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Let's do the Time Warp again, and see just what might have been playing on your radio a scant 16 years ago....
1. FAITH George Michael
2. LIVIN' ON A PRAYER Bon Jovi
3. ALONE Heart
4. WITH OR WITHOUT YOU U2
5. LA BAMBA Los Lobos
6. I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (Who Loves Me) Whitney Houston
7. NOTHING'S GONNA STOP US NOW Starship
8. I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR U2
9. DIDN'T WE ALMOST HAVE IT ALL Whitney Houston
10. I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING FOR ME Aretha Frnklin & George Michael
11. AT THIS MOMENT Billy Vera & The Beaters
12. I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW Tiffany
13. (I Just) DIED IN YOUR ARMS Cutting Crew
14. LEAN ON ME Club Nouveau
15. BAD Michael Jackson
16. SHAKE YOU DOWN Gregory Abbott
17.HERE I GO AGAIN Whitesnake
18. ALWAYS Atlantic Starr
19. HEAD TO TOE Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
20. SHAKEDOWN Bob Seger
21. HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH Belinda Carlisle
22. (I've Had) THE TIME OF MY LIFE Bll Medley & Jennifer Warnes
23. OPEN YOUR HEART Madonna
24. YOU KEEP ME HANGIN' ON Kim WIlde
25. LOST IN EMOTION Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
26. MONY MONY Billy Idol
27. JACOB'S LADDER Huey Lewis & the News
28. WHO'S THAT GIRL Madonna
29. I JUST CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU Michael Jackson
30. LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE Jody Watley
31. CAUSING A COMMOTION Madonna
32. C'EST LA VIE Robbie Nevil
33. DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER Crowded House
34. IS THIS LOVE Whitesnake
35. I WANT YOUR SEX George Michael
36. U GOT THE LOOK Prince feat. Sheena Easton
37. NOTORIOUS Duran Duran
38. KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF Georgie Satellites
39. SOMEWHERE OUT THERE Linda Rondstadt & James Ingram
40. LET'S WAIT AWHILE Janet Jackson
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What a great year for music some of my faves on this lisT!!!!!!!!!!
Let the Fun Begin!
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1987 was the first year of law school. It was also the first year of freedom - the narcissistic boyfriend had left for a 5 year trip to Europe (he returned after 5 months, but I was having none of it). It was so good to live alone and go out once again, when I wasn't studying. The songs I liked were:
6. I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (Who Loves Me) Whitney Houston
13. (I Just) DIED IN YOUR ARMS Cutting Crew
33. DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER Crowded House
Guess I didn't like much top 40 stuff that year.
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U2, STARSHIP, CUTTING CREW, GEORGE MICHAEL, lots of great songs what a year!!!!!
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1. FAITH George Michael
4. WITH OR WITHOUT YOU U2
8. I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR U2
33. DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER Crowded House
I listened to mostly alternative/underground stuff in '87.
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How embarrassing to admit that I like HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH...!  But I'll proudly admit that DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER is one of my favorite songs ever...  2. LIVIN' ON A PRAYER Bon Jovi 5. LA BAMBA Los Lobos 7. NOTHING'S GONNA STOP US NOW Starship 9. DIDN'T WE ALMOST HAVE IT ALL Whitney Houston 13. (I Just) DIED IN YOUR ARMS Cutting Crew 14. LEAN ON ME Club Nouveau 21. HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH Belinda Carlisle 22. (I've Had) THE TIME OF MY LIFE Bll Medley & Jennifer Warnes 26. MONY MONY Billy Idol 33. DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER Crowded House
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Originally posted by STU: How embarrassing to admit that I like HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH...!
hey Stu !!! don't be !!! that is a great song !!! i loved Belinda round about that time !!! the rest of the TOP 40 is really good too, how many Madonna singles all in one year .... AMAZING !!! Matthew.
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Originally posted by the boy with UltraPowers:
i loved Belinda round about that time !!!
I've always thought Belinda was a cutie. And it's amazing how long Madonna's been in the spotlight!
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1987...first girlfriend, sophomore in high school, first pot use, first real parties, first times for the 'rents going out of town and leaving me alone (the FOOLS!), turned 16...some of those songs just timeshifted me 16 years into the past...
Of course, Joshua Tree. One of the best albums of all time. U2 is one of the groups my kids will listen to, just like I listened to the Beatles and the Stones.
Lots of people on the downsides of their careers--Duran Duran, Heart, Starship, Michael Jackson (although we didn't know it then), Bob Seger, Billy Idol, Billy Vera..
That sprocking C'est La Vie song had got to be one of the worst one hit wonders ever...How could someone cram that much SUCK into one song?
Because we're amongst friends, I will admit that one of my presents for my sixteenth birthday was that Whitesnake album.
U got the look--I just got Sign o' the Times out for a listen. Still solid, although in the cd era he probably could've compressed to a really, really good fifteen song album. Of course, the road to rock'n'roll hell is paved with bloated double albums (go ahead, name more than four really, really good double albums: Exile on Main Street, Physical Graffiti, what else?). So many great lines in that song: "Closing time, ugly lights, everybody's inspected" "Did I say an hour? My face is red--I stand corrected" Of course, to my sixteen year old eyes, the fact that Prince took Sheena "My Baby Takes the Morning Train" Easton and had her talking openly about ramming and (later) her "Sugar Walls" meant that the Purple One had sexual powers far beyond my ken. Gods, I loved (and love) Prince.
