My friend Dave hit me up with this. Go to www.popculturemadness.com and find the year when you turned 18, then check out the songs that were the top hits. I have listed a few with a personal connection here.

June 7 – June 13: Live to Tell – Madonna and August 16 – August 29: Papa Don’t Preach – Madonna – Two pretty underrated Madonner songs for me.

September 6 – September 12: Venus – Bananarama – Such a great video and a fun, fun song. Also, the top hit the first week I was at college.

September 13 – September 19: Take My Breath Away – Berlin – My freshman year RA made it a point to take every guy on our hall to see “Top Gun.” I think 19 of the 20 of us took him up on the offer. He ended up joining the service because of that movie.

November 8 – November 21: Amanda – Boston – I had a crush on a girl whose name sounded similar to this. I would change the lyrics when I sang it to myself. I was stupid.

November 29 – December 5: You Give Love a Bad Name – Bon Jovi – A girl on my floor that year, more or less, aspired to stalk Bon Jovi. Now the song is a guilty pleasure, but I still remember that scary, scary girl who really needed help.

December 20, 1986 – January 16, 1987: Walk Like an Egyptian – The Bangles – If you’re a male in my age group and you don’t remember Susanno Hoffs’ eyes in this video, you have no soul.

Go check it out and let me know what you get.