Thank God for the 80s and 90s

Music from the 1980s and 90s is God-sent. I’ve been going on a YouTube safari hunt for several years to discover hidden and well-known gems of American Pop Culture. Artists like Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Kenny Loggins, Vanessa Williams, Jane Child, Michael Jackson, Stan Bush, Pebbles, Luther Vandross, Paula Abdul, Selena, Debbie Gibson, and many more of the best talent-created timeless pieces. Two of the best generations of heartfelt songs were produced by these legends and those who never got the recognition they deserved.

Once I get my time machine working someday, I’ll travel back into the ’80s and ’90s to experience the concerts, the early stage of MTV’s greatest hits, buy cassette tapes and vinyls of my favorite artists, have an acting role on the Footloose film, and do a duet song with Mariah Carey. If anyone is interested in traveling back to a time I never got to experience, let’s ride together and forget that social media existed.

Maybe I won’t ever get that time machine working, but Lord, I hope He shows me what the good life of the 80s and 90s looked like! But to get back on track, listening to music from these two generations warmed up my heart and inspired me as an artist. Mariah Carey’s songs Hero, Anytime You Need A Friend, and When You Believe (The Prince of Egpyt) with Whitney Houston have been pivotal in my life. Songs like these give our life purpose through dark times.

I am not yet a historian of 80s and 90s music but whenever I listen to many of the songs I’ll list on this post, it feels as though I get to experience the best part of American history. The type of music that speaks to the heart and often puts me on the Footloose dance regiment. It’s cool to hear my parents got to experience the best time of their youth when people felt connected and shared their love for amazing songs that can never be replicated.

Songs from the 80s and 90s to Check Out

1. Dionne Warwick – That’s What Friends Are For
2. Vanessa Williams – Save The Best For Last
3. Tiffany – All This Time
4. J.T. Taylor, Regina Belle – All I Want Is Forever
5. Almost Paradise (Love Theme from “Footloose”)
6. Whitney Houston – Run To You
7. Whitney Houston – Greatest Love Of All
8. Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey – When You Believe
9. Luther Vandross – Endless Love
10. Mariah Carey – Hero
11. A Whole New World – Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle
12. Swing Out Sister – Breakout
13. Selena – Dreaming Of You 
14. Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan – Especially For You 
15. Wilson Phillips – Hold On
16. Jane Child – Don’t Wanna Fall In Love
17. Boy Meets Girl – Waiting for a Star to Fall
18. Pebbles – Giving You The Benefit
19. John Parr – St. Elmo’s Fire (Man In Motion)
20. Kenny Loggins – Playing with the Boys
21. Kenny Loggins – Footloose
22. Berlin – Take My Breath Away
23. Peter Cetera, Amy Grant – The Next Time I Fall
24. Amy Grant – Baby, Baby
25. Sheena Easton – 9 to 5 (Morning Train)
26. I Never Even Told You – Tia Carrere
27. Bobby Brown – On Our Own
28. Loves Survive – Irene Cara · Freddie Jackson
29. Far Longer Than Forever- Regina Belle, Jeffrey Osborne, Robbie Buchanan, Lex de Azevedo, David Zippel
30. Elton John – Nikita
31. When She Loved Me – Sarah McLachlan
32. The Touch – Stan Bush
33. Stand Out – Tevin Campbell
34. Peter Gabriel – Don’t Give Up (ft. Kate Bush)
35. Kylie Minogue – Never Too Late
36. Dokken – Dream Warriors
37. Miami Sound Machine – Bad Boy
38. Cynthia Rhodes – Finding Out The Hard Way 
39. Paula Abdul – Opposites Attract
40. Michael Jackson – Man In The Mirror

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_You_Believe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footloose

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Wanna_Fall_in_Love

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That%27s_What_Friends_Are_For