Today's AT40

[acroyear]

is Feb 1986.  definitely a good year and a good time.  for myself, i was still rather ridiculously infatuated with someone in my math class, a crush that went nowhere but was borderline neurotic in my internal obsessions and the pseudo-depressions that would come and go.  in short, i was a typical teenager, the most typical trait being i thought i was the only one going through all that.  i did get over it, eventually, about the same time i (re)discovered classic rock.

highlight hits so far

• The Sun Always Shines on TV
• Silent Running
• Alive and Kicking
  
• Life in a Northern Town
• Sara
• Eddie Murphy's Party all the Time
• Kyrie (which became the first top 40 hit with a greek title)
• Talk To Me
  

a few cheesy ballads (Say You Say Me), 5 "movie" hits (including Spies Like Us, When the Going Gets Tough, and 2 from Rocky IV - Living in America and Burning Heart), a Springsteen "hit" I never understood how it got popular aside from the fact that it was Bruce (Your Hometown), some dance songs we could have done without (How Will I Know, Love Bizarre), but otherwise...

HAH - the "long distance dedication" is from a high school girl from here in Fairfax, VA.

And the #1 song 20 years ago was...That's What Friends Are For, the song for AIDS research.

Comments

[thelongshot.livejournal.com]

I actually picked up the first Dream Acadamy album a couple of years ago. It is pretty good.

As for Bruce, we're talking about "Born In The USA", where most of the album got airplay.