The Riff
Published in

The Riff

Eddie Becker

Feb 8

6 min read

The Best Song of 1986: “You Give Love a Bad Name” by Bon Jovi

“I play my part, and you play your game…”

“Slippery When Wet” album cover, edited in Prisma

As I celebrated my 40th birthday last year, I wanted to write about the best song from each of the past 40 years. These songs are chosen based on a combination of popular music and my personal tastes.

--

--

--

More from The Riff

A new publication on music and how it’s impacting our lives ❤ Write for us: https://medium.com/the-riff/were-inviting-you-to-contribute-d50d40b9dc0?source=collection_tagged---------0----------------------------

Read more from The Riff

Recommended from Medium

Cory Doctorow

Live Nation is to blame for the Astroworld deaths

A screw press that has crushed a Live Nation logo. A pair of Monopoly Rich Uncle Pennybags men dance on the press, having removed their faces to reveal death’s-head skulls behind them. In the background, a faded, blurred image of a festival crowd. Image: Guzmán Lozano (modified) https://www.flickr.com/photos/pictfactory/2796367140 CC BY: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ LA2 (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bokpress_2010_1.jpg CC BY-SA: https://creativecommons.or
Tatum Hamernik

My New Mantra

Sparkle letters spelling the word BOSS surrounded by hot pink paper clips
OnTheRise

The rising DMV artist “TRICKZ” has just released his song “Graduation” and it’s really making its…

Kimberly Us

in

The Riff

Rockabilly Music: Yesterday and Today

Sandy and the Wild Wombats a Rockabilly band
Robert Greenberg

Music History Monday: A Decidedly Politically-Incorrect Rant

GSGM

Olivia Rodrigo Hits Back At Claims That She Was An Overnight Success

Leo Uchiha

How to practice Guitar strumming

Alan Mendelevich

in

ReNoob

Create piano screenshots right in PianoShow.me

AboutHelpTermsPrivacy

Get the Medium app

A button that says 'Download on the App Store', and if clicked it will lead you to the iOS App store
A button that says 'Get it on, Google Play', and if clicked it will lead you to the Google Play store
Eddie Becker

Eddie Becker

Writer published on sites such as Bleacher Report, Relevant Magazine, and The Good Men Project. | Top Writer in Music, also writing on Humor, Faith, Poetry, etc

More from Medium

Solomon Hillfleet

in

The Riff

Lil Yellow’s Music is the Ray of Sunshine We All Need.

Rui Alves

in

Rock n’Heavy

7 Woo-Hoo Songs From My Homer Simpson Playlist

Trudy Carol

in

Plethora Of Pop

Songs About Astrology by Famous Music Artists — Part Two

Ryan Lark

in

The Riff

The Modern Standards №6

Help

Status

Writers

Blog

Careers

Privacy

Terms

About

Knowable