Big Songs When You Graduated High School

sdrawkcabynot
sdrawkcabynot Posts: 462 Member
edited November 10 in Chit-Chat
So I was just going through and looking at songs that were popular when I graduated high school (bc my 10 year reunion is coming up) and figured this may be a fun little game. Post the year you graduated and 3 songs that you remember the best from that year!

2002 -
No More Drama – Mary J. Blige
Hot in Here - Nelly
Can’t Get You Out Of My Head – Kylie Minogue


Those sounds pretty much rounded out my senior year - what were yours?

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  • RockaholicMama
    RockaholicMama Posts: 786 Member
    So I was just going through and looking at songs that were popular when I graduated high school (bc my 10 year reunion is coming up) and figured this may be a fun little game. Post the year you graduated and 3 songs that you remember the best from that year!

    2002 -
    No More Drama – Mary J. Blige
    Hot in Here - Nelly
    Can’t Get You Out Of My Head – Kylie Minogue


    Those sounds pretty much rounded out my senior year - what were yours?

    We graduated the same year. So pretty much the same. Even though it released in 2000, Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus. Oo, and I'll add Puddle of Mud, was it "Blurry"?
  • SinIsIn
    SinIsIn Posts: 1,865 Member
    I graduated 1998...Backstreet boys and NSync were the big thing then.. I think. LOL

    I just know that our class song was "Home Sweet Home" by Motley Crue
  • tinalatina
    tinalatina Posts: 499 Member
    2000 - Green Day - Time of your Life
    & Vitamin C's - graduation friends forever
  • Quasita
    Quasita Posts: 1,530 Member
    I replied on the other thread :P BSB and N-Sync were still big in 2001 lol But hey, my class also had a weird obsession with Thriller and Ice Ice Baby...
  • kunibob
    kunibob Posts: 608 Member
    1998
    "Uninvited" by Alanis Morissette was pretty huge
    "One Week" by The Bare-Naked Ladies, and I was so happy that they were finally making it big internationally
    That blasted theme from Titanic would not stop playing :grumble:

    EDIT: "Graduated" is kind of weird though, because I finished Grade 11 and got a head start on Grade 12 in Canada, then went overseas and did Grade 11/12 there, but that was the equivalent of Grade 12/1st year uni in Canada. So, 1998 was the year I satisfied my Grade 12 requirements. X_x
  • sdrawkcabynot
    sdrawkcabynot Posts: 462 Member
    I replied on the other thread :P BSB and N-Sync were still big in 2001 lol But hey, my class also had a weird obsession with Thriller and Ice Ice Baby...

    Not sure how this got posted twice *shrugs*
  • Bentley2718
    Bentley2718 Posts: 1,689 Member
    I dropped out. Would have been whatever was popular in 1998.

    And don't judge, I have a Ph.D. now.
  • Tropical_Turtle
    Tropical_Turtle Posts: 2,236 Member
    oy - I graduated in 1990 and the top songs were:

    1. Hold On, Wilson Phillips
    2. It Must Have Been Love, Roxette
    3. Nothing Compares 2 U, Sinead O'Connor
  • jay586
    jay586 Posts: 133
    93 and dont remember lol
  • RTricia
    RTricia Posts: 720
    Pumps and a Bump -MC HAMMER
  • JanetLM73
    JanetLM73 Posts: 1,226 Member
    I graduated in 1991 it was all about Janet Jackson, Madonna, Whitney.

    I was so not into that music....I was more into grunge.
  • Alicat59
    Alicat59 Posts: 13 Member
    1996 - And I remember the Macarena being played repeatedly at the graduation party. *shudder*
  • BrittanyH8588
    BrittanyH8588 Posts: 77 Member
    2007

    1. Irreplaceable, Beyonce
    2. Umbrella, Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z
    3. The Sweet Escape, Gwen Stefani Featuring Akon
    4. Big Girls Don't Cry, Fergie
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    American Pie -- Don Mclean
    The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face -- Roberta Flack
    Alone Again (Naturally) -- Gilbert 0'Sullivan
    Let's Stay Together --Al Green
    I Can See Clearly Now -- Johnny Nash
    A Horse With No Name -- America
    Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) -- Looking Glass
    Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me -- Mac Davis
    Lean On Me --Bill Withers
    Nights in White Satin -- The Moody Blues
  • Kia148
    Kia148 Posts: 192 Member
    2003
    Crazy in Love- Beyonce
    In da club- 50 cent
    Dirt off your shoulders- Jay Z
  • sdrawkcabynot
    sdrawkcabynot Posts: 462 Member
    1996 - And I remember the Macarena being played repeatedly at the graduation party. *shudder*


    HAHA - and they still tried to get us to do that stupid f*cking dance when I was a senior at pep rallies!
  • cgrout78
    cgrout78 Posts: 1,628 Member
    1996- I remember Tracy Chapman "Give me one Reason" being played at our senior picnic.
  • yesthistime
    yesthistime Posts: 2,051 Member
    2000 - Green Day - Time of your Life
    & Vitamin C's - graduation friends forever

    This. Vitamin C's song was our class anthem.
  • ThePhoenixRose
    ThePhoenixRose Posts: 1,978 Member
    1999 - Party like it's 1999 by Prince was big for us, though released long before that!

