Alright. This little summer break of mine, has gone on far too long when it comes to my Spotify music lists. Music is a major part of my life. It gets me through everything.
Truth of the matter? I have had too many other topics to cover these last few months. While music is an every day part of my life, I haven’t put as much time into creating lovely little Spotify playlists as I originally set out to do. I originally planned to put at least one list out per month. It’s been almost 3 months…yikes!
It’s okay though. It gave me more time to travel through songs and create a much bigger library than usual 🙂
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Decisions, Decisions…
I couldn’t decide between the decades of good hits with this list. I knew I wanted to cover certain favorites, but it is much harder to narrow those down to a particular span of years. If you are at least 30 years old, you know what I’m saying.
As I have mentioned in previous posts, music has always been huge and quite diverse in my life. It’s hard to pile so many favorites from one era into a single list, without it becoming a bit mundane. I tend to like variety with music. I like random surprises that take me back. Random songs that make me smile. Random songs that make me think. Overall, random songs that just feel good. Most of all, I like when random songs come at me with no warning.
All of that having been said, I couldn’t decide which decade to cover first. I have a bunch of music lists planned. Making a choice on which to go with first, is the problem. That explains this particular list. This one is a small sample of what’s to come. It involves a variety of music hits that span across 3 decades…1970’s, 1980’s, and 1990’s.
The End Result
I did my best to group together the greatest songs, into a 4 hour spot. Consider this Part 1 of a series. Again, I like variety. I’m sure at some point, I will create specific lists for each decade. Not now. I like what is coming at me currently. I’m pretty sure you will too 🙂
As with my previous lists…once I have the list created, I hit the shuffle button and save that specific order. It adds even more spontaneity 🙂 As usual, I embedded the actual Spotify list, followed by the individual corresponding Youtube videos.
Please Note: You will need to create a FREE Spotify account for the complete experience, if you don’t already have one. Otherwise, the track compilation below will only give you previews for each song :/
Who wants that?
Anyway, hit that play button and enjoy!
The Greatest Hits of 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s – (Part 1)
1.Rhythm Of The Night – (Debarge)
2. St. Elmo’s Fire (Man In Motion) – (John Parr)
3. Eye Of The Tiger – (Survivor)
4. Uptown Girl – (Billy Joel)
5. Walking On Sunshine – (Katrina & The Waves)
6. Dancing In The Dark – (Bruce Springsteen)
7. Walk Of Life – (Dire Straits)
8. Sometimes When We Touch – (Dan Hill)
9. I’m Still Standing – (Elton John)
10. If It Makes You Happy – (Sheryl Crow)
11. I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) – (Whitney Houston)
12. Please Don’t Go – (Double You)
13. Summer Of ’69 – (Bryan Adams)
14. Who’ll Stop The Rain – (Creedance Clearwater Rivival)
15. Fade Into You – (Mazzy Star)
16. I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) – (The Proclaimers)
17. Dreams – (The Cranberries)
18. Don’t Worry Be Happy – (Bobby McFerrin)
19. Wishing Well – (Sananda Maitreya)
20. Knock Three Times – (Tony Orlando & Dawn)
21. Coming Around Again – (Carly Simon)
22. The Best – (Tina Turner)
23. Abracadabra – (Steve Miller Band)
24. If You Had My Love – (Jennifer Lopez)
25. Crazy – (Aerosmith)
26. Funky Town – (Lipps Inc.)
27. I Can See Clearly Now – (Jimmy Cliff)
28. Would I Lie To You? – (Charles & Eddie)
29. Into The Mystic – (Van Morrison)
30. I Love The Nightlife – (Alicia Bridges)
31. Save Tonight – (Eagle-Eye Cherry)
32. Islands In The Stream – (Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers)
33. Invisible Touch – (Genesis)
34. Little Lies – (Fleetwood Mac)
35. Self Control – (Laura Branigan)
36. Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) – (Green Day)
37. Only God Knows Why – (Kid Rock)
38. Hey Ya! – (Outkast)
39. Ironic – (Alanis Morissette
40. I’m So Excited – (The Pointer Sisters)
41. The Boy Is Mine – (Brandy, Monica)
42. Total Eclipse Of The Heart – (Bonnie Tyler)
43. Jump – (Van Halen)
44. We’ve Only Just Begun – (The Carpenters)
45. She Talks To Angels – (The Black Crowes)
46. Bitch – (Meredith Brooks)
47. The King Of Wishful Thinking – (Go West)
48. The Power Of Love – (Jennifer Rush)
49. Can’t Fight This Feeling – (REO Speedwagon)
50. Hungry Eyes – (Eric Carmen)
51. This Is How We Do It – (Montell Jordan, Wino)
52. Never Gonna Give You Up – (Rick Astley)
53. Red Red Wine – (UB40)
54. Wake Me Up Before You Go – (Wham)
55. Old Time Rock & Roll – (Bob Seger)
56. Do You Really want To Hurt Me – (Culture Club)
57. All Star – (Smash Mouth)
58. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – (Marvin Gaye/ Tammi Terrell)
59. I Am Woman – (Helen Reddy)
60. Dancing In The Moonlight – (King Harvest)
As I’ve mentioned in the past, leave a comment below if you would like to see more of a specific genre! I am always looking for musical inspiration, so don’t hold back 🙂
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I’m a 90s baby with a love for music before my time. This is a great list, I spotted a few of my faves in it. Thanks for sharing!
I too find a lot of my music tastes extend to before my own time. Lots of goodies out there 🙂 Thanks for reading!
You’ve got a great list going on here! We download music for overnight sails when offshore. I’ll need to come back and refer to this list!
Thanks for reading and I’m glad you enjoyed 🙂
Some great songs listed there!
Thank you…I’m glad you enjoyed 🙂