@jake4480 Here's my (constantly evolving) doc for the #FavoriteSongByYear

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vS3ivYjzngMSiODLtKqSbSsAe9IDcxyp3kfbpkDKaMzjDo1e0Orc72OHBZpdw3WkXM8VLhAYQzkxhfG/pub

I'm researching songs for the #1992 edition of my #FavoriteSongByYear endeavor.

One would think this is easy, but honestly it's a massive undertaking. I have to pull up basically every album or single released in 1992... and because I'm a big weirdo, I can't just look at the top 100 most popular albums released that year, because chances are most of my favorite songs from a given year barely even charted. This is like digging through crates at a record shop, but with less dust. 😂

Oh the irony, I'm pretty sure that I would only have recognized maybe 3 of these songs in 1990.

Fortunately, time has afforded me the ability to work backwards. :blobcatdance:

I know my tastes can be quite off-the-beaten-path, and many of these songs will look unfamiliar, so I'm gonna tag these with genres, since some folks might find that helpful, should they wanna investigate.

So, here's my runner-ups for favorite song of 1990:

1000 Homo DJs - Supernaut [electronic, industrial]
AC/DC - Thunderstruck [metal, hard rock]
Alice in Chains - Man in the Box [hard rock, grunge]
Black Crowes - Twice as Hard [hard rock, blues]
Concrete Blonde - Lullabye [alt. rock, kinda mellow]
Depeche Mode - Policy of Truth [synthpop]
EMF - Unbelievable [electronic, alt. rock]
Information Society - A Knife and a Fork [electronic, dance]
Information Society - Mirrorshades [electronic, synthpop]
INXS - Disappear [rock, pop]
King Missile - Cheesecake Truck [alt. rock, humorous]
KMFDM - Naïve [electronic, industrial, dance]
Lush - Sweetness & Light [alt. rock, shoegaze]
Mazzy Star - Halah [alt. rock, alt. country, shoegaze, mellow]
Metallica - Stone Cold Crazy [metal]
Morrissey - Every Day is Like Sunday [alt. rock, pop]
Nirvana - Dive [grunge, alt. rock]
Nirvana - Sliver [grunge, alt. rock]
Pantera - Cemetery Gates [metal, hard rock]
Prong - Third From The Sun [alt. rock, metal]
Ride - Drive Blind [shoegaze, alt. rock]
Sisters of Mercy - I Was Wrong [goth rock]
Sisters of Mercy - When You Don’t See Me [goth rock]
Slaughter - Fly to the Angels [hair metal, power ballad]
Slowdive - Avalyn II [shoegaze, alt. rock]
Social Distortion - Story of My Life [alt. rock, hard rock]
Soda Stereo - Canción Animal [synthpop, pop]
The Church - Metropolis [alt. rock, goth rock]

And here's my choice for current fave song of 1990:

* Bob Mould - Stop Your Crying * [alt. rock, hard rock]

So, what are YOUR picks for 1990?? 🎧️

#Music #FavoriteSongByYear #lists #1990

It's been a while since I did one of these, but I managed to get some time to plow through what is arguably one of the most influential years in my musical journey.

I turned 13 in 1991, and almost simultaneously Grunge music became a thing. Definitely still has reverberations with my tastes to this day. That said, there's a lot of stuff on this list that I discovered retroactively and now wonder if 13 year old me would've liked, or likely hated.

Most of these songs would've been utterly unfamiliar to me at the time.

Anyway, here's my runner-ups:

Blur - There’s No Other Way
Chapterhouse - Pearl
Front 242 - Gripped By Fear
Guns n’ Roses - Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
Jesus Jones - Right Here, Right Now
Material Issue - Diane
Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
Metallica - The Unforgiven
Ministry - Jesus Built My Hotrod
My Bloody Valentine - Soon
Nirvana - Lounge Act
Orbital - Satan
Pearl Jam - Black
Pearl Jam - Garden
Q Lazzarus - Goodbye Horses
School of Fish - 3 Strange Days
Seal - Crazy
Soundgarden - Holy Water
Talk Talk - Ascension Day
The Fixx - How Much Is Enough
The KLF - 3 A.M. Eternal
The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds
The Psychedelic Furs - Until She Comes
The Smithereens - Top Of The Pops
Toad The Wet Sprocket - All I Want
Wolfsheim - The Sparrows and the Nightingales

And my (current?) favorite song of 1991:

*Talk Talk - After The Flood*

So what are y'alls favorite songs of 1991?

#Music #FavoriteSongByYear #lists #1991

Having now done the full 1980s, time to maybe skip around a bit and cover some years more haphazardly.

