Old Playlist

They are joined by Cher on a cover of " I Got You Babe ", the music video for which featured Beavis and Butt-head meeting a live-action Cher in virtual reality.  Read more about the album

" Love Shack " is a single by pop-rock band The B-52's. Originally released in 1989 from their album Cosmic Thing , the single was the band's biggest hit song and first million-copy seller. It was also the band's first song to reach the Billboard Top 40 charts, peaking at number 3, also reaching number 2 on the UK Singles Chart, and was number 1 for eight weeks in Australia, number 1 in the Republic of Ireland and also number 1 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart. Read more about the song

" Funkytown " is a song by American band Lipps Inc., which appears on their 1979 debut album, Mouth to Mouth . It was released as a single in March 1980. Written by Steven Greenberg, the song expresses the singer's pining for a metaphorical place that will " keep me movin', keep me groovin' with some energy ". It was written while the band lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota with dreams of moving to New York. It entered the Billboard Hot 100 on March 29, 1980 and spent four weeks at no. 1, beginning May 31. It also hit no. 1 on the Dance chart in the spring of 1980. Read more about the song

" Steam " is the second single from Peter Gabriel's 1992 album, Us . It reached #10 on the UK singles chart, #32 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. Peter Gabriel has said that the song is about a relationship in which the woman is sophisticated, bright, cultured, and knows everything about anything and that the man knows nothing about anything, except, he does know about the woman, and she doesn't know much about herself. Read more about the song

I Don't Want a Lover is the debut single from Texas's first album Southside . It was released in January 1989 and peaked at #8 in the UK Singles Chart. It was remixed in 2001 by Stargate and DJ Stonebridge to promote The Greatest Hits compilation album. The song was also featured on an in-game radio station (Vice City FM) on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 game Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City . Read more about the song

" Loverboy " was Billy Ocean's second single from his 1984 album, Suddenly . It was produced by Keith Diamond and reached a chart high of number 20 on the soul chart and number 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and number 15 on the UK Singles Chart in February 1985. It also reached the top spot of the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in the U.S., in an extended version. The song gained a reputation in the first episode of the 1986 soap opera Casualty when nurse Charlie Fairhead drives into Holby A&E in 1986. The song also featured in the sitcom Dear John where the character Kirk St Moritz played by Peter Blake can be seen dancing to the song in a highly amusing fashion. Read more about the song

" Go Let It Out " is a song by the English rock band Oasis, written by the band's lead guitarist, and chief songwriter, Noel Gallagher. It was released in 2000 as the first single from their fourth studio album Standing on the Shoulder of Giants . The song peaked at #1 in the UK Singles Chart and was later certified Silver. The song was the 36th best selling single of 2000 in the UK. Read more about the song

" Spaceman " is the début single by British band Babylon Zoo, taken from the album The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes . Featuring heavily distorted guitars and metallic, robotic-sounding vocals, it went straight to Number 1 on the UK Singles Chart on 21 January 1996 after being featured in a popular Levi's jeans TV advert in late 1995. The band's subsequent releases failed to repeat its success. Read more about the song

" Alive " is a song by the American rock band Pearl Jam. " Alive " was Pearl Jam's first single, and appeared on the band's debut album, Ten (1991). Written by guitarist Stone Gossard, " Alive " originated as an instrumental titled " Dollar Short " and was included on a demo tape circulated in hopes of finding a singer for the group. Vocalist Eddie Vedder obtained a copy of the tape and wrote lyrics that describe a fictionalized account (though somewhat based on Vedder's personal experience) of the time when he was told that the man he thought was his father was not actually his biological parent. Read more about the song

" Candle in the Wind " is a song with music and lyrics by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. It was originally written in 1973, in honour of Marilyn Monroe, who had died 11 years earlier. In 1997, John performed a rewritten version of the song as a tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales. This version of the song was released as a single and reached No. 1 in many countries, proving a much greater success than the original, officially being listed as the second best-selling single of all time. Read more about the song

" Your Love Is King " is a song by English band Sade from their debut album, Diamond Life (1984). It was released in 1984 as the album's lead single and in 1985 as the album's third and final US single. The song became the group's highest-charting hit to date, peaking at number six on the UK Singles Chart. English pop singer Will Young covered the song in 2004 for the soundtrack to Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason . Read more about the song

Wet Wet Wet's version of " Love Is All Around ", which has a different introduction from The Troggs' version, was recorded in B-flat-major on 4 January 1994 and released on 9 May 1994. It topped the UK Singles Chart after just under three weeks and, fueled by its appearance in the film Four Weddings and a Funeral , remained there for 15 consecutive weeks, the second longest stay at the top of that chart to date (beaten only by " (Everything I Do) I Do It for You " by Bryan Adams, which topped the chart for 16 weeks). Read more about the song

