90.
Bryan Adams – Summer of ‘69
One of those childhood-nostalgia tracks here. My dad had a mix-tape of stuff including this, and every Sunday we’d drive with him to this pub to have lunch, and he was part of this skittles club...driving and singing along to this were probably the “best days of my life”.
89.
Blondie – Heart of Glass
Obligatory Blondie track here. Just reminds me of countless hours spent driving around and shooting pedestrians on Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. When video games were cooool.
88.
Bette Midler – The Rose
NO THIS IS NOT A ****ING WESTLIFE SONG. She’s pretty much the queen of the overblown ballad, and they don’t come better than this. Beautiful lyrics.
87.
Prince – Purple Rain
Ruth Lorenzo aside, Prince’s whole career intrigues me. He’s so short and hairy, yet so bloody sexy and I can’t think why. Oh, this song’s a classic btw. Now where’s that KY...[/conzors]
86.
Buddy Holly – Every Day
I’ll be honest – I don’t really know **** all about Mr. Holly. Apart from the obvious exit. But tracks like this make it easy to see why he was so pivotal in the groundwork of popular music we have today.
85.
Kate Bush – This Woman’s Work
Yeah, the NSPCC song. But I knew it before
My best friend is obsessed with her – he went through a phase of performing the Wuthering Heights dance at house parties. Most odd. But this...well it’s rather heartbreaking really. Also, on a side-note, I think she's probably one of the sexiest women in music of all time.
84.
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Where The Wild Roses Grow
First of two of his songs in this rundown, WTWRG features rather surprisingly good vocal assistance from Ms. Kylie Minogue. It’s an intriguing song – the story about a doomed love affair pulls at the heart strings.
83.
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Tears of a Clown
Because Motown is one of the greatest musical revolutions of all time. Was tough picking between this and Tracks of my Tears, but the stupidly cheerful tune and superior vocals won over.
82.
David Bowie – “Heroes”
Yeah the title has speech marks. See that yours does too. Now, once upon a time, this was the only David Bowie song I had, knew and liked. Shameful, I know, but if you’re going to start off somewhere this is pretty much the perfect one to pick.
81.
Len – Steal My Sunshine
Without a doubt the catchiest song from the 90s. Incredibly uplifting tune, and reminds me of countless summer times.