Definitive Gen X song?

[Anonymous]

Great thread!! I agree with everyone and as a 50+ GenX, I have to add "Hey Mickey" by Toni Basil

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Closing Time by Semisonic

"Closing time, time for you to go out
To the places you will be from"

Most of Gen X was out of college when this song came out. Not a good choice.

I’m technically an X (though very late) and this is much more iconic to me than most of what’s named. I couldn’t even sing you a line of “smells like teen spirit” - that’s before my time.

Smells like Teen Spirit can’t be before your time as a late X. I was born in November 1978, so also the tail end of Gen X, and Smells Like Teen Spirit came out in in the Fall of 1991 and was everywhere. If you’re an X, you were at minimum in middle school when this song came out.

[Anonymous]

I’m a 1979 baby so just barely X and Nirvana was all over the place when I was in 7th grade—and I was a pretty sheltered kid. If you were too young for Nirvana you’re not a Gen Xer, period.

[Anonymous]

"Every Breath You Take" is a song by the English rock band the Police from their album Synchronicity (1983). Written by Sting, the single was the biggest American and Canadian hit of 1983, topping the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for eight weeks (the band's only No. 1 hit on that chart), and the Canadian RPM chart for four weeks. Their fifth UK No. 1, "Every Breath You Take" topped the UK singles chart for four weeks. It also reached the top 10 in numerous other countries. In May 2019, the song was recognized by BMI as being the most played song in radio history.[6][7]

[Anonymous]

Tiffany, Debbie Gibson, karma cameleon

Went to 50th bday party in Boston that had Debbie Gibson perform, so fun!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
For me it's a tie between Mr. Jones by Counting Crows and Losing My Religion by REM.

You, fellow Gen X-ers? Anything Nirvana is excluded from this list!

Consult that one piece of grunge attire you're holding onto if necessary.

ONE song??

Not gonna happen

[Anonymous]

Anything Prince
Albums-Thriller
Van Halen-jump (although I hate that song now)

[Anonymous]

SLTS is overrated rubbish. A one hit wonder if Cobain never died.

[Anonymous]

“Don’t Dream Its Over”

“Situation”

[Anonymous]

“Livin’ on a Prayer”

[Anonymous]

Belinda Carlisle - Heaven on Earth

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Closing Time by Semisonic

"Closing time, time for you to go out
To the places you will be from"

Most of Gen X was out of college when this song came out. Not a good choice.

I’m technically an X (though very late) and this is much more iconic to me than most of what’s named. I couldn’t even sing you a line of “smells like teen spirit” - that’s before my time.

Smells like Teen Spirit can’t be before your time as a late X. I was born in November 1978, so also the tail end of Gen X, and Smells Like Teen Spirit came out in in the Fall of 1991 and was everywhere. If you’re an X, you were at minimum in middle school when this song came out.

Huh. I’m
Born late 79 so I guess it wasn’t? Maybe it just wasn’t popular where I grew up?

[Anonymous]

In 1989 some girls in my freshman dorm also played Closer I am to Fine by the Indigo Girls constantly. Since it was in the Barbie movie maybe it is now a cultural touchstone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In 1989 some girls in my freshman dorm also played Closer I am to Fine by the Indigo Girls constantly. Since it was in the Barbie movie maybe it is now a cultural touchstone.

They definitely were big for certain segments of GenX

[Anonymous]

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