Gypsy - Fleetwood Mac
6. Maniac - Michael Sembello
7. Beat it - Michael Jackson
8. Down under - Men At Work
9. Every breath you take - The Police
10. You can do magic - America

1984:

1. FOOTLOSE - KENNY LOGGINS
2. When doves cry - Prince
3. The reflex - Duran Duran
4. Owner of a lonely heart - Yes
5. Thriller - Michael Jackson
6. Say say say - Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
7. Against all odds - Phil Collins
8. Selfcontrol - Laura Branigan
9. Drive - The Cars
10. If this is it - Huey Lewis and The News

1985:

1. HEAVEN - BRYAN ADAMS
2. Take on me - a-ha
3. Careless whisper - Wham!
4. Material girl - Madonna
5. We are the world - USA for Africa
6. Crazy for you - Madonna
7. Like a virgin - Madonna
8. Shout - Tears For Fears
9. Wake me up before you go go - Wham!
10. The heat is on - Glenn Frey

Your turn ;-)

stunt101sista said on April 23, 2004 21:20:

In 1989 I was only 3 yrs old.

TheRain1981 said on April 25, 2004 07:04:

“Mony Mony Live!” is from 1987. The live version is what took off in the USA in 1987. It reached #1. The original studio version, which I hear oddly much more on the radio than the live version, was released in 1982 and charted outside the Hot 100.

I’ll post more for the upcoming years shortly.

TheRain1981 said on April 25, 2004 07:08:

10. You can do magic - America

I forgot all about this one. I’m gonna have to download it now! Same goes for “Gypsy” by Fleetwood Mac.

I’ll probably post my lists tomorrow. It’s going to be much harder to narrow these down because there’s so much good stuff I like from these years.

TheRain1981 said on April 27, 2004 07:47:

1983:

01 Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - Eurythmics
02 Blue Monday (Original 12” Version) - New Order
03 Love Is A Stranger - Eurythmics
04 True - Spandau Ballet
05 Faithfully - Journey
06 Borderline - Madonna
07 (Keep Feeling) Fascination - The Human League
08 Love Is A Battlefield - Pat Benatar
09 Burning Up - Madonna
10 You Can’t Hurry Love - Phil Collins

Roxlander said on April 27, 2004 21:26:

Very good songs!

TheRain1981 said on April 28, 2004 06:53:

(these are very hard to rank and there’s so much I’ve leaving out)

1984:

01 Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain Again
02 Eurythmics - Sexcrime [1984]
03 Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy
04 Pat Benatar - We Belong
05 Hall & Oates - Out Of Touch
06 Don Henley - The Boys Of Summer
07 Corey Hart - Sunglasses At Night
08 Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
09 Jim Diamond - I Should Have Known Better
10 A Flock Of Seagulls - The More You Live, The More You Love

TheRain1981 said on April 30, 2004 04:18:

I’m so slow at replying but these are rather difficult to rank...

1985:

01 A-Ha - The Sun Always Shines On T.V.
02 Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World
03 Tears For Fears - Head Over Heels
04 Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
05 Corey Hart - Never Surrender
06 Madonna - Into The Groove
07 The Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town
08 Simple Minds - Alive And Kicking
09 Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
10 Billy Ocean - Loverboy

1986:

01 Eurythmics - The Miracle Of Love
02 Queen - A Kind Of Magic
03 Madonna - Live To Tell
04 Madonna - Open Your Heart
05 Eurythmics - When Tomorrow Comes
06 Berlin - Take My Breath Away
07 Orchestral Manoeuvers In The Dark - If You Leave
08 Loverboy - Heaven In Your Eyes
09 Eddie Money - Take Me Home Tonight/Be My Baby (featuring Ronnie Spector)
10 The Human League - Human

1987:

01 Crowded House - Don’t Dream It’s Over
02 Whitesnake - Here I Go Again (Radio Version, Album Version)
03 George Michael - Faith
04 Madonna - La Isla Bonita
05 Heart - Alone
06 New Order - True Faith (The Morning Sun Remix)
07 T’Pau - Heart And Soul
08 Eurythmics - Beethoven (I Love To Listen To)
09 The Cure - Just Like Heaven
10 Madonna - Who’s That Girl