Is it just me, or does Crowded House seem like a much better group now than they seemed then?
And didn't REM's Document come out about this time? Wasn't it 1987? And "The One I Love" isn't in the Top 40?
Other 1987 memories: Gene Loves Jezebel, The Cure's Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, the return of the 60's (remember MTV doing "Summer of Love" retrospectives? I don't know about you, but me and my little neohippy friends were obsessed with the 60's), pegged pants, hightop Reeboks, bolo ties...Have I said too much?
The only consistent feature of all of your dissatisfying relationships is you.
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1. FAITH George Michael/ absolute garbage, fucking sucked
2. LIVIN' ON A PRAYER Bon Jovi/ well i am not really a fan of bon jovi but its better then some of the trash on this list, thought this song is just plain shit.
3. ALONE Heart/ anne and nancy wilson, who gives a fuck about those 2, and this song is STILL played to death.
4. WITH OR WITHOUT YOU U2/ good song great group, too bad they suck now.
5. LA BAMBA Los Lobos/ i liked this song
6. I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (Who Loves Me) Whitney Houston/ what she's really saying is she wants to dance with somebody or anybody who has some coke.
7. NOTHING'S GONNA STOP US NOW Starship/ what the fuck happened to this band???? jefferson airplane becomes jefferson starship which becomes starship and each new incarnation SUCKED!!!!
8. I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR U2/ liked the song
9. DIDN'T WE ALMOST HAVE IT ALL Whitney Houston/ what? all the blow??
10. I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING FOR ME Aretha Frnklin & George Michael/ cant remember it
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MLLASH:
"WHO'S THAT GIRL" should be Eurythmics (not Madonna, don't defame the title with her name). That was the best song of the year.
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EEP! I was four years off!!
Forgive the temporal distortion.
QL
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Not much between despair and ecstacy
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Some other songs from 1987 that didn't make this list but should have:
BIG TIME, Peter Gabriel (highest position: 8)
MIDNIGHT BLUE, Lou Gramm (5)
COME AS YOU ARE, Peter Wolf (15)
SMOKING GUN, Robert Cray Band (22)
BIG LOVE, Fleetwood Mac (5)
YOU CAN CALL ME AL, Paul Simon (23)
HEART AND SOUL, T'Pau (4)
LUKA, Suzanne Vega (3)
WHEN SMOKEY SINGS, ABC (5)
TOUCH OF GREY, Grateful Dead (9)
PAPER IN FIRE, John "Cougar" Mellencamp (9)
LITTLE LIES, Fleetwood Mac (4)
HOURGLASS, The Squeeze (15)
THE ONE I LOVE, REM (9)
LOVE WILL FIND A WAY, Yes (30)
VALERIE, Steve Winwood (9)
CHERRY BOMB, John "Cougar" Mellencamp (8)
DUDE (LOOKS LIKE A LADY), Aerosmith (14)
ANIMAL, Def Leppard (19)
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ooooh HWW, I might like your list better!
I especially liked Cherry Bomb, which I have karaoke-ed to!
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QL, I see you realized this top 40 song was the theme from Madonna's movie Who's That Girl.
I actually hated that song. I *did* really like the OTHER release from that soundtrack, though, which also placed in the Top 40 of the year!
I'll help you find what you're looking for
Is it my love you adore?
You're wasting time
Make up your mind
And get into the groove...
Madonna liked the phrase "get into the groove", didn't she?
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Hell of a lot of good songs on Greg's secondary list. Some of that music deserved being Top 40 # 1's instead of some of the others. Here's my favs from the official list:
3. ALONE Heart
5. LA BAMBA Los Lobos
13. (I Just) DIED IN YOUR ARMS Cutting Crew
14. LEAN ON ME Club Nouveau
17.HERE I GO AGAIN Whitesnake
20. SHAKEDOWN Bob Seger
33. DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER Crowded House
34. IS THIS LOVE Whitesnake
37. NOTORIOUS Duran Duran
38. KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF Georgie Satellites
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1987 was the year I left home and 'grew up' a lot! I remember nearly every song on the list and so many of them have big memories attached to them. oh well, they don't make them like they used to... 
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87 was the year I graduated high scool and went to college...
Touch the magic...
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['87] was when I got my first real six-string...
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Touch the magic...
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Not much between despair and ecstacy
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Did you buy it at the five and dime?
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Originally posted by MLLASH, then by Lightning Lad:
38. KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF Georgie Satellites By the way, it's Georgia Satellites. Lead singer Dan Baird later had a tongue-in-cheek minor hit called "I Love You Period."
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Originally posted by He Who Wanders: Originally posted by MLLASH, then by Lightning Lad:
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38. KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF Georgie Satellites I remember the other song. And don't point the finger at me for the mis-spelling. I'm only guilty of not spell-checking a copy and paste. 
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Damn, and I thought I checked everything closely!!!
No disrespect meant to the Georgia Satellites, their hit (and the video that went with it) was fun!
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Originally posted by armsfalloffboy:
Of course, Joshua Tree. One of the best albums of all time. U2 is one of the groups my kids will listen to, just like I listened to the Beatles and the Stones.
I always thought Joshua Tree was overproduced.
Of course, the road to rock'n'roll hell is paved with bloated double albums (go ahead, name more than four really, really good double albums: Exile on Main Street, Physical Graffiti, what else?).
The Beatles - White Album, The Clash - London Calling & The Ramones - It's Alive
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