Inspired by here (1986) and here (1988). The rules are as follows:

• Go here.
• In the search box in the upper right hand corner, enter the year you graduated from high school. The first item returned should be the top 100 songs from that year.
• Cut and paste them into your journal.
• Bold the ones you like.
• Underline your favorite.
• Strike through the songs you loathe.
• Italicize the songs you’re pretty sure you’ve never heard of.

I confess I didn’t recognise many after the top 25, so that’s all you’re getting.

Of course these are the American hits, so there’s some transatlantic bias here:

1. Careless Whisper, Wham!
2. Like A Virgin, Madonna
3. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, Wham!
4. I Want To Know What Love Is, Foreigner
5. I Feel For You, Chaka Khan
6. Out Of Touch, Daryl Hall and John Oates
7. Everybody Wants To Rule The World, Tears For Fears
8. Money For Nothing, Dire Straits
9. Crazy For You, Madonna
10. Take On Me, A-Ha
11. Everytime You Go Away, Paul Young
12. Easy Lover, Phil Collins and Philip Bailey
13. Can’t Fight This Feeling, REO Speedwagon
14. We Built This City, Starship
15. The Power Of Love, Huey Lewis and The News
16. Don’t You (Forget About Me), Simple Minds
17. Cherish, Kool and The Gang
18. St. Elmo’s Fire (Man In Motion), John Parr
19. The Heat Is On, Glenn Frey
20. We Are The World, U.S.A. For Africa
21. Shout, Tears For Fears
22. Part-Time Lover, Stevie Wonder
23. Saving All My Love For You, Whitney Houston
24. Heaven, Bryan Adams
25. Everything She Wants, Wham!