Desert Island Songs - 1987

This page is a list of performers and songs with tracks I love broken down by the year the song was released (or first peaked on a pop chart). For more information check out the intro page.

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• 'Til Tuesday, "Coming Up Close"
• 10,000 Maniacs, "Don't Talk"
• 10,000 Maniacs, "Hey Jack Kerouac"
• 38 Special, "Same Old Feeling"
• 38 Special, "Back to Paradise"
• ABC, "When Smokey Sings"
• ABC, "The Night You Murdered Love"
• Aerosmith, "Permanent Vacation"
• Aerosmith, "Heart's Done Time"
• Aerosmith, "Hangman Jury"
• Alexander O'Neal, "Fake"
• Anita Baker, "Caught Up in the Rapture"
• Anita Baker, "No One in the World"
• Ann Wilson, "The Best Man in the World"
• Aretha Franklin, "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)"
• Bananarama, "I Heard a Rumour"
• Bananarama, "A Trick Of The Night"
• Bangles, "Walking Down Your Street"
• Bangles, "Walk Like an Egyptian"
• Beastie Boys, "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)"
• Beastie Boys, "Brass Monkey"
• Beastie Boys, "She's Crafty"
• Beastie Boys, "No Sleep Till Brooklyn"
• Beatles, "Hello Goodbye"
• Ben E. King, "Stand By Me"
• Benjamin Orr, "Stay the Night"
• Berlin, "Like Flames"
• Billy Idol, "Don't Need A Gun"
• Billy Idol, "To Be a Lover"
• Billy Idol, "Sweet Sixteen"
• Billy Joel, "This Is The Time"
• Billy Vera & The Beaters, "At This Moment"
• Black, "Everything's Coming Up Roses"
• Blue Aeroplanes, "Coats"
• Bob Seger, "Shakedown"
• Boston, "We're Ready"
• Breakfast Club, "Right On Track"
• Bruce Hornsby & the Range, "Mandolin Rain"
• Bruce Springsteen, "Brilliant Disguise"
• Bryan Adams, "Heat of the Night"
• Buster Poindexter, "Hot Hot Hot"
• Cameo, "Word Up"
• Carly Simon, "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of"
• Carly Simon, "Give Me All Night"
• Carly Simon, "Coming Around Again"
• Cars, "Strap Me In"
• Cars, "You Are The Girl"
• Chicago, "If She Would Have Been Faithful..."
• Chicago, "Will You Still Love Me"
• Chris de Burgh, "The Lady in Red"
• Cinderella, "Nobody's Fool"
• Club Nouveau, "Lean On Me"
• Communards, "Don't Leave Me This Way"
• Company B, "Fascinated"
• Concrete Blonde, "Still In Hollywood"
• Crowded House, "Now We're Getting Somewhere"
• Crowded House, "Something So Strong"
• Crowded House, "Don't Dream It's Over"
• Crowded House, "World Where You Live"
• Cult, "Wild Flower"
• Cult, "Lil' Devil"
• Cult, "Love Removal Machine"
• Cure, "Why Can't I Be You"
• Curiosity Killed the Cat, "Misfit"
• Cutting Crew, "One For The Mockingbird"
• Cutting Crew, "(I Just) Died in Your Arms"
• Cutting Crew, "I've Been In Love Before"
• Cyndi Lauper, "Change of Heart"
• Damned, "Alone Again Or"
• Dan Hill & Vonda Shepard, "Can't We Try"
• David & David, "Welcome To The Boomtown"
• David Bowie, "Time Will Crawl"
• David Bowie, "Never Let Me Down"
• Dead Kennedys, "Buzzbomb from Pasadena"
• Dead or Alive, "Brand New Lover"
• Deborah Harry, "In Love With Love"
• Def Leppard, "Gods of War"
• Def Leppard, "Women"
• Depeche Mode, "Sacred"
• Depeche Mode, "Strangelove"
• Donna Allen, "Serious"
• Duran Duran, "Skin Trade"
• Duran Duran, "Grey Lady of the Sea"
• Duran Duran, "Notorious"
• Duran Duran, "Meet El Presidente"
• Echo & the Bunnymen, "Lips Like Sugar"
• Eddie Money, "Take Me Home Tonight"
• Eddie Money, "We Should Be Sleeping"
• Eddie Money, "I Wanna Go Back"
• Erasure, "Sometimes"
• Eric Clapton, "It's In The Way That You Use It"
• Eric Clapton, "Run"
• Europe, "Rock the Night"
• Europe, "Cherokee"
• Eurythmics, "Missionary Man"
• Expose, "Exposed to Love"
• Expose, "Point Of No Return"
• Expose, "Let Me Be The One"
• Expose, "Come Go With Me"
• Fleetwood Mac, "Seven Wonders"
• Fleetwood Mac, "Little Lies"
• Fleetwood Mac, "Big Love"
• Frozen Ghost, "Should I See"
• Gary Numan, "Are 'Friends' Electric"
• Genesis, "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight"
• Genesis, "Land of Confusion"
• Genesis, "In Too Deep"
• George Harrison, "Fish on the Sand"
• George Harrison, "Devil's Radio"
• George Michael, "I Want Your Sex"
• Georgia Satellites, "Keep Your Hands to Yourself"
• Georgia Satellites, "Battleship Chains"
• Gerard McMann, "Cry Little Sister (Theme From Lost Boys)"
• Gino Vannelli, "Wild Horses"
• Glass Tiger, "Someday"
• Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine, "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You"
• Great White, "Rock Me"
• Gregory Abbott, "Shake You Down"
• Guns N' Roses, "Mr. Brownstone"
• Heart, "Who Will You Run To"
• Heart, "Alone"
• Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, "Diamonds"
• Hipsway, "The Honeythief"
• Hooters, "Johnny B."
• Huey Lewis & The News, "Hip to Be Square"
• Huey Lewis & The News, "Jacob's Ladder"
• Huey Lewis & The News, "I Know What I Like"
• Huey Lewis & The News, "Doing It All for My Baby"
• INXS, "Calling All Nations"
• INXS, "Wild Life"
• INXS, "The Loved One"
• INXS, "Mediate"
• Iggy Pop, "Real Wild Child (Wild One)"
• Jack Wagner, "Weatherman Says"
• Janet Jackson, "The Pleasure Principle"
• Jets, "Cross My Broken Heart"
• Jets, "You Got It All"
• Jody Watley, "Looking For A New Love"
• John Mellencamp, "Paper In Fire"
• Jon Astley, "Jane's Getting Serious"
• Jon Butcher, "Goodbye Saving Grace"
• Journey, "I'll Be Alright Without You"
• Julian Cope, "World Shut Your Mouth"
• Kenny Loggins, "Meet Me Half Way"
• Kim Wilde, "You Keep Me Hangin' On"
• Level 42, "To Be with You Again"
• Level 42, "It's Over"
• Level 42, "Children Say"
• Level 42, "Lessons in Love"
• Level 42, "Running in the Family"
• Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam, "Lost In Emotion"
• Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam, "Head to Toe"
• Living in a Box, "Living in a Box"
• Los Lobos, "La Bamba"
• Lou Gramm, "Lost in the Shadows (The Lost Boys)"
• Lou Gramm, "Ready Or Not"
• Lou Gramm, "Midnight Blue"
• Lou Gramm, "Heartache"
• Loverboy, "NOTORIOUS"
• Luther Vandross, "Stop to Love"
• Mel & Kim, "Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)"
• Mel & Kim, "Respectable"
• Midnight Oil, "Sell My Soul"
• Midnight Oil, "Bullroarer"
• Mondo Rock, "Primitive Love Rites"
• Monkees, "(I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone"
• Nancy Martinez, "For Tonight"
• New Order, "True Faith"
• Newcity Rockers, "Rev It Up"
• Oran Juice Jones, "The Rain"
• Other Ones, "We Are What We Are"
• Other Ones, "Holiday"
• Outfield, "Since You've Been Gone"
• Paul Lekakis, "Boom Boom (Let's Go Back To My Room)"
• Paul Simon, "Graceland"
• Paul Simon, "The Boy in the Bubble"
• Paul Simon, "You Can Call Me Al"
• Pet Shop Boys, "Rent"
• Pet Shop Boys, "It's a Sin"
• Pet Shop Boys, "Suburbia"
• Pet Shop Boys, "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money)"
• Peter Gabriel, "Big Time"
• Peter Gabriel, "Red Rain"
• Peter Gabriel, "Don't Give Up"
• Peter Wolf, "Come as You Are"
• Pink Floyd, "The Dogs of War"
• Pink Floyd, "Learning to Fly"
• Pixies, "Where Is My Mind"
• Pixies, "The Holiday Song"
• Pixies, "Gigantic"
• Pretenders, "My Baby"
• Psychedelic Furs, "Shadow In My Heart"
• Psychedelic Furs, "Torture"
• Psychedelic Furs, "Angels Don't Cry"
• Psychedelic Furs, "No Release"
• Psychedelic Furs, "Heartbreak Beat"
• R.E.M., "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"
• R.E.M., "Oddfellows Local 151"
• REO Speedwagon, "That Ain't Love"
• Ramones, "I Wanna Live"
• Ratt, "Dance"
• Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Backwoods"
• Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Me & My Friends"
• Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Fight Like a Brave"
• Ric Ocasek, "True to You"
• Richard Marx, "Don't Mean Nothing"
• Ritchie Valens, "La Bamba"
• Robbie Nevil, "Dominoes"
• Robbie Nevil, "C'est La Vie"
• Roger Daltrey, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
• Run-D.M.C., "You Be Illin'"
• Run-D.M.C., "It's Tricky"
• Rush, "Time Stand Still"
• Samantha Fox, "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)"
• Scorpions, "Still Loving You"
• Simply Red, "The Right Thing"
• Siouxsie and the Banshees, "The Passenger"
• Smithereens, "Behind the Wall of Sleep"
• Smiths, "Death at One's Elbow"
• Smiths, "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before"
• Smiths, "Death of a Disco Dancer"
• Smiths, "Girlfriend in a Coma"
• Smiths, "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me"
• Smiths, "Paint a Vulgar Picture"
• Smiths, "A Rush and a Push and the Land Is Ours"
• Smokey Robinson, "One Heartbeat"
• Squeeze, "Hourglass"
• Stabilizers, "One Simple Thing"
• Steve Winwood, "The Finer Things"
• Steve Winwood, "Back In The High Life Again"
• Sting, "History Will Teach Us Nothing"
• Sting, "We'll Be Together"
• Stranglers, "Always the Sun"
• Survivor, "Is This Love"
• Suzanne Vega, "Solitude Standing"
• Suzanne Vega, "Tom's Diner"
• Suzanne Vega, "Luka"
• Sweet Sensation, "Hooked On You"
• Swing Out Sister, "Breakout"
• System, "Don't Disturb This Groove"
• T'Pau, "Heart and Soul"
• Thompson Twins, "Gold Fever"
• Thompson Twins, "Long Goodbye"
• Thompson Twins, "Get That Love"
• Thompson Twins, "Follow Your Heart"
• Tim Cappello, "I Still Believe"
• Timbuk 3, "Life Is Hard"
• Timbuk 3, "The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades"
• Timbuk 3, "All I Want for Christmas"
• Tom Petty, "Jammin' Me"
• U2, "Bullet the Blue Sky"
• Wang Chung, "Let's Go"
• Wang Chung, "Everybody Have Fun Tonight"
• Wendy & Lisa, "Waterfall"
• Whispers, "Rock Steady"
• World Party, "Ship Of Fools"
• Yello, "Oh Yeah"
• Yes, "Love Will Find a Way"
• Yes, "Big Generator"
• ZZ Top, "Velcro Fly"
• a-ha, "The Living Daylights"
• a-ha, "Cry Wolf"
• a-ha, "Manhattan Skyline"

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