Throwback Songs You Forget About

By Brandi Mitchell
Web Content Contributor

Music can whisk us back to a time and place we had long forgotten. From tragic ballads to upbeat celebrations of love, there are a myriad of songs telling the story of human emotion and existence that art always does.

As Billy Joel put it in “Piano Man,” “Can you play me a memory? I’m not really sure how it goes//but it’s sad and it’s sweet and I knew it complete//when I wore a younger man’s clothes.” I have always been a fan of classic songs that never stop being relatable, so turn on any of these 20 songs I’ve compiled from the good ol’ days before we were born – and let it play you a memory. 

1. “I’m a Believer” – The Monkees
2. “Must’ve Been Love” – Roxette
3. “How am I Supposed to Live Without You” – Michael Bolden
4. “Suspicious Minds” – Dwight Yoakam
5. “Crocodile Rock” – Elton John
6. “Piano Man” – Billy Joel
7. “Hooked on a Feeling” – Blue Swede
8. “Sweet Home Alabama” – Lynyrd Skynyrd
9. “Dancing Queen” – ABBA
10. “Somebody to Love” – Queen
11. “Summer of ‘69” – Bryan Adams
12. “I Love Rock n’ Roll” – Joan Jett
13. “September” – Earth, Wind, and Fire
14. “Total Eclipse of the Heart” – Bonnie Tyler
15. “All Out of Love” – Air Supply
16. “Hard to Say I’m Sorry” – Chicago
17. “Angel of The Morning” – Juice Newton
18. “Can’t Fight This Feeling” – REO Speedwagon
19. “Bohemian Rhapsody” – Queen
20. “American Pie” – Don Mclean

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