1988:

01 When In Rome - The Promise
02 Eurythmics - Shame
03 Eurythmics - You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart
04 The Church - Under The Milky Way
05 Pat Benatar - All Fired Up
06 Breathe - Hands To Heaven
07 Eurythmics - I Need A Man
08 INXS - New Sensation
09 Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me
10 The Blow Monkeys - Digging Your Scene
11 Melissa Etheridge - Like The Way I Do
12 Sheriff - When I’m With You (originally charted US #61 in 1983 but charted #1 in 1988, so I’ll put it here)
13 The Beach Boys - Kokomo

*edited to include Eurythmics tracks

Roxlander said on April 30, 2004 22:05:

@The Rain, I enjoyed doing this with you a lot. Here are my last three years:

1986:

1. TAKE MY BREATH AWAY - BERLIN
2. Live to tell - Madonna (Should be number one)
3. Say you, say me - Lionel Richie
4. Amadeus - Falco
5. Sara - Starship
6. Burning heart - Survivor
7. Papa don’t preach - Madonna
8. Walk like an egyptian - The Bangles
9. These dreams - Heart
10.Calling Vienna - Falco

1987:

1. THE FINAL COUNTDOWN - EUROPE
2. (I just) Died In your arms tonight - Cutting Crew
3. Carrie - Europe
4. Touch me - Samantha Fox
5. Nothing’s gonna stop us now - Starship
6. Who’s that girl - Madonna
7. Alone - Heart
8. La bamba - Los Lobos
9. Heaven is a place on Earth - Belinda Carslile
10.Only in my dreams - Debbie Gibson

1988:

1. NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP - RICK ASTLEY
2. Whenever you need somebody - Rick Astley
3. Together forever - Rick Astley
4. I would take a strong, strong man - Rick Astley
5. Love bites - Def Leppard
6. Catch me (I’m falling) - Pretty Poison
7. Faith - George Michael
8. A hazy shade of winter - The Bangles
9. Boys boys boys - Sabrina
10.Supersticious - Europe

It’s a shame we ended. Whenever you want we can make this with 90’s songs ;-)

TheRain1981 said on May 1, 2004 03:30:

I did 1988 in a hurry last night and forgot some essential tracks...

Eurythmics - Shame
Eurythmics - You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart
Eurythmics - I Need A Man

So it’s edited to add those!

TheRain1981 said on May 1, 2004 03:37:

Oooh, I like a lot of the songs on your list too, but I was limited to 10 which really isn’t full representative of my faves - which vary time to time anyway!

1988:

I see you have a lot of Rick Astley! Good pop music. I bought his “Greatest Hits” release last year actually! It’s so funny because I was getting ready to comment on Rick being on your list and “Never Gonna Give You Up” just started playing on my iTunes playlist (since I have it on shuffle) just as I was starting to reply!!!

Oh, and I love “Hazy Shade Of Winter” by the Bangles! I just got their “Essential” collection released by Sony music back in March! I completely forgot about the song and remembered hearing it many years ago!

As for the 90’s lists, sure. I’ll start working on them.

Roxlander said on May 6, 2004 22:35:

Yes, you’re right about Rick, I just loved him!! He was my first favourite singer, before Roxette came into my life. Actually thanks Rick I started to listen to music and to watch videos. He’s got an amazing voice, excelent music and “he’s got the look”.