My mom was a big fan of Motown and British Invasion stuff, and as such I grew up hearing a lot of those genres. Later in life I have also come to enjoy the psychedelic rock and garage rock of the late 60s — they are the early influences of a lot of more recent artists I listen to.

So, here are my list of runner-ups for favorite song of 1966.

? and the Mysterians - 96 Tears
13th Floor Elevators - You're Gonna Miss Me
Buffalo Springfield - For What It’s Worth
Donovan - Season of the Witch
Four Tops - Standing In The Shadows Of Love
Los Bravos - Black is Black
Paul Revere & The Raiders - I’m Not Your Steppin’ Stone
Simon & Garfunkel - I Am A Rock
Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence
The Animals - Don’t Bring Me Down
The Association - Along Comes Mary
The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
The Beatles - Taxman
The Beatles - Tomorrow never Knows
The Capitols - Cool Jerk
The Cyrkle - Red Rubber Ball
The Easybeats - Friday On My Mind
The Monkees - Last Train To Clarksville
The Rolling Stones - Paint It Black
The Rolling Stones - Under My Thumb
The Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin’
Velvet Underground - Femme Fatale
Steve Wonder - Uptight (Everything’s Alright)
The Lovin’ Spoonful - Summer in the City
The Standells - Dirty Water
Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs - Little Red Riding Hood
The Supremes - You Keep Me Hangin’ On

And the winner for favorite song of #1966 is... 🥁

Sam & Dave - Hold On, I'm Comin'

I was 🤏 close to going with the 13th floor elevators, but Sam & Dave just sounds more appealing to me at the moment. 😁

So, what's your pick for favorite song of 1966?

#Music #FavoriteSongByYear #lists #1966

Previously on Favorite Song By Year:
[1988 https://gladtech.social/@skullvalanche/109446723618846351]

These are the runner-ups for my current favorite songs released in 1989:

The Outfield - My Paradise
Love & Rockets - So Alive
Michael Damian - Rock On
Faith No More - From Out of Nowhere
Faith No More - Falling to Pieces
Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
Nirvana - Sifting
Janet Jackson - Black Cat
Tom Petty - Free Fallin’
Operation Ivy - Sound System
Ministry - So What
The Replacements - I’ll Be You
Skid Row - 18 and Life
Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
The Cult - Fire Woman
Peter Murphy - Cuts You Up
Fine Young Cannibals - Good Thing
Bob Mould - Wishing Well
Young M.C. - Principal’s Office
Underworld - Sole Survivor
Camper Van Beethoven - Pictures of Matchstick Men
Warrant - Heaven
Mötley Crüe - Kickstart My Heart
Roxette - The Look
Bad English - When I See You Smile
The Smithereens - Blues Before and After
Soul II Soul - Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)
The Call - Let the Day Begin

And the winner is... 🥁

The Jesus & Mary Chain - Head On

Definitely a lot of nostalgia based contenders here, since I'm pretty sure '89 is when I really hit my stride of actually paying attention to pop music. The Jesus & Mary Chain are definitely of the "found it later in life" variety. 11 year old me was too busy listening to Roxette to be aware of TJAMC.

I gues this wraps it up for the 80s! Maybe time to jump around in the timeline a bit. 🤔

So, what's your favorite song released in #1989?

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Previously on Favorite Song By Year:
[1987 https://gladtech.social/@skullvalanche/109441678999533343]

These are the runner-ups for my current favorite songs released in #1988:

When in Rome - The Promise
Information Society - Walking Away
Kon Kan - I Beg Your Pardon
The Church - Under the Milky Way
Front 242 - Headhunter
Erasure - A Little Respect
Kim Wilde - Never Trust A Stranger
Morrissey - Everyday Is Like Sunday
Jane’s Addiction - Jane Says
REM - Orange Crush
Ministry - Stigmata
The Mighty Lemon Drops - Inside Out
Peter Murphy - Indigo Eyes
Living Colour - Cult of Personality
The Dead Milkmen - Punk Rock Girl
The Smithereens - Only A Memory
Pet Shop Boys - Domino Dancing
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Dreaming
Talk Talk - I Believe In You
Fugazi - Waiting Room

And the winner is... 🥁

Underworld - Underneath the Radar

Another year of amazing options and hard decisions. I feel particularly bad for not ranking Information Society as my favorite, as they are a hometown fave of mine. They'll just have to get honorable mention. #Minneapolis #InformationSociety #InSoc

So, what's your favorite song released in #1988?

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Previously, on #FavoriteSongByYear
[1986 https://gladtech.social/@skullvalanche/109434029117718625]

These are my *current* favorite songs that happened to be released in #1987.

The runners-up...

Pink Floyd - Learning to Fly
Simple Minds - Promised You A Miracle
INXS - Devil Inside
INXS - New Sensation
Lou Gramm - Midnight Blue
Def Leppard - Hysteria
The Payola$ - Eyes of a Stranger
The Smiths - Girlfriend In A Coma
The Smiths - Panic
T’Pau - China In Your Hand
Guns n’ Roses - Rocket Queen
Pet Shop Boys - What Have I Done To Deserve This?
New Order - True Faith
Sisters of Mercy - Dominion/Mother Russia
The Cult - Love Removal Machine
The Jesus & Mary Chain - April Skies
The Replacements - Can’t Hardly Wait
Tim Capello - I Still Believe
Gerard McMann - Cry Little Sister
Richard Marx - Should’ve Known Better
U2 - Red Hill Mining Town
Dead Can Dance - Cantara
Was (Not Was) - Walk The Dinosaur
Icehouse - Electric Blue
Noel - Silent Morning
Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth

And the winner is...

Sisters of Mercy - This Corrosion

Holy shit, what a year. Even the contenders list was definitely forcing some hard decisions.

So, what's your pick for favorite song released in 1987?

#music #FavoriteSongByYear #lists

Previously, on #FavoriteSongByYear
[1985 https://gladtech.social/@skullvalanche/109422699778991419]

For anyone new to this exercise, these are my current favorite songs released in #1986.

The runner-ups:

Bon Jovi - Raise Your Hands
Nu Shooz - I Can’t Wait
OMD - If You Leave
Huey Lewis and the News - Stuck with You
Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love
Pet Shop Boys - ​​West End Girls
Cutting Crew - I Just Died In Your Arms
Chalk Circle - April Fool
Metallica - The Thing That Should Not Be
Talk Talk - Give It Up
Genesis - Invisible Touch
David Bowie - As The World Falls Down
Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over
The Mission - Wasteland

And my current favorite song from 1986 is... 🥁

The Smithereens - Behind The Wall Of Sleep

Lots of poppy things on my '86 list. Weird (for me, anyway).

I feel bad that I keep overlooking Talk Talk for favorite song, but honestly I don't listen to just one Talk Talk song. I listen to full TT albums. Maybe if I ever do a Favorite Album by Year list it'll change things. Dramatically, I expect.

So, what's your pick for favorite song released in 1986?

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Previously, on #FavoriteSongByYear
[1984 https://gladtech.social/@skullvalanche/109411694670450460]

It should be noted that these are my *current* favorite songs released in 1985. I don't know that 7-year-old me was even aware of most of these songs at the time. 😂

The runners-up...

Robin George - Heartline
Killing Joke - Love Like Blood
Killing Joke - Eighties
A-ha - The Sun Always Shines On TV
Level 42 - Something About You
The Outfield - Your Love
Comsat Angels - Falling
Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World
The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary
Husker Dü - Makes No Sense At All
Hoodoo Gurus - Bittersweet
The Cure - Sinking
Simple Minds - Don’t You Forget About Me
Simple Minds - Alive & Kicking
INXS - What You Need
Talk Talk - Life's What You Make It
Dramarama - Anything, Anything
Sisters of Mercy - Marian (Version)

And the winner is... 🥁

Strange Advance - We Run

So many amazing albums in '85. Also can definitely see my "off the beaten path" tastes peeking through on here. I suspect by the time we get to the mid 90s it's gonna be a list of head-scratchers for all but the most devoted music aficionados.

So, what's your pick for favorite song released in 1985?

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[1983 https://gladtech.social/@skullvalanche/109406415929098993]

Continuing on with my Favorite Song Released In #1984 !

The runners-up...

Alphaville - Big in Japan
Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the Dark
Metallica - For Whom The Bell Tolls
The Smiths - This Charming Man
Cocteau Twins - Persephone
This Mortal Coil - Song to the Siren
Van Halen - I’ll Wait
Mick Smiley - Magic
Don Henley - Boys of Summer
The Cars - Drive
Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
Ultravox - Dancing With Tears in My Eyes
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?
Duran Duran - The Chauffeur
Duran Duran - New Religion
Murray Head - One Night in Bangkok
Nik Kershaw - Wouldn’t It Be Good
Cabaret Voltaire - Sensoria
Honeymoon Suite - New Girl Now
Images in Vogue - Call It Love
George Kranz - Din Daa Daa
Ministry - Every Day is Halloween

And the winner is... 🥁

Psychedelic Furs - High Wire Days

What a year... damn hard to pick a favorite, felt like throwing a dart at a giant board of bullseyes and no matter what I hit I'd be fine with it.

I find it's hard to remember this is a list of "favorites" rather than just "important" or "interesting" songs. This list would be out of control if I didn't have that filter in mind. 🤣

So, what's your pick for favorite song released in 1984?

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[1982 https://gladtech.social/@skullvalanche/109395172098250008 ]

Continuing on with my Favorite Song Released In #1983 !

The runners-up...

David Bowie - Let’s Dance
David Bowie - Modern Love
Styx - Mr. Roboto
Night Ranger - Sister Christian
Dio - Holy Diver
Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face
The Fixx - One Thing Leads to Another
Real Life - Send Me An Angel
Hall & Oates - Maneater
Prince - Little Red Corvette
New Order - Blue Monday
Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart
Breeding Ground - Reunion
The Three O’Clock - Jet Fighter

And the winner is... 🥁

The Chameleons - Up the Down Escalator

I had a rough time with '83 for some reason, not as many contenders as I expected. 🤷

What's your pick for favorite song released in 1983?

#music #FavoriteSongByYear #lists

[1981 was here: https://gladtech.social/@skullvalanche/109390934320751567]

I noticed that the bulk of the bands in my lists of contenders are very rarely American. Apparently I like my 80s music imported. 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 🇦🇺 🇩🇪 🇸🇪

#1982

The runners-up:
Lords of the New Church - Holy War
Kiss - Love it Loud
Whitesnake - Here I go Again
Billy Squier - Everybody Wants You
Aldo Nova - Fantasy
Talking Heads - Life During Wartime
Flock of Seagulls - Space Age Love Song
Sparks - I Predict
Psychedelic Furs - Love My Way
The Jam - Town Called Malice
Devo - That’s Good
INXS - Don’t Change
Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science
Modern English - I Melt With You
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
Ultravox - We Came To Dance
Icehouse - Great Southern Land
Icehouse - Hey, Little Girl
Berlin - The Metro
The Fixx - Red Skies
After The Fire - Der Kommissar
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf
Talk Talk - Talk Talk
Yazoo - Situation
Huey Lewis - Do You Believe In Love
Golden Earring - Twilight Zone
Frida - Something’s Going On
Spoons - Nova Heart

and the winner is... 🥁

Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)

Surprisingly strong showing from Canada in this list. If any of you aren't familiar with the Canadian new wave band "Spoons" definitely check 'em out.

#music #FavoriteSongByYear #lists

... so, what's y'alls pick for 1982? (again, doesn't have to be from my list, just anything released in 1982)

For reference, my previous 1980 post: https://gladtech.social/@skullvalanche/109385861578882989

I guess I should clarify, this list is my *current* favorite song from each year. *Not* the song that was my favorite during that year.

Moving along, it's time for #1981!

The contenders:

Duran Duran - Planet Earth
Oingo Boingo - Only A Lad
The Cars - Since You’re Gone
The Stranglers - Golden Brown
Billy Idol - Dancing With Myself
Simple Minds - The American
Haircut One Hundred - Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)
Mission of Burma - That’s When I Reach For My Revolver
Joy Division - Dead Souls
Rush - Tom Sawyer
Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight
Hall & Oates - Private Eyes
Styx - Too Much Time On My Hands
Rick Springfield - Jessie’s Girl
Loverboy - When It’s Over
Tommy Tutone - 867-5309/Jenny
Blue Oyster Cult - Burnin’ For You
Falco - Der Kommissar
Red Rider - Lunatic Fringe

And the winner is... 🥁

Psychedelic Furs - Pretty in Pink

I was kinda shocked to discover that "Dancing With Myself" was as old as it is. Ditto for "In The Air Tonight".

#music #FavoriteSongByYear #lists

So, what's your pick for 1981? (Doesn't have to be on this list)

My coworker maintains a list of his favorite song from every year, starting with the mid 1950s, which inspired me.

Turns out it's *really hard* to pick just one song from a given year. I've been doing tons of research, sifting through the bulk of the album releases for every year, then skimming over the songs on those albums to pick out contenders for "favorite" and then finally just picking one and immediately feeling like I chose wrong. 🤣

I started with #1980. I may go back earlier someday, but '80 seemed like a good place to start.

The contenders:

Loverboy - Turn Me Loose
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
OMD - Electricity
Devo - Gates of Steel
Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
Split Enz - I got you
Killing Joke - The Wait
Motorhead - Ace of Spades
Judas Priest - Metal Gods
Comsat Angels - Independence Day
Ozzy Ozbourne - Crazy Train
The Misfits - Last Caress
The Cure - Boys Don’t Cry
The Cure - Fire In Cairo
The Teardrop Explodes - Reward
Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall, Part II
Billy Joel - It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
Donnie Iris - Ah! Leah!

Ultimately, I went with... 🥁

AC/DC - Hells Bells

Which kinda surprised me, to be honest. I'm not that big of an AC/DC fan, but I do really love the intro to Hells Bells.

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#lists

What's your favorite song from 1980?