The Top High School Prom Songs Spanning 5 Decades

1. Happy Together - The Turtles
2. I Got You Babe - Sonny & Cher
3. Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers
4. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow - The Shirelles

** In 1994, Cher re-recorded 'I Got You Babe' with Beavis and Butthead. It went to #35 on the UK charts. She was mighty pissed off at Sonny not realizing he was going to die a year later.

1. Colour My World - Chicago
2. Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin
3. Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
4. Do That To Me One More Time - The Captain and Tennille

** Led Zeppelin starting planning 'Stairway' in early 1970 when they decided to create, a new epic song to replace, 'Dazed and Confused' as the centerpiece for their concerts.

1. Every Breath You Take-Police
2. I've Had The Time Of My Life - Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes
3. I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner
4. Take My Breath Away - Berlin

** Despite popular belief, 'Every Breath' is NOT a love song, it's about an obsessive stalker and was written by Sting just after he separated from his first wife, Frances Tomelty.

1. Faithfully - Journey
2. I Don' Wanna Miss A Thing - Aerosmith
3. I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
4. Save The Best For Last - Vanessa Williams

**Journey's first video was for 'Faithfully. The band hated making videos but understood the promotional impact. Keyboardist Jonathan Cain wrote this prom favorite.

1. Beautiful - Christina Aguilera
2. Hero - Enrique Iglesias
3. We Belong Together - Mariah Carey
4. You and Me - Lifehouse

** 'You and Me' by Lifehouse spent 62 weeks on the Hot 100 breaking the record for the longest stay for a track by a rock band.