Hey, it’s funny that you told me about you starting writing and a Rick’s song started to play because... it just happed to me right now. “A dream for us” started to play as I’m writing this. Rick is trying to tell us something ;-p

About 90’s favourite songs I’ll start next time.

arnie said on May 7, 2004 01:35:

the billboard top 5 in 1989 when “The Look” got to the top was the following;

1. “The look” by Roxette
2. “Eternal Flame” by The Bangles
3. “Girl, you know it’s true” supposedly sung by Milli vanilli
4. “She drives me crazy” by Fine Young Cnnnibals
5. “Like a prayer” by Madonna

Roxlander said on May 7, 2004 21:16:

That’s what I call a Top 5. Great songs, but of course, The Look will always be THE #1 ;-)

Roxlander said on May 7, 2004 21:28:

Well The Rain, time for the 90’s. Let’s begin...

1990:

01. IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE - ROXETTE
02. Dangerous - Roxette
03. Vogue - Madonna
04. The power - Snap!
05. Knockin’ on heaven’s door - Guns ’n Roses
06. Sending all my love - Linear
07. Pump up the jam - Technotronic
08. I found love - The Party
09. High enough - Damn Yankees
10. King of wishful thinking - Go West

1991:

01. JOYRIDE - ROXETTE
02. Fading like a flower - Roxette
03. Rush rush - Paula Abdul
04. Everything I do (I do it for you) - Bryan Adams
05. More than words - Extreme
06. Everybody dance now - C&C Music Factory
07. Grease Megamix - John Travolta & Olivia Newton John
08. Sadness - Enigma
09. I’ve been thinking about you - Londonbeat
10. Hot in the city - Billy Idol (In Costa Rica this old song was a hit because of a tv series named “Booker”)

1992:

01. HOW DO YOU DO! - ROXETTE
02. Spending my time - Roxette
03. Church of your heart - Roxette
04. November rain - Guns ’n Roses
05. This used to be my playground - Madonna
06. Bohemian rapsody - Queen (Old song release in “Wayne’s World”)
07. The hitman - AB Logic
08. Justified and ancient - KLF
09. Bab bad boys - Midi Maxi And Efti
10. I’m too sexy - Right said Fred

Roxlander said on May 14, 2004 22:07:

@TheRain... I miss you :-p

TheRain1981 said on May 15, 2004 05:47:

Damn board! I just posted my 1990 list and when I replied it gave an error and now it’s gone!!! Argh!

Let me try again...

1990:

01 Roxette - It Must Have Been Love
02 Madonna - Vogue
03 George Michael - Freedom 90
04 Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody (re-entry)
05 Mariah Carey - Love Takes Time
06 Madonna - Justify My Love
07 Depeche Mode - Policy Of Truth
08 Heart - All I Want To Do Is Make Love To You
09 Poison - Unskinny Bop
10 Sinead O’Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U

LittleSpooky said on May 15, 2004 06:00:

Should I chip in for a room for yall?

TheRain1981 said on May 17, 2004 03:29:

Okay, here we go again...

1991:

01 Roxette - Fading Like A Flower (Every Time You Leave)
02 Roxette - Spending My Time
03 Eddie Money - I’ll Get By
04 Roxette - Joyride
05 U2 - One
06 Mariah Carey - Can’t Let Go
07 Mariah Carey - Emotions
08 Bonnie Raitt - Something To Talk About
09 Scorpions - Wind Of Change
10 Mr. Big - Just Take My Heart

1992:

01 Annie Lennox - Why
02 The Cure - Friday I’m In Love
03 Madonna - Deeper And Deeper
04 Elton John - The Last Song
05 Roxette - Church Of Your Heart
06 Madonna - Erotica
07 Elton John - The One
08 Roxette - Queen Of Rain
09 Sophie B. Hawkins - Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover
10 Roxette - How Do You Do!

