Soundtrack to my life

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