I’ve been wanting to do an easy post after a couple of heavy ones, so here’s one which has been a lot of fun to think about. It’s the soundtrack to my life – my ultimate playlist. It features two songs from every year since I’ve been born, one pop song and one rock/group song; my kind of music. ;)

I knew there’d be a lot of songs to choose from, so this isn’t really a list of my favourite songs; instead it’s a list of the songs I can remember playing for significant moments in my life, or I’m told were around for ones I can’t remember (apparently I was walking to Into the Groove).

The list’s below and I put them all together over at Project Playlist as well; there are a few Australian singers some people might not have heard before – I definitely recommend Pete Murray and Missy Higgins. And if you’re wondering, I treat Project Playlist as a radio-library; I go there if I want to hear a new song, but once I’ve heard it I’ll buy it from iTunes. So that’s my way around any legalities. :)

1984Dancing in the Dark – Bruce Springstein Here Comes the Rain Again – Eurythmics1985 Into the Groove – MadonnaDon’t You (Forget About Me) – Simple Minds1986True Colors – Cyndi Lauper Livin on a Prayer – Bon Jovi1987I Wanna Dance With Somebody – Whitney HoustonDon’t Dream It’s Over – Crowded House1988 Heaven Is A Place On Earth – Belinda CarlisleNever Tear Us Apart – INXS1989 Like A Prayer – MadonnaSweet Child o’ Mine – Guns N’ Roses1990 Nothing Compares 2 U – Sinead O’Connor Janie’s Got a Gun – Aerosmith1991 (Everything I Do) I Do It for You – Bryan Adams Fall at Your Feet – Crowded House1992 Tears in Heaven – Eric Clapton Even Better Than The Real Thing – U21993 I’d Do Anything for Love (but I Won’t Do That) – Meat Loaf Everybody Hurts – R.E.M.1994 Chains – Tina ArenaBlack Hole Sun – Soundgarden1995 Hand in My Pocket – Alanis MorissetteWhere the Wild Roses Grow – Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds feat. Kylie Minogue1996 Always Be My Baby – Mariah CareyWonderwall – Oasis1997 Torn – Natalie ImbrugliaBitter Sweet Symphony – The Verve1998 Crush – Jennifer PaigeI Don’t Want to Miss a Thing – Aerosmith1999 I Try – Macy GrayAna’s Song (Open Fire) – Silverchair2000 Graduation (Friends Forever) – Vitamin C Beautiful Day – U22001 Thank You – DidoYellow – Coldplay2002 A Thousand Miles – Vanessa CarltonThe Greatest View – Silverchair2003 Crazy In Love – Beyonce & Jay-ZSeven Nation Army – The White Stripes2004 So Beautiful – Pete MurraySomewhere Only We Know – Keane2005 The Sound of White – Missy HigginsWake Me Up When September Ends – Green Day2006 SexyBack – Justin TimberlakeWhen You Were Young – The Killers2007 Rehab – Amy WinehouseHow Far We’ve Come – Matchbox Twenty