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[scotchandcigar]

My favorite song of 1988 – and there weren't very many I liked

Looking at my favorites list I used for the Scotch Sampler posts, I have this about 1988 -
The following albums came out in 1988:
- The Pixies - Surfer Rosa
- REM - Green
- U2 - Rattle and Hum
- Enya - Watermark
- Edie Brickell - Shooting Rubberbands...
- Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
- Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
- Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation

So as an example, the Tracy Chapman album has Talkin' 'bout a Revolution and Fast Car. And on the U2 album, there's Angel of Harlem, When Love Comes to Town, God Part II, Desire, and All I Want is You. I'd take any of those over what's probably George Harrison's worst song cover.

But as we say, there's no accounting for personal taste. If it's good for you, then good for you.

 

[sadchild]

MAY 1988 - I think I'm missing a couple

EARLIER
Michael Jackson "Man In The Mirror"
Rick Astley "Never Gonna Give"

Spoiler: CANDIDATES

Terence Trent "Wishing Well"
George Michael "Monkey"

LATER
Rick Astley "Together Forever"
Michael Jackson "Dirty Diana"
Cheap Trick "The Flame"

Haven't read any of the responses Adding a candidate: Debbie Gibson's awful song "Foolish Beat"

 

[sadchild]

Trying to come up with candidates for '88 (so many, and so many bad ones). I ended up with a list of songs I think are in this week's top 40. I'll be curious to see how many I'm right about after listening:

Aerosmith "Rag Doll"
Debbie Gibson "Foolish Beat"
George Michael "Monkey"
Gloria Estefan "1-2-3"
Hall & Oates "Everything Your Heart Desires"
INXS "Never Tear Us Apart"
Michael Jackson "Dirty Diana"
Michael Jackson "Man In The Mirror"
Prince "Alphabet St"
Rick Astley "Never Gonna Give"
Rick Astley "Together Forever"
Sting "We'll Be Together"
Terence Trent "Wishing Well"
Tiffany "I Saw Him Standing There"
Van Halen "When It's Love"

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Haven't read any of the responses Adding a candidate: Debbie Gibson's awful song "Foolish Beat"

Looking at actual #1s, the winner isn't anywhere in your list or revised list.

 

[sadchild]

Yep I bombed.

My candidates shoulda been

Terence Trent "Wishing Well" #4
George Michael "One More Try" #5
Debbie Gibson "Foolish Beat" #29

But I swapped "Monkey" and "One More Try" in my head.

 

[sadchild]

Trying to come up with candidates for '88 (so many, and so many bad ones). I ended up with a list of songs I think are in this week's top 40. I'll be curious to see how many I'm right about after listening:

Results

Aerosmith "Rag Doll" [right artist wrong song "Angel"]
Debbie Gibson "Foolish Beat"
George Michael "Monkey" [right artist wrong song "One More Try"]
Gloria Estefan "1-2-3" [right artist wrong song "Anything For You"]
Hall & Oates "Everything Your Heart Desires"
INXS "Never Tear Us Apart" [right artist wrong song "Devil Inside"]
Michael Jackson "Dirty Diana"
Michael Jackson "Man In The Mirror"
Prince "Alphabet St"
Rick Astley "Never Gonna Give"
Rick Astley "Together Forever"
Sting "We'll Be Together"
Terence Trent "Wishing Well"
Tiffany "I Saw Him Standing There"
Van Halen "When It's Love"

So only 6 correct, but if I had chosen the correct singles, it could have been 10.

 

[sadchild]

 

[sadchild]

CORRECT ORDER

Michael Jackson "Man In The Mirror" not top 40 anymore
Rick Astley "Never Gonna Give" not top 40 anymore
Billy Ocean "Get Outta My Dreams" #19
Whitney "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" #11
Terence Trent "Wishing Well" #4
Gloria Estefan "Anything For You" #1
George Michael "One More Try" #5 ... I thought it was "Monkey" now and "One More Try" in August
Rick Astley "Together Forever" #17
Debbie Gibson "Foolish Beat" #29
Michael Jackson "Dirty Diana" #40
Cheap Trick "The Flame" not top 40 yet

green: my candidates
white: on my list and the top 40
brown: on the top 40 but missing from my list
orange: on my list but not on the top 40