Popular Songs Of 1986, Vol. 4

Alright, let's finish this thing! One last batch of tunes, for old time's sake...literally. Without further ado, here's the final score of Popular Songs of 1986. Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Phil Collins  ~  “Take Me Home”

2)  Anita Baker  ~  “Sweet Love”

3)  The Moody Blues  ~  “Your Wildest Dreams”

4)  Run-DMC & Aerosmith  ~  “Walk This Way”

5)  Elton John  ~  “Nikita”

6)  Heart  ~  “Never”

7)  Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark  ~  “If You Leave”

8)  Lionel Richie  ~  “Love Will Conquer All”

9)  Toto  ~  “I’ll Be Over You”

10)  Pet Shop Boys  ~  “West End Girls”

11)  The Forester Sisters  ~  “Just In Case”

12)  Steve Winwood  ~  “Higher Love”

13)  Mike & The Mechanics  ~  “Silent Running”

14)  Madonna  ~  “True Blue”

15)  Billy Ocean  ~  “When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going”

16)  Alabama  ~  “Touch Me When We’re Dancing”

17)  Peter Gabriel  ~  “Sledgehammer”

18)  James Brown  ~  “Living In America”

19)  Starship  ~  “Sara”

20)  Atlantic Starr  ~  “Secret Lovers”

Popular Songs Of 1986, Vol. 1

Let me take you back in time to 30 years ago. The year was 1986. The music was awesome. Whether it was pop, rock, R&B, or country, there were plenty of good songs to suit all tastes. I can only hope that I have represented this mammoth year in music well with this post and its three follow-ups. If I've missed anything significant, I'm sure you'll tell me about it. But wait till you've seen all 4 installments, just in case your favorite made one of the later editions. Oh, yeah...please...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Dionne Warwick ft. Elton John, Gladys Knight, & Stevie Wonder  ~  “That’s What Friends Are For”

2)  Mr. Mister  ~  “Broken Wings”

3)  Lionel Richie  ~  “Say You, Say Me”

4)  Survivor  ~  “Burning Heart”

5)  Klymaxx  ~  “I Miss You”

6)  Robert Palmer  ~  “Addicted To Love”

7)  Whitney Houston  ~  “How Will I Know”

8)  The Judds  ~  “Have Mercy”

9)  Patti LaBelle ft. Michael McDonald  ~  “On My Own”

10)  Gloria Loring & Carl Anderson  ~  “Friends & Lovers”

11)  Billy Ocean  ~  “There’ll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)”

12)  Peter Cetera  ~  “The Glory Of Love”

13)  Janet Jackson  ~  “What Have You Done For Me Lately”

14)  Randy Travis  ~  “On The Other Hand”

15)  Berlin  ~  “Take My Breath Away”

16)  Simply Red  ~  “Holding Back The Years”

17)  George Strait  ~  “Nobody In His Right Mind Would’ve Left Her”

18)  Madonna  ~  “Papa Don’t Preach”

19)  Bon Jovi  ~  “You Give Love A Bad Name”

20)  The Human League  ~  “Human”

"Tough" Songs

Go ahead – run these songs through the wringer. They can take it. They're "Tough"! Now enjoy 'em already!  ~  JH

1)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  "Tougher Than The Rest"

2)  Gary Allan  ~  "Tough Little Boys"

3)  Jessie Ware  ~  "Tough Love"

4)  New Kids On The Block  ~  "Hangin' Tough"

5)  Craig Morgan  ~  "Tough"

6)  Kellie Pickler  ~  "Tough"

7)  Billy Ocean  ~  "When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going"

8)  RATT  ~  "You Think You're Tough"

9)  Vanilla Ninja  ~  "Tough Enough"

10)  Tesla  ~  "Hang Tough"

11)  McAllister Kemp  ~  "All Kinds Of Tough"

12)  Christina Aguilera  ~  "Tough Lover"

13)  Nils Lofgren  ~  "Cry Tough"

14)  REO Speedwagon  ~  "Tough Guys"

15)  Little Boots  ~  "Pretty Tough"

16)  The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart  ~  "Too Tough"

17)  Technotronic ft. MC Eric  ~  "Tough"

18)  Shelby Lynne  ~  "Things Are Tough All Over"

19)  King Kobra  ~  "Tough Guys"

20)  Poison  ~  "Cry Tough"

Songs With "There" In The Title

Here's the aforementioned counterpart to my "Songs With 'Here' In The Title" post. No further intro is required. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Bon Jovi  ~  "I'll Be There For You"

2)  Reba McEntire  ~  "Is There Life Out There?"

3)  Luther Vandross & Gregory Hines  ~  "There's Nothing Better Than Love"

4)  Spice Girls  ~  "Say You'll Be There"

5)  Elton John  ~  "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore"  (Interesting video: Justin Timberlake portrays a young Elton John here, and Paul Reubens – of Pee Wee Herman fame – portrays his long-time manager, John Reid.)

6)  Natalie Imbruglia  ~  "Wishing I Was There"

7)  Billy Ocean  ~  "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)"

8)  Mariah Carey ft. Trey Lorenz  ~  "I'll Be There"

9)  The Rembrandts  ~  "I'll Be There For You"  (You may remember this one as the theme song for the TV show, FRIENDS.)

10)  Kimberly Anne  ~  "Bury Me There"

11)  The Wonder Years  ~  "There, There"

12)  Gabz  ~  "Lie There"

13)  The Moody Blues  ~  "I Know You're Out There Somewhere"

14)  Susan Boyle  ~  "You Have To Be There"

15)  Oasis  ~  "Let There Be Love"

16)  Sixpence None The Richer  ~  "There She Goes"

17)  Alabama  ~  "There's No Way"

18)  Katie Melua  ~  "I Will Be There"  (I've got chills! What a voice!)

19)  Howie Day  ~  "Be There"

20)  Röyksopp  ~  "What Else Is There?"  (Hold up! Didn't I just post a Röyksopp song in the previous "Here" post? Yeah. What's my point?)