Plus its one of the best soundtrack albums of all time.  The only one I would rate above it is Saturday Nigth Fever.  Looking at the best selling albums of all time on wikipedia I can't believe that the soundtrack for the Bodyguard sold 44 million, its a decent album but is sold more then it should have.

I wouldn't consider "In Your Eyes" and "Sledgehammer" to be cheese fest songs.  As a matter of fact I wouldn't consider anything Peter Gabriel did as a solo artits in the cheese fest song category, plus he left Genesis long before they ever had a song that would fit in that category.

1976
no particular order
The Boys Are Back In Town & Jailbreak, Thin Lizzy (Can't decide, I love this band)
Silly Love Songs, Paul McCartney and Wings
Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen
Saturday Night, The Bay City Rollers
Slow Ride, Foghat
Fox On the Run, The Sweet
Hurricane, Bob Dylan
Love Hurts, Nazareth
You Sexy Thing, Hot Chocolate
Kiss and Say Goodbye, The Manhattans

Heh, '96 isn't a year I think about when I'm talking about music but lets see.

1. Mariah Carey and Boys II Men - One Sweet Day
2. Céline Dion - Because You Loved Me
3. Donna Lewis - I Loved You Always Forever
4. Alanis Morissette - Ironic
5. Céline Dion - It's All Coming Back to Me Now

Notable Mentions (but not my taste)
2Pac - California Love
Coolia - Gangsta's Paradise

Oh the 80s. Simply amazing!

For me it would be impossible to come up with a top ten movie list from the year I was born since I'm pretty sure that I haven't seen 10 movies from 1972 all the way through.  The Godfather is great and one of the best of all time but pretty much everything else released in 1972 is pretty weak.

1988

Metallica - One https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM8bTdBs-cw
Iron Maiden - The Clairvoyant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkLP_P8wc7k
Helloween - I Want Out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX7UoWbTYp4
Guns N' Roses - Patience https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njCUxuxjR1M
Slayer - South of Heaven https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kNeKbBcF5o
Sonic Youth - Teen Age Riot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_XiXv9Y210
Van Halen - When It's Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZGXRCI-JzQ
Bad Religion - Suffer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm95JRdV1VE
NOFX - Shut Up Already https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6fRA71S2po
Soundgarden - Flower https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xf12jrKGqZA

I think Jane's Addiction - Jane Says is technically from 1987.

Honourable mentions (German punk rock classics):

Die Toten Hosen - Hier kommt Alex https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkw1CRCA3EU
Die Ärzte - Elke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHBR9ynWUYs

EDIT: Oh, I didn't realize that the thread was that old, it was still on the first page of the music discussion.

I was born in 82. Just looked at the list and can't even give a top 5 let alone 10.

1. deuce - america
2. thrice - to awake and avenge the dead
3. raised fist - man & earth
4. brand new - jesus christ
5. faith no more - midlife crises
6. deuce - walk the walk
7. funeral for a friend - end of nothing
8. sundowner - audi geography
9. nofx - 100 times fuckeder
10. deuce - the one

1990:
1.Depeche Mode- