Anyone familiar with the year 1984 knows that this list could not ignore this next artist. In fact, don’t be surprised to see him again in this list. I mean, how could this album much less this title track not make it here? It literally made this color become associated with this artist forever, something extremely rare to happen, and the fact that this song only hits this spot just goes to show how deep the bench was for 1984 and we’re only a quarter of the way there. Until then, sway to this R&B classic turning 40 years old today at #15 – it’s Purple Rain by Prince.
