This is a light entertainment listicle from American Songwriter revisiting four rock songs from 1987 that "elder Millennials" reportedly still remember word for word decades later. The piece taps into nostalgia for the classic rock era of the late 1980s, framing these tracks as songs many grew up hearing on radio, cassette tapes borrowed from older relatives, and later on classic rock stations or supermarket speakers.

The four songs featured are Guns N' Roses' "Welcome to the Jungle" (the band's first collaboratively written track and many fans' introduction to the group), Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar on Me" (a staple of arena rock radio and MTV), Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer" (which spent four consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1987, longer than any other rock song that year) and Whitesnake's "Here I Go Again" (re-released in 1987 and becoming the British band's only US number one hit).

– Article is a nostalgic listicle, not hard news
– Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer" topped the Hot 100 for four weeks in 1987
– Whitesnake's "Here I Go Again" was the band's only US chart-topper
– List also includes Guns N' Roses and Def Leppard tracks