(Finished July 10th, 2025) Part 5 of The Best Songs of 1985-1986

Hello,

The years 1985 and 1986 were some of the most monumental days in my life. I was working my first job at Safeways grocery stores and boy I learned at that job. Some of the stuff was actually good for me. I graduated high school-our 40th graduation anniversary is this year. After that I froze my butt off at Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho. The only good thing with that is I got over being homesick for what was quickly coming. Ricks College was later renamed BYU-Idaho and much later Benson Boone went there for a semester. So I have that going for me. After coming home and working for the summer I went on a mission to the Mississippi-Jackson Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

There are so many good memories associated with many of these songs.

69) Europe “The Final Countdown”:

70) Madonna “Live To Tell”:

71) Whitney Houston “How Will I Know”:

72) Survivor “Burning Heart”:

73) New Order “Bizarre Love Triangle”:

74) Duran Duran “A View To A Kiss”:

One of the best lesser known CDs of the 80s, too bad so few people know about it. 75) The Hooters “Nervous Night”:

76) Echo and the Bunnymen “Bring On The Dancing Horses”:

77) Rosanne Cash “Hold On”:

78) Journey “Raised On Radio”:

79) RUN-D.M.C. “Raising Hell”:

80) The Beastie Boys “(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)”:

81) Simply Red “Holding Back The Years”:

82) Stan Ridgway “Camouflage”:

83) Cameo “Candy”:

84) a-ha “Take On Me”:

85) ABC “Be Near Me”:

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