1993:

01 Madonna - Bad Girl
02 Boy George - The Crying Game
03 Roxette - Almost Unreal
04 Michael Jackson - Will You Be There
05 New Order - Regret
06 Madonna - Rain
07 Madonna - Fever
08 Meatloaf - I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That)
09 UB40 - Can’t Help Falling In Love
10 George Michael & Queen - Somebody To Love (Live)

1994 (What a great year for music! My favorite of the 1990’s by far! Here are only a few):

01 Roxette - Sleeping In My Car
02 Roxette - Crash! Boom! Bang!
03 Sheryl Crow - Leaving Las Vegas
04 Roxette - Run To You
05 Madonna - Secret
06 Mariah Carey - Without You
07 Candlebox - Far Behind
08 Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
09 Erasure - Always
10 James - Laid

1995:

01 Madonna - You’ll See
02 Alanis Morissette - All I Really Want
03 Madonna - Human Nature
04 Madonna - I Want You
05 Bush - Glycerine
06 Van Halen - Can’t Stop Loving You
07 Elton John - Believe
08 Roxette - You Don’t Understand Me
09 Ace Of Base - Beautiful Life
10 Annie Lennox - No More “I Love You’s”

Roxlander said on May 17, 2004 18:23:

@The Rain, we really have similar tastes in music, great songs in your lists!

1993:

01. ALMOST UNREAL - ROXETTE
02. I will always love you - Whitney Houston
03. Can’t help falling in love - UB40
04. We all need love - Double You
05. The magic friend - 2Unlimited
06. Sweet harmony - The Beloved
07. No limits - 2Unlimited
08. The crying game - Boy George
09. Please forgive me - Bryan Adams
10. Get up (Move boy move) - AB Logic

1994:

01. CRASH! BOOM! BANG! - ROXETTE
02. Sleeping in my car - Roxette
03. The sign - Ace Of Base
04. I’ll take you there - General Public
05. Don’t turn around - Ace Of Base
06. Love is all around - Wet Wet Wet
07. Another night - Real McCoy
08. Sleeping satellite - Tasmin Archer
09. (Meet) The Flintstones - The BC-52’s
10. I’ll remember - Madonna

1995:

01. RUN TO YOU - ROXETTE
02. Vulnerable - Roxette
03. Fireworks - Roxette
04. Living in danger - Ace Of Base
05. Kiss from a rose - Seal
06. Back for good - Take That
07. Take a bow - Madonna
08. Hold me, thrill me, kiss me, kill me - U2
09. Nothing like the rain - 2Unlimited
10. Come and get your love - Real McCoy

Roxlander said on May 17, 2004 18:25:

LittleSpooky, sorry, I didn’t understand what you mean.

TheRain1981 said on May 20, 2004 06:03:

1996:

01 Sheryl Crow - If It Makes You Happy
02 Alanis Morissette - Head Over Feet
03 Jewel - Foolish Games
04 Paula Cole - Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?
05 Jewel - Who Will Save Your Soul
06 Blessid Union Of Souls - All Along
07 Madonna - You Must Love Me
08 Joan Osborne - One Of Us
09 Garbage - Queer
10 The Wallflowers - One Headlight

TheRain1981 said on May 20, 2004 06:13:

1997:

01 Mono - Life In Mono
02 Mariah Carey - The Roof (Back In Time) (Mobb Deep Mix)
03 Mariah Carey - Honey
04 Mariah Carey - Breakdown (featuring Bone Thugs-N-Harmony)
05 Mariah Carey - Butterfly
06 Per Gessle - Do You Wanna Be My Baby?
07 Olive - You’re Not Alone
08 Celine Dion - All By Myself
09 Imani Coppola - Legend Of A Cowgirl
10 R. Kelly - Gotham City

TheRain1981 said on May 20, 2004 06:16:

08. Sleeping satellite - Tasmin Archer
09. (Meet) The Flintstones - The BC-52’s

Good ones! I remember the “Flintstones” tune! I almost forgot about that one. I’ll have to look for it on the Internet. I think the last time I heard that one was back in 1994 when it came out! The Tasmin Archer track I stumbled upon by accident when I bought a compilation CD, not knowing what song that was. Then I played it and it brought me back.

By the way, did I already mention that I hate limiting these lists to just 10 songs and ranking them? :p There’s so many EXCELLENT songs I’m leaving out just to squeeze in 10. :)

TheRain1981 said on May 20, 2004 06:35:

1998:

01 Madonna - The Power Of Good-Bye
02 Ace Of Base - Always Have, Always Will
03 Madonna - Ray Of Light
04 All Saints - Never Ever
05 Spice Girls - Too Much
06 Madonna - Frozen
07 Mariah Carey - My All
08 Marilyn Manson - The Dope Show
09 Monifah - Touch It
10 Natalie Imbruglia - Smoke

1999:

01 Roxette - Wish I Could Fly
02 Roxette - Anyone
03 Roxette - Stars
04 Roxette - Salvation
05 Eurythmics - I Saved The World Today
06 Dido - Here With Me (Theme From ’Roswell’)
07 Madonna - Beautiful Stranger
08 Madonna - Nothing Really Matters
09 Alanis Morissette - So Pure
10 Alanis Morissette - That I Would Be Good (MTV Unplugged)

Roxlander said on May 20, 2004 18:48:

1996:

01. YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND ME - ROXETTE
02. She doesn’t live here anymore - Roxette
03. June Afternoon - Roxette
04. Beautiful life - Ace Of Base
05. It’s all coming back to me now - Celine Dion
06. You’ll see - Madonna
07. Automatic lover - Real McCoy
08. Mission: Impossible - Larry Muellen & Adam Clayton
09. Never gonna say I’m sorry - Ace Of Base
10. Ironic - Alanis Morissette

1997:

01. DON’T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA - MADONNA
02. Do you wanna be my baby? - Per Gessle
03. Foolish games - Jewel
04. You must love me - Madonna
05. X Files - DJ Dado
06. One more time - Real McCoy
07. To the moon and back - Savage Garden
08. Wannabe - Spice Girls
09. The end is the begginning is the end - Smashing Punkies
10. 2 become 1 - Spice Girls

1998:

01. MY HEART WILL GO ON - CELINE DION
02. Cruel summer - Ace Of Base
03. Frozen - Madonna
04. Viva forever - Spice Girls
05. Iris - Goo Goo Dolls
06. Inmortality - Celine Dion & Bee Gees
07. I don’t want to miss a thing - Aerosmith
08. To love you more - Celine Dion
09. Truly, madly, deeply - Savage Garden
10. As long as you love me - Backstreet Boys

1999:

01. WISH I COULD FLY - ROXETTE
02. Stars - Roxette
03. The power of goodbye - Madonna
04. From this moment on - Shania Twain
05. Believe - Cher
06. I want it that way - Backstreet Boys
07. Goodbye - Spice Girls
08. When you believe - Whitney Houston & Mariah Carey
09. Bailamos - Enrique Iglesias
10. Nothing really matters - Madonna

In America “Salvation” and “Anyone” weren’t singles, and I base my list in singles so I couldn’t include them in my top ten :-( Anyway, I didn’t know those songs were singles in Europe until years later.

Roxlander said on May 20, 2004 18:52:

“By the way, did I already mention that I hate limiting these lists to just 10 songs and ranking them? :p There’s so many EXCELLENT songs I’m leaving out just to squeeze in 10. :)”

I think the same my friend. Actually in time those top ten have changed, but being faithfull to my own story I posted them as they were in those exactly years :-p

My lists are long too, but if we write all songs we like from those years here I think all Roxfans would hate us ;-p

Hey, The Rain, would you be able to do a list with the best from all 90’s?

TheRain1981 said on May 21, 2004 09:24:

I love “Viva Forever” by the Spice Girls. It was actually never a single in the USA, but I think it’s probably their best song. I guess I forgot to include it on my list. :p

Nice lists, by the way.

As for a list for the best of the 90s? Sure. I’ll work on one. And for the 80s as well. My lists are based on how I would currently rank them at this moment, but my tastes vary so much, so it should be interesting.

Roxlander said on May 21, 2004 21:22:

I have my 80’s and 90’s lists done since a lot of years ago, but one day I want to make “updated lists” from those decades. I’ll post the original ones, but as you say tastes change, and probably now I’d include other songs.

Roxlander said on May 28, 2004 22:07:

Ok, from a list of 100 favourite songs from the 80’s, these is the Top 25:

01. THE LOOK - ROXETTE
02. Listen to your heart - Roxette
03. Take my breath away - Berlin
04. Live to tell - Madonna
05. Dressed for success - Roxette
06. Heaven - Bryan Adams
07. The final countdown - Europe
08. A hazy shade of winter - The Bangles
09. (I just) Died in your arms - Cutting Crew
10. Never gonna give you up - Rick Astley

11. Danger zone - Kenny Loggins
12. Mr. Roboto - Styx
13. Sara - Starship
14. Take on me - a-ha
15. Footlose - Kenny Loggins
16. Careless whisper - Wham!
17. Rock me Amadeus - Falco
18. Crazy for you - Madonna
19. Whenever you need somebody - Rick Astley
20. Carrie - Europe
21. Catch me (I’m falling) - Pretty Poison
22. Hangin’ tough - New Kids On The Block
23. When doves cry - Prince
24. Every breath you take - The Police
25. Material girl - Madonna

That what I thought back then in 1990. But things change in time, so if I make this list again nowadays there would be a lot of difference I think. I’ll do it next week.

TheRain1981 said on May 29, 2004 03:14:

Very cool list. I’ve been slacking but I’ll start working on mine very shortly.

ally77 said on May 29, 2004 11:22:

Wow, I even remember some of them...

Roxlander said on June 18, 2004 22:29:

OK, it really took me a lot to do a new list from the 80’s, but finally I could. So, after more than 14 years my taste in music changed and these are nowadays my favourite songs from those years:

In first place would be of course the three Roxsongs: The Look, Listen to your heart and Dressed for success, but besides...

01. LIVE TO TELL - MADONNA
02. Everybody wants to rule the world - Tears For Fears
03. Survivor - Belen Thomas
04. You’ll never stop me for loving you - Sonia
05. Never - Heart
06. Take on me - a-ha
07. I drove all night - Cyndi Lauper
08. Human - Human League
09. A hazy shade of winter - The Bangles
10. You belong to the city - Glen Frey

11. Never gonna give you up - Rick Astley
12. Maniac - Michael Sembello
13. Is this love - White Snake
14. Careless whisper - Wham!
15. Waiting for a star to fall - Boy meets girl
16. Hysteria - Def Leppard
17. Papa don’t preach - Madonna
18. Rock on - Michael Damian
19. Into the night - Bennie Mardons
20. (I just) Died in your arms - Cutting Crew
21. Always on my mind - Pet Shop Boys
22. Beat it - Michael Jackson
23. Crazy for you - Madonna
24. Take my breath away - Berlin
25. Danger zone - Kenny Loggins

@The Rain, I hope I can read yours soon, I miss you again ;-p And I hope other people decide to write theirs lists.

TheRain1981 said on June 18, 2004 23:32:

LOL. Ranking these is a bit too hard, but let me see what I can come up with. Even since I last posted my favorites of the 80’s, my tastes have changed. :)

LaMan said on July 30, 2004 09:40:

Just found this fantastic “20 years ago” (28 July 1984) chart:

http://www.hart87.freeserve.co.uk/oldies80.html

Divine “You Think You´re A Man”, boy that song rules! :D

coyboyusa said on July 30, 2004 13:35:

yawn :)

Roxlander said on July 30, 2004 21:54:

Interesting chart. But there’s a lot of song I don’t know. It’s definitive, if I was rich I’d buy all the music in the world ;-)

hotblooder said on August 14, 2004 12:05:

1. Dressed For Success - Roxette
2. I’ll Be Loving U (forever) - NKOTB
3. Another Part Of Me - Jacko
4. I Wanna Be Rich - Calloway
5. I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney
6. I’ll Be Waiting For You - Guys Next Door
7. I Wanna See Her - Mc. Hammer
8. Don;t Forget My Number - Milly Vanilly
9. Heaven - Bryan Adams
10. Rhytmn Of TRhe Rain - Jason Donovan