1 1 WE DIDN’T START THE FIRE –•– Billy Joel – 10 (1) A
2 2 ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE –•– Phil Collins – 7 (2) B
3 5 DON’T KNOW MUCH –•– Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville – 12 (3) A
4 6 BACK TO LIFE –•– Soul II Soul Featuring Caron Wheeler – 13 (4) A-
5 8 WITH EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART –•– Taylor Dayne – 9 (5) B-
6 3 BLAME IT ON THE RAIN –•– Milli Vanilli – 11 (1) D
7 10 PUMP UP THE JAM –•– Technotronic Featuring Felly – 10 (7) B+
8 13 RHYTHM NATION –•– Janet Jackson – 6 (8) A
9 14 LIVING IN SIN –•– Bon Jovi – 11 (9) C
10 17 JUST LIKE JESSE JAMES –•– Cher – 9 (10) B-
11 12 DON’T CLOSE YOUR EYES –•– Kix – 15 (11) C
12 4 (IT’S JUST) THE WAY THAT YOU LOVE ME –•– Paula Abdul – 18 (3) C
13 22 THIS ONE’S FOR THE CHILDREN –•– New Kids On The Block – 6 (13) D
14 7 ANGELIA –•– Richard Marx – 11 (4)C
15 18 EVERYTHING –•– Jody Watley – 10 (15) B-
16 26 HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO LIVE WITHOUT YOU –•– Michael Bolton – 8 (16) D
17 9 LOVE SHACK –•– The B-52’s – 16 (3) A+
18 11 LEAVE A LIGHT ON –•– Belinda Carlisle – 12 (11) B+
19 23 SWING THE MOOD –•– Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers – 8 (19)B
20 20 LOVE SONG –•– Tesla – 12 (20)C
21 24 JUST BETWEEN YOU AND ME –•– Lou Gramm – 8 (21) B
22 21 THE LAST WORTHLESS EVENING –•– Don Henley – 11 (21) A
23 28 FREE FALLIN’ –•– Tom Petty – 7 (23) A+
24 15 WHEN I SEE YOU SMILE –•– Bad English – 14 (1) B-
25 33 WHEN THE NIGHT COMES –•– Joe Cocker – 8 (25) B
26 31 ROCK AND A HARD PLACE –•– Rolling Stones – 7 (26) B
27 30 OH FATHER –•– Madonna – 6 (27) B
28 38 TWO TO MAKE IT RIGHT –•– Seduction – 6 (28) C
29 25 DON’T MAKE ME OVER –•– Sybil – 13 (20) C
30 36 DOWNTOWN TRAIN –•– Rod Stewart – 4 (30) B+
31 32 I LIVE BY THE GROOVE –•– Paul Carrack – 8 (31) B
32 16 POISON –•– Alice Cooper – 13 (7) B
33 27 BUST A MOVE –•– Young M.C. – 21 (7) B
34 40 I REMEMBER YOU –•– Skid Row – 5 (34) B
35 19 DON’T SHUT ME OUT –•– Kevin Paige – 18 (18) C
36 39 THE ARMS OF ORION –•– Prince & Sheena Easton – 9 (36) B
37 42 I’LL BE GOOD TO YOU –•– Quincy Jones Featuring Ray Charles & Chaka Khan – 5 (37)A
38 37 ME SO HORNY –•– 2 Live Crew – 15 (26) C
39 41 FOOL FOR YOUR LOVING –•– Whitesnake – 15 (39) C
40 49 JANIE’S GOT A GUN –•– Aerosmith – 4 (40) B
The Love Shack is a great tune, but it’s (over) play time is knocking it way down min points for me, I’ll skip this one for songs such as Planet Claire, Roam, or Dance This Mess Around.
Maybe not in 89′, but everyone I hear it played these days, I’ll change it.
Oh – and “Blame It On A Scratched Recording” might be a better title to that one song.
I basically agree with your song grades, though I’d give Rod Stewart’s “Downtown Train” an A+. And I’m surprised you gave Don Henley’s song an A, given your disdain for the Eagles.
I really like Henley’s solo work. Not a fan of his work with The Eagles as much.
This one is just bad…a very few good songs but unlike the early seventies when it was just the opposite.
I was kind of shocked by the number of songs I didn’t know- or couldn’t remember. I was very much into new music at this point but just not into Top 40 type stuff. They’d lost me.
By this time I couldn’t take it anymore and the cassette / cd took over in my car.
Gawd. Milli Vanilli was still around?
The end was near…
I never liked them. I was amused when I found out they were lip synching and lost their awards. What frauds.
I think they only had the one hit album with maybe 3 hits? It seemed like they were around forever though…