" Coming Around Again " is a 1986 single by Carly Simon from the album of the same title and the soundtrack of Heartburn . The song features a sampling of the classic children's song " Itsy Bitsy Spider ". The success of the song begain a career resurgence for Simon. The single is featured on multiple compilations of her work. Read more about the song

Africa is a hit single by rock band Toto, and is one of the band's most recognizable songs. It was included on their 1982 album Toto IV , and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in February 1983 and number three on the UK Singles Chart the same month. The song was written by the band's keyboardist/vocalist David Paich and drummer Jeff Porcaro. Read more about the song

" Free " is a song by American recording artist Ultra Naté released on March 31, 1997 by her record label Strictly Rhythm. The song was co-written by Nate, Lem Springsteen and John Ciafone while production was held by both Springsteen and Ciafone. " Free " was served as the lead single from her third studio album, Situation: Critical (1997). Musically, the song is a dance-pop influenced song that incorporates strong 90's house music and disco. Read more about the song

" Breathe Again " is a song by American R&B singer Toni Braxton from her self-titled debut album (1993). Written by Babyface and produced by L. A. Reid, Babyface, and Daryl Simmons, the ballad was released as the album's second single, garnering heavy airplay during the summer and autumn of 1993 , which resulted in it being the most successful single released from the album. The single peaked at number three on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number four on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Adult Contemporary charts. The song reached number two on the UK charts in January 1994. Read more about the song

" Walk on the Wild Side " is a Lou Reed song from his 1972 second solo album Transformer . It was produced by David Bowie. The song received wide radio coverage, despite its touching on taboo topics such as transsexuality, drugs, male prostitution and oral sex. In the United States, RCA released the single using an edited version of the song without the reference to oral sex. Read more about the song

Hill Street Blues is an American serial police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987. Chronicling the lives of the staff of a single police station—"blues" being a slang term for police officers—in an unnamed American city, the show received critical acclaim, and its production innovations influenced many subsequent dramatic television series produced in North America. Its debut season was rewarded with eight Emmy Awards, a debut season record surpassed only by The West Wing , and the show received a total of 98 Emmy nominations during its run. Read more about the TV Show

" Quit Playing Games (with My Heart) " is the fourth single from the Backstreet Boys' international album. It was recorded in June 1995 in Stockholm, Sweden and released in 1996. It reached #1 in Switzerland and Austria, #2 in the United Kingdom, and #7 in the Netherlands. It was subsequently included on the band's debut US album, and was released as the first single in the summer of 1997. It reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it their most successful single on the chart (the #1 spot was occupied by Mo Money Mo Problems by The Notorious B.I.G. feat. Puff Daddy and Mase and Honey by Mariah Carey). It sold 2 million copies in the US. Read more about the song

Faith No More recorded a cover of " Easy " originally as a B-side during the studio sessions for Angel Dust , following its repeated performance during live shows, but was released as the final single to the album in late 1992/early 1993. The song was originally played to replace their cover of Black Sabbath's " War Pigs ", so the band would break from the typical rock band mould. Read more about the song

" It's Only Love Doing Its Thing " is a track featured on Barry White's album The Man . British soul band Simply Red later covered the song, under the shortened title " It's Only Love ", as the lead single for their third studio album, A New Flame. The Simply Red cover had its greatest success by charting at number one in Italy. The song later features in several greatest-hits albums and a ballad collection of the same name, and it remains a live favorite. Read more about the song

" Chariots of Fire " is an instrumental theme written and recorded by Vangelis for the soundtrack of the 1981 film of the same name. The recording has since been covered by numerous performers and used as theme music for various television programmes and sporting events. Read more about the song

" Jesus to a Child " is a song by British musician George Michael. The song peaked at number 1 in the United Kingdom and Australia, and at number 2 in the mainland European charts. The song has also become George Michael's highest direct entry in the American charts. The song is one of George Michael's best-known songs and was included on the 1996 album Older . It was a melancholy tribute to his lover Anselmo Feleppa. Read more about the song

" My Girl " is a 1964 standard recorded by The Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label which became a number one hit in 1965. Written and produced by The Miracles members Smokey Robinson and Ronald White, the song became the Temptations' first U.S. number-one single, and is today their signature song. Robinson's inspiration for writing this song was his wife, Miracles member Claudette Rogers Robinson. The song was featured on the Temptations album The Temptations Sing Smokey. Read more about the song

" Hot in the City " is a 1982 song by Billy Idol, released on his self-titled album. It charted at No. 23 in the US and No. 58 in the UK. A re-release of the song in the UK in 1987 reached No. 13. Read more about the song

