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Heaven
Bryan Adams
1984

Power ballad alert! Usually when I think about Bryan Adams, I’m thinking about Kevin Costner in tights so I needed a song to clear my head from that image. And this puppy is just timeless. Not just a power ballad but…a piano power ballad! Double the pleasure. Love the undercurrent of a guy failing his breathalyzer in the video - just your everyday ‘80s music video! My favorite memory associated with this one: during a family trip to Oceanside several years ago, you can drive down to and on the strand, which we did and blasted this song with the windows down and drove at like 3mph (in the minivan, no less). Partly to be ironic, but mostly to remind the world how cool this song is.

Other Songs Considered:
(Everything I Do) I Do It For You, Summer of ‘69