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50 Oldies Tunes That All Young Adults Are Still Obsessed With

When music is good, it doesn't matter when it was made.

Marissa Donato
May 02, 2018
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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50 Oldies Tunes That All Young Adults Are Still Obsessed With
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Believe it or not, young adults still appreciate quality oldies music. There is a preconceived notion that the newer generations don’t appreciate the past, but that is certainly not true. Young adults have learned from the past and we were just simply put into new circumstances than anyone from the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s. But one thing sure is true, and that is the fact that we wished we were alive to see one of our favorite bands from the past. So, I asked a group of 18 to 22-year-olds what their favorite oldie song is and this was their fun and unique responses:

  1. "Hey Jude" - The Beatles
  2. "Kiss" - Prince
  3. "Fast Car" -Tracy Chapman
  4. "Blister in the Sun" - Violent Femmes
  5. "Come on Eileen" - Dexy’s Midnight Runners
  6. "Tiny Dancer" - Elton John
  7. "Africa" - Toto
  8. "Sympathy for the Devil" - The Rolling Stones
  9. "Fly Me to the Moon" - Frank Sinatra
  10. "Dancing in the Moonlight" - King Harvest
  11. "Don’t Stop Me Now" - Queen
  12. "Another One Bites the Dust" - Queen
  13. "Can’t Buy Me Love" - The Beatles
  14. "Highway to Hell" - AC/DC
  15. "Thunderstruck" - AC/DC
  16. "TNT" - AC/DC
  17. "Close to you" - The Carpenters
  18. "Rumours" - Fleetwood Mac
  19. "Pretty Woman" - Ray Orbison
  20. "Walking After Midnight" - Loretta Lynn
  21. "Starman" - David Bowie
  22. "Over Under Sideways Down" - The Yardbirds
  23. "One of these Nights" - Eagles
  24. "Peaceful Easy Feelings" - Eagles
  25. "Take it Easy" - Eagles
  26. "Hotel California" - Eagles
  27. "La Vie En Rose" - Louis Armstrong
  28. "Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl)" - Looking Glass
  29. "Seven Wonders" - Fleetwood Mac
  30. "Takin’ it to the Streets" - The Doobie Brothers
  31. "Purple Rain" - Prince
  32. "December 1963" - Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
  33. "Fire & Rain" - James Taylor
  34. "Bad Moon Rising" - Creedence Clearwater Revival
  35. "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" - Creedence Clearwater Revival
  36. "My Way" - Frank Sinatra
  37. "California Dreamin’"- The Mamas & The Papas
  38. "Dream a Little Dream of Me" - The Mamas & The Papas
  39. "Somebody to Love" - Jefferson Airplane
  40. "The Sound of Silence" - Simon & Garfunkel
  41. "Suspicious Minds" - Elvis Presley
  42. "Evil Woman" - Electric Light Orchestra
  43. "Beast of Burden" - The Rolling Stones
  44. "I Want You Back" - Jackson 5
  45. "Rich Girl" - Hall & Oats
  46. "Carry on My Wayward Son" - Kansas
  47. "Keep on Loving You" - REO Speedwagon
  48. "Ohio" - Crosby Stills, Nash & Young
  49. "Heart of Gold" - Neil Young
  50. "Happy Together" - The Turtles
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