    There were lots of boy bands then... NSync, Backstreet Boys, 98*. Also Britney, Jessica Simpson, and Christina Aguilera. Good times...
  • dubw
    dubw Posts: 429
    1966 - Beach Boys

    Help Me Rhonda
    California Girls
    Little Girl I Once Knew, The
    Barbara Ann
  • aprilshowers262
    aprilshowers262 Posts: 96 Member
    How's It Gonna Be - Third Eye Blind (sends me back to high school every time)
  • cgrout78
    cgrout78 Posts: 1,628 Member
    How's It Gonna Be - Third Eye Blind (sends me back to high school every time)

    love that song...reminds me of one of my college boyfriends...
  • CharityPearce
    CharityPearce Posts: 215
    I graduated in 1989. It was a great year for music. I was looking through my IPod play list and I have sooo many of the top 100 songs of 1989 on my playlist now! : )

    3 out of the top 100 that I remember best. this is the soundtrack of my life!

    1. Every Rose Has Its Thorns - Poison
    2. Lay Your Hands On Me - Bon Jovi
    3. Armageddon It - Def Leppard

    What a tough choice! there were soooo many greats!
  • mimirenea
    mimirenea Posts: 17
    Year of 2005

    Oh by Ciara
    Lil Bit by 50 Cent
    We Belong Together by Mariah Carey
  • christine24t
    christine24t Posts: 6,063 Member
    How sad is it that I graduated in 2008 and can't remember a damn song, then had to look it up and I still don't recall listening to any of it in high school, just college?

    But I remember in 9th grade, on the bus, I would listen to my Walkman - Shake Ya Tailfeather, and Yeah by Usher
  • clydethecat
    clydethecat Posts: 1,087 Member
    i graduated 1994,

    gin & juice - snoop dog

    mary janes last dance - tom petty

    loser - beck
  • kittenmitton
    kittenmitton Posts: 231 Member
    Hehe I'm young...

    2009...Billboard Top 10 for the week I graduated were:

    (01)OMG - Usher feat. will.i.am
    (02)California Gurls - Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg
    (03)Airplanes - B.o.B. feat. Hayley Williams
    (04)Nothin' on You - B.o.B. feat. Bruno Mars
    (05)Break Your Heart - Taio Cruz feat. Ludacris
    (06)Not Afraid - Eminem
    (07)Your Love is My Drug - Ke$ha
    (08)Alejandro - Lady Gaga
    (09)Rude Boy - Rihanna
    (10)Hey, Soul Sister - Train

    rsrsrs I've never even heard of half of those....
  • mama1229
    mama1229 Posts: 57
    '94
    Ace of Base-''The Sign"-- Anything 'Ace of Base' was huge at that time:sick:
    Meatloaf-"I'd Do Anything for Love(But I Won't Do That)"--Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell was also hugely popular at that time
    And probably one of the most annoying songs of all time...


    Tag Team-"Whoomp(There it is)" :huh: I never understood the fascination with with this song.
  • cdngirl71
    cdngirl71 Posts: 2,641 Member
    Graduated in 1989

    Bad Medicine - Bon Jovi
    Dr. Feelgood - Motley Crue
    Pour Some Sugar on Me - Def Leppard
    Youth Gone Wild - Skid Row
  • cpiton
    cpiton Posts: 380 Member
    Graduated in 1989

    Bad Medicine - Bon Jovi
    Dr. Feelgood - Motley Crue
    Pour Some Sugar on Me - Def Leppard
    Youth Gone Wild - Skid Row

    Me, too!
    Lots of hair bands back then. I will add, "Wind Beneath My Wings" because I not only graduated in '89, I also got married that year and my aunt sang that song at our wedding.

    Here are some more:
    Milli Vanilli: Baby Don't Forget My Number & Blame it on the Rain
    Fine Young Cannibals: Good Thing
    Tone Loc: Funky Cold Medina
    The Bangles: In Your Room
    I think all those are from 1989. The late 80's, at least. And yup, I listened to them all :)
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