1. I guess that’s why they call it the Blues – Elton John
2. I will survive – Gloria Gaynor
3. Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond
4. I wanna hold your hand – The Beatles
5. Hand in my pocket – Alanis Morissette
6. Runaway – The Corrs
7. Three little birds – Bob Marley
8. Try Ja Love
9. Water Runs Dry – Boys II Men
10. All at Once – Whitney Houston
11. That’s the way it is – Celine Dion
12. You raise my up – Josh Groban
13. With or without you – U2
14. Kiss from a rose – Seal

1. Violent Femmes – I Held Her in My Arms
2. Elton John – The Club At The End of the Street
3. Radiohead – Anyone Can Play Guitar
4. The Smashing Pumpkins – 1979
5. Limp Bizkit – Faith
6. Dashboard Confessional – Screaming Infidelities
7. Greenday – She
8. Pearl Jam – Even Flow
9. Deftones – My Own Summer (Shove It)
10. The Clash – Spanish Bombs
11. The Who – Baba O’Reilly
12. Saves The Day – Rocks Tonic Juice Magic
13. Red Hot Chilli Peppers – Walkabout
14. Hundred Reasons – Falter

In no particular order:

1. Queen – I want to ride my bicycle
2. Mariah Carey – We belong together (awesome to sing at the top of your lungs!)
3. Snow Patrol – Chasing Cars
4. The White Stripes – I don’t know what to do with myself
5. Tina Turner – Simply the Best
6. Duran Duran – Save a prayer
7. Gwen Stefani – Serious
8. Beyonce – Dangerously in Love 2
9. Lionel Richie – Dancing on the ceiling
10. Linkin Park – Breaking the Habit
11. Blur – Country House
12. TLC – Waterfalls
13. Rolling Stones – Under my Thumb
14. Andrew Lloyd Webber – All I ask of you

When I wrote this post I found a lot more than 14 tracks that had significance to me and if left open-ended would go on to become an 8 CD box-set… I just needed to limit it some way and produce a list that consisted of just the “cream”.

Bonus tracks:
REM – “Everybody hurts”
Tears For Fears – “Mad world”
Phil Collins – “In the air tonight”
Europe – “Final countdown”
Steve Winwood – “Valerie”
Was Not Was feat. Ozzy Osbourne & Kim Basinger – “Shake your head”

1. Barenaked Ladies – Humour of The Situation
2. Dave Matthews Band – Ants Marching
3. Guns n Roses – Knocking on Heavens Door
4. Finley Quaye – Even Afer All
5. John Lennon – Imagine
6. Paul Simon & Ladysmith Black Mambazo- Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes
7. Rage Against The Machine – Freedom
8. Talking Heads – Road To Nowhere
9. The Eagles – One Of These Nights
10. Tom Petty & The Heartbreaksers – Free Fallin
11. Violent Femmes – Blister In The Sun
12. The Skins – When you Notice
13. Simon & Garfunkel – The Only Living Boy In New York
14. Monty Python – Closing Theme

1. Filter – Take a Picture
2. Phil Collins – Against All Odds
3. Nina Simone – I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl
4. Al Green – Let’s Stay Together
5. Marcy Playground – Sex and Candy
6. Sense Field – Save Yourself
7. Limp Bizkit – Break Stuff
8. Queen – Under Pressure
9. Radiohead – Karma Police
10. Nirvana – Plateau
11. Massive Attack – Protection
12. K’s Choice – If You’re Not Scared
13. Dire Straits – Sultans of Swing
14. Soundgarden – Black Hole Sun

There’s a lot more than 14 tracks in my head here but on the spur of the moment I think that covers it.

1. Goo Goo Dolls – Iris
2. Fuel – Hemorrhage (In my hands)
3. The Cure – Burn
4. Deftones – Change (In the house of flies)
5. Feist – Mushaboom
6. Eels – Novocaine for the soul
7. Beck – Devil’s Haircut
8. Oasis – Wonderwall
9. Offspring – Smash
10. Green Day – Basket Case
11. Blink 182 – Wendy Clear
12. The Flaming Lips – She don’t use jelly
13. Nirvana – Smells like teen spirit
14. 7Mary3 – Waters edge