1. The girls all look when I go by/It's what I wear that makes them sigh

• Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch
• Billy Joe Royal
• Herman’s Hermits
• Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones

2. I could never disguise all my little white lies

• The Four Seasons
• Elvis Presley
• Bobby Vee
• Dionne Warwick

3. But if I really say it, the radio won't play it

• Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
• Elvis Costello
• Peter, Paul and Mary
• Joni Mitchell

4. In a flash of pure destruction, no one wins

• Edwin Starr
• Queen
• The Alarm
• Ryan Adams

5. While the lights are still dim / she's making time with him

• Mary Wells
• Dan Hartman
• The Shirelles
• Naked Eyes

6. And down the waterfall / wherever it may take me, / I know that life won't break me

• Lifehouse
• Robbie Williams
• Bon Jovi
• Creed

7. The clouds never expect it when it rains

• Stevie Nicks
• U2
• Van Morrison
• The Moody Blues

8. We reach out in disillusion/when one night isn't nearly enough

• Level 42
• Survivor
• Night Range
• Don Henley

9. Sentimental as a rose in the moonlight

• Sam Cooke
• The Drifters
• The Danleers
• Sonny Knight

10. Two spirits in the night/We can leave before the morning light

• Boz Scaggs
• Bruce Springsteen
• John Lennon
• Joe Cocker

11. A poet in his madness tries to find another line

• Tom Waits
• Jethro Tull
• Simon and Garfunkel
• Steve Winwood

12. Wrapped around the music is the sound of someone promising they'll never go

• Johnny Rivers
• Jay & the Americans
• Greg Kihn Band
• Three Dog Night

13. Deception right in front of me / A jealous fantasy

• Crowded House
• Honeymoon Suite
• Aldo Nova
• INXS

14. Not under the thumb of the cynical few

• The Fixx
• Blues Traveler
• New Radicals
• Howard Jones

15. But fate's been kind/The downs have been few

• The Four Tops
• B.J. Thomas
• Amy Grant
• Gladys Knight & the Pips

16. Real gone girl jumping back with the beat

• Billy Idol
• Chuck Berry
• Huey Lewis & the News
• Robert Plant

17. Ignore the hesitation that ties your hands

• Richard Marx
• Santana
• Kansas
• Howard Jones

18. Chrome red eyeballs reflect and roll

• The Cars
• The Sparks
• Adam Ant
• Blondie

19. Like a bird in flight on a hot sweet night

• Cutting Crew
• ABC
• Fleetwood Mac
• Skylark

20. A deep shade of blue is always there

• Alphaville
• Icehouse
• The Rolling Stones
• The Walker Brothers