1986 Saturday Morning Flashback Playlist - May 24, 2025

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This week, Johnny Mars took us to 1986.  The year The Chicago Bears took down The New England Patriots for their first NFL championship since 1963, Chicago’s Oprah Winfrey Show went national and “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” showed off our city all over big screens. Join Johnny Saturday from 9am to noon at 93.1 FM, at 93XRT.COM and nationwide on the free Audacy App.

9AM
Eurythmics- “Missionary Man”
Moody Blues- “Your Wildest Dreams”
Iggy Pop- “Real Wild Child”
The Feelies- “Let’s Go”
The Smithereens- “Blood and Roses”
Bruce Hornsby & The Range- “The Way It Is”
Eric Clapton- “It’s In The Way You Use It”
Genesis- “Land of Confusion”
BoDeans- “Still The Night”
Steve Winwood- "Freedom Overspill”
10AM
David & David- “Welcome To The Boomtown”
Joe Cocker- “You Can Leave Your Hat On”
Husker Du- “Don’t Want To Know If You’re Lonely”
Timbuk 3- “Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades”
XTC- “Dear God”
Robert Cray- “Smoking Gun”
The Smiths- “Bigmouth Strikes Again”
Bob Seger- “Like A Rock”
The Stranglers- “Dreamtime”
Siouxsie & The Banshees- “Cities In Dust”
John Mellencamp- "Under The Boardwalk"
11AM
R.E.M.- “Superman”
Paul Simon- “Graceland”
Crowded House- “Something So Strong”
Pretenders- “My Baby”
Cutting Crew- “I Just Died In Your Arms”
Peter Gabriel- “Big Time”
Lyle Lovett- “You Can’t Resist It”
World Party- “Private Revolution”
Pet Shop Boys- “West End Girls”
Talk Talk- “Life’s What You Make It”
Talking Heads- “Love For Sale”

Next week, Johnny Mars takes us to 1978.  The year that brought us National Lampoon’s Animal House on big screens, NASA’s first group of women astronauts and The Garfield comic strip to newspapers.

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