" Crying " is a ballad written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson that was a hit for Orbison. Dave Marsh calls the song a "rock-bolero" with "blaring strings, hammered tympani, a ghostly chorus, the gentle strum of a guitar, [and] a hint of marimba". Billboard observes an "expressive reading" on the "country-flavored ballad.". The personnel on the original recording included Orbison session regulars Bob Moore on bass, Floyd Cramer on piano, Buddy Harman on drums, and Boudleaux Bryant, Harold Bradley & Scotty Moore on guitar. Read more about the song

" All I Wanna Do " is a song performed by Sheryl Crow and written by Wyn Cooper, Sheryl Crow, David Baerwald, Bill Bottrell and Kevin Gilbert. It was Crow's breakthrough hit from her 1993 debut album Tuesday Night Music Club . The song was the winner of the 1995 Grammy Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and was nominated for Song of the Year. The song is her biggest US hit, peaking at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks behind I'll Make Love to You by Boyz II Men. Read more about the song

" All This Time " is a 1991 single by Sting. It was first released on Sting's 1991 album The Soul Cages . The song was the first single from the album. Being the album's most radio friendly track, the song was a chart success, especially on the American charts, where it reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped both the Mainstream and Modern Rock Tracks charts. Read more about the song

" I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) " is a Grammy Award-winning #1 song performed by Aretha Franklin and George Michael as a duet in 1987. It was written by Simon Climie and Dennis Morgan. It also stands as Aretha's biggest hit at Adult Contemporary radio, spending several weeks at #2. Despite selling more than a million US copies, the single was never certified. Read more about the song

" Billie Jean " is a song by American recording artist Michael Jackson. It is the second single from the singer's sixth solo album, Thriller (1982). It was written and composed by Jackson and produced by him and Quincy Jones. There are contradictory claims to what the song's lyrics refer to. One suggests that they are derived from a real-life experience, in which a female fan claimed that Jackson (or one of his brothers) had fathered one of her twins. However, Jackson himself stated that " Billie Jean " was based on groupies he had encountered. Read more about the song

WATCH ORIGINAL VIDEO IN YOUTUBE " Otherside " is a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, released in 2000. It was the third single from their album Californication , and confronts the battles ex-junkies have with their prior addictions. The single was highly successful peaking at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100, the fourth highest ever for the band; and number one on the US Modern Rock Tracks, which was, at the time, the fifth for the band. The song remained at number one on this chart for 13 consecutive weeks, one of the longest runs at the top of that chart. Read more about the song

" All for Love " is a hit rock song written by Bryan Adams, Robert John "Mutt" Lange and Michael Kamen for the soundtrack The Three Musketeers: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack . It was performed by Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart and Sting. The song was released as a CD single in the United States on November 16, 1993. It was a worldwide hit, reaching number one across Europe and North America. Read more about the song

" Dude (Looks Like a Lady) " is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith. It was released as the second of four singles from the Permanent Vacation album in 1987. It reached #14 on the Billboard Hot 100, #41 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart, #4 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and #45 on the UK Singles Chart in 1987. It was re-released in early 1990 and peaked at #20. The song was written by lead singer Steven Tyler, lead guitarist Joe Perry and professional songwriter Desmond Child. Read more about the song

" Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) " is a song performed and co-written by American singer-songwriter Christopher Cross, which was the main theme for the 1981 film Arthur starring Dudley Moore and Liza Minnelli. In the US, it reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and on the Hot Adult Contemporary charts during October 1981, remaining at the top on the Hot 100 for three consecutive weeks. Overseas, it also went to number one on the VG-lista chart in Norway, and was a top ten hit all around the world. The song became the second and last American number one hit by Christopher Cross. Read more about the song

" Maria " is a song by the American band Blondie, taken from their 1999 album No Exit . This song was Blondie's comeback single, their first since " War Child " in July 1982. In the UK Singles Chart, it was the band's sixth no. 1 single, topping the charts exactly 20 years after their first UK number one " Heart of Glass " in the spring of 1979. Read more about the song

" Hope of Deliverance " is a hit song by Paul McCartney, featured on his 1993 album Off the Ground . It became a hit in his native UK, reaching number 18. It did not fare well on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 83, but did better on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, hitting number 9. Read more about the song

" Baby Don't Forget My Number " is a song by Milli Vanilli and the second U.S single release from their album Girl You Know It's True . It became the first of their three number one hits in the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1989. In 1992, "Weird Al" Yankovic parodied this song and " Blame It on the Rain " as " The Plumbing Song" for his album Off the Deep End . Read more about the song

" Solid " is a hit single recorded by the husband-and-wife songwriting duo Ashford & Simpson. It was featured on the 1984 album Solid , and released as a single in November of that year. It was written by the two and follows a similar template of most of their hits for other artists, except with a slight 1980s inflection to the music. In the lyrics, the narrators of the song celebrate the fact that, through all the difficulties and problems their relationship has faced, they made their love stronger by learning how to forgive and trust each other, and their love for one another remains " solid as a rock ". Read more about the song

" No Surprises " is a song by the English alternative rock band Radiohead. It was released as the third and final single from the group's 1997 album OK Computer . It was accompanied by a music video that featured a single shot of singer Thom Yorke's head in a plastic bubble filling with water. The single peaked at number four in the United Kingdom. In October 2011, NME placed it at number 107 on its list " 150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years ". Read more about the song

" Remember the Time " is a single by American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson recorded at Record One Studios. The song was released by Epic Records on January 14, 1992, as the second single from Jackson's eighth studio album, Dangerous . Written and composed by Teddy Riley, Michael Jackson and Bernard Belle, the song was produced by Riley and Jackson. " Remember the Time " was a successful attempt by Jackson to create a new jack swing-flavored jam with the accompaniment of co-producer Riley. Musically, the song is dance-oriented, prominently featuring piano and guitar. The lyrics are about remembering being in love with someone. Read more about the song

Mainstream is the third and final studio album released by Lloyd Cole and the Commotions. It was produced by Ian Stanley and released by Capitol Records in the US and Polydor in the UK on 26 October 1987. It contained the hits " From the Hip ", " My Bag ", and " Jennifer She Said ".  Read more about the album

" Jump " is a song by the American rock group Van Halen. It was released in December 1983 as the lead single from their album 1984 . It is the only single the group released in their career to reach number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The song breaks the mold of earlier Van Halen songs, mainly in its rolling synth line (played on an Oberheim OB-Xa), although the song contains a typical Eddie Van Halen guitar solo, which Eddie claims as his favorite solo he never wrote. This refers to the fact that the producer spliced parts of two different takes to create the one heard in the song. Read more about the song

" Call Me " is a 1980 song by the American rock band Blondie. Released in early 1980 as a single, " Call Me " was number one for six weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it became the band's biggest single and second #1. It also hit #1 in the UK and Canada, where it became their fourth and second chart-topper respectively. In the year-end charts of 1980 it was Billboard's #1 hit and RPM's #3. Read more about the song

" Professional Widow " is a 1996 song written by singer-songwriter Tori Amos. It is a harpsichord-driven rock dirge and was included on her 1996 album Boys for Pele . The eponymous " professional widow " is widely rumoured to be Courtney Love, former wife of Kurt Cobain, whom Trent Reznor blames for the destruction of the friendship (whatever its extent) between himself and Amos. In 1999, Reznor's band Nine Inch Nails released a single called " Starfuckers, Inc. ", with " Starfucker " being a word that appears in " Professional Widow ". Read more about the song

" Wild One " or " Real Wild Child " is an Australian rock and roll song written by Johnny Greenan, Johnny O'Keefe, and Dave Owens. The song was again covered in 1986 when Iggy Pop included a version on his album Blah Blah Blah . Titled " Real Wild Child (Wild One) ,"this became a #10 hit on the UK Singles Chart in January 1987. It also charted on Billboard's Album Rock Tracks chart, peaking at #27. The Iggy Pop version was featured in the films Crocodile Dundee II, Adventures in Babysitting, Problem Child and its sequel Problem Child 2. Read more about the song

" Up Where We Belong " is a Platinum-certified, Grammy Award-winning hit song written by Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie, and Will Jennings. It was recorded by Joe Cocker (lead vocals) and Jennifer Warnes (lead and background vocals) for the smash 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman . Read more about the song

" Adelante " is a famous international hit song by Sash! featuring Peter Faulhammer and Rodriguez. Taken from Trilenium , the third studio album of Sash!, it became a huge hit reaching number 2 in the UK charts, number 4 in Australia, number 7 in Norway and Sweden, as well as a charting hit in a dozen other countries. Read more about the song

" Lightning Crashes " is a song by the rock band Live, from their 1994 album, Throwing Copper . Although the track was not released as a single in the US, it received enough radio airplay to peak at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart in 1995. The song also topped the Billboard Album Rock Tracks (10 weeks) and Hot Modern Rock Tracks (9 weeks) charts. The song was also a top 40 hit in the UK, where the single was released in several different formats. Read more about the song

" Steamy Windows " is a song by recording artist Tina Turner. It was included on Turner's 1989 Foreign Affair album and released as a single in early 1990. Written by Tony Joe White and produced by Dan Hartman, is known for its high energy and strong vocal performance. Released as the album's third single, it became a top ten hit in Belgium and Ireland, while reaching the top forty on the majority of all charts it appeared on. Read more about the song

" Golden Brown " is a song by the English rock band The Stranglers. It was released as a 7" single in December 1981 in the United States and in January 1982 in the UK, on Liberty. It was the second single released from the band's sixth album La Folie . It peaked at No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart, the band's highest ever placing in that chart. Read more about the song