This month ... it's all about the top 30 jukebox memories (see rules below) -- relevant because it was *our* class who got a jukebox installed in the cafeteria (along with Coke machines and one of those electronic message boards).
On the topic of mall singers (a topic we raised for the song in yesterday's entry in the countdown), you can't mention one Debbie Gibson without *also* referencing a certain Ms. Darwish -- or as you and I would have known her, Tiffany. Although, back then, it would have been Tiffany with her original endowment and NOT the extra sized breasts she bought later in life to boost her self-confidence (or says the interwebs [and by interwebs, I mean those pics from Playboy]). But I digress -- I just mean to say that anyone from our generation immediately knows what's coming (i.e. possible sexual danger) when they hear the heavy staccato simulated heartbeats via synthesizer and drum opening of 'I Think We're Alone Now'.
RULES FOR THIS TOP 30 LIST: Songs are as remembered from when they were being played loudly in the cafeteria, making us all raise our voices at mealtimes in order to hear each other. All memories are believed to be accurate and will be fact checked on the interwebs to make sure that featured songs were actually released prior to June of 1989 (but since these memories are thirty years old, there is not a guarantee of 100% accuracy.) Also note that an appearance on this list is not necessarily an endorsement of the song or the artist. And if anyone out there wants to make a mixtape that we can all make copies of at the reunion, now is the time to start working on that task.
JUKEBOX MEMORY TRACK #14:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Q3mHyzn78
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