“Beds Are Burning” is a 1987 worldwide hit single by Australian rock band Midnight Oil, the first track from their album Diesel and Dust. This song was the second from the album to be released as a single, and is among the band’s best-known songs outside Australia.
Category: 1987
Roxette – It Must Have Been Love
“It Must Have Been Love” is a song written by Per Gessle and performed by the Swedish pop duo Roxette. The ballad became the duo’s third #1 hit in the United States, and is one of their best-selling releases, leading the single to be certified gold in a number of countries. The song was included on the soundtrack to the popular film Pretty Woman. In 2005, Per Gessle received an award from BMI after the song’s four millionth radio play.
Danny Wilson – Mary’s Prayer
Meet Danny Wilson was the debut album from the Scottish pop group Danny Wilson. It became a significant hit in America on the strength of the summer of 1987 hit single, “Mary’s Prayer.” The song “Mary’s Prayer” is featured in the 1998 film There’s Something About Mary and is listed on the movie soundtrack.
Los Lobos – La Bamba
“La Bamba” is a Mexican folk song, originally from the state of Veracruz, best known from a 1958 adaptation by Ritchie Valens, a top 40 hit in the U.S. charts and one of early rock and roll’s best-known songs. Valens’ version of “La Bamba” is ranked number 354 on Rolling Stone magazine′s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, and is the only song on the list sung in a language other than English.
Pink Floyd – On The Turning Away (live)
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“On the Turning Away” is a song from Pink Floyd’s 1987 album, A Momentary Lapse of Reason. The song, a power ballad, references issues of poverty and oppression, lamenting on the tendency of people to turn away from those afflicted with such conditions. It ends on a hopeful note, with the last stanza beginning, “no more turning away …”. It is also a song that recovers the mysticism of songs like “Wish You Were Here” or “Us and Them”, but this time treating topics like the suffering of people; the phrase “weak and the weary” portrays the suffering of people as a big problem in today’s world.