‘I haven’t had a big hit record in America since 1987’ – Bonnie Tyler
Dad’s ‘Pick of the Year’ tapes were always a firm family favourite where he would make a compilation cassette of his favourite songs form that year. He stopped in 1992 however, when music got a bit too modern for him. It’s something over the years I’ve tried to carry on, and did for a while but, no one listens to CDs anymore and they don’t have the same impact as mp3 playlists. I’ve often thought about restarting it all from 1982 on my blog though just so I have somewhere to put them all for prosperity sake.
The first rule of POTY is DON’T TALK ABOUT PICK OF THE YEAR, sorry, that’s the illegal underground fight club i’m part of.
The first rule of POTY is that you can only pick songs that charted in the top 75 in the UK. The second rule of POTY is that you can only pick enough songs that would fit onto an old C120 cassette (between 30-40 tracks). The final rule, one which I’ve imposed myself, is that you must include that year’s Christmas number 1 (highlighted in green)
- Starship – Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now
- Bon Jovi – Never Say Goodbye
- Los Lobos – La Bamba
- Roger Waters – The Tide is Turning
- Beastie Boys – (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right To Party
- George Harrison – Got My Mind Set on You
- Whitesnake – Here I Go Again
- Pet Shop Boys – It’s A Sin
- Living in a Box – Living in a Box
- Michael Jackson – I Just Can’t Stop Loving You
- Bananarama – Love in the First Degree
- T’Pau – China in Your Hand
- Mental as Anything – Live it Up
- Pet Shop Boys – Always on my Mind
- Ben E King – Stand By Me
- Michael Jackson – Bad
- Black – Wonderful Life
- Bee Gees – You Win Again
- Level 42 – Running in the Family
- The Housemartins – Build
- Madonna – La Isla Bonita
- Wet Wet Wet – Sweet Little Mystery
- U2 – With or Without You
- Michael Jackson – The Way You Make Me Feel
- Aerosmith – Dude Look Like A Lazy
- Rick Astley – Never Gonna Give You Up
- Whitesnake – Is This Love
- Europe – Carrie
- The Firm – Star Trekkin
- Proclaimers – Letter From America
- New Order – True Faith
- Bon Jovi – Wanted Dead or Alive
- Taylor Dayne – Tell it to my Heart
- Terence Trent D’Arby – Sign Your Name
- Kylie Minogue – I Should Be So Lucky
- Bros – When Will I Be Famous
- Belinda Carlisle – Heaven is a Place on Earth
- Tiffany – I Think We’re Alone Now
- Midnight Oil – Beds Are Burning
