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1. Song Number 90: "Watch it now! The eagle in the sky"
Two years after breaking up, the rock band Yes, known for their avant garde sound during the 1970s, reunited and came out with a record that was both radio and MTV friendly. It became their first number one song when it topped the charts for two weeks in January, 1984. Can you name it?
2. Song Number 89: "You were the first, you'll be the last"
In the 1980s heartwrenching power ballads sung by rock bands had teen girls swooning. Cheap Trick used this tactic in the summer of 1988 to score their first number one hit. Do you know the song?
3. Song Number 88: "She brings home her pay for love"
An anthem to two lovers trying to make ends meet isn't the typical pop music recipe for a hit. Yet somehow, the rock band Bon Jovi turned that idea into an instant classic. Spending four weeks at number one in the winter of 1987, this record was beloved by pop music fans all over the country. Do you remember the names of those two struggling blue collar Americans?
4. Song Number 87: "I can't hear you!"
If you were alive during the summer of '84 hearing this song was inevitable. It was everywhere. You'd hear it at the beach, in the park, coming out of car radios. Thought you could escape it by going to the movies. Not likely. It was in the year's biggest film. Ready for a memory jog? According to the song, which was NOT a reason to call "Ghostbusters"?
5. Song Number 86: "It must have been cold there in my shadow"
This movie soundtrack smash went to number one in June and later went to on to win the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Do you know which Bette Midler ballad swept us away in 1989?
6. Song Number 85: "We just want to dance here, someone stole the stage"
The group Starship charted for nearly twenty years in various incarnations as Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship before they finally reached number one with this song, a tribute to the rock 'n roll spirit of a city dear to their hearts. Do you know what famous U.S. landmark is named in the song?
7. Song Number 84: "I try to phone but I'm too shy, can't speak"
During her reign as '80s pop diva, Whitney Houston strung together a record seven number one songs in a row including this frothy pop ditty. Can you name this chart-topper that became her biggest hit of the decade?
8. Song Number 83: "Flying away on a wing and a prayer"
Joey Scarbury? Name not ringing a bell? Well, he's the one hit wonder who took this song to number two in the summer of 1981. Maybe you remember what TV show featured this popular tune?
9. Song Number 82: "However do you want me, however do you need me"
In December, 1989, this song peaked at number four in the U.S., six months after spending four weeks at number one in the U.K. Do you know what recording act was responsible for "Back to Life"?
10. Song Number 81: "If you're not into yoga, if you have half a brain"
This is the only recording to have ever reached number one in two different decades. It spent the last two weeks of the 1970s in the top spot only to fall to number two during the first week of the '80s. The following week the song returned to number one for a third week. What song by Rupert Holmes holds this unusual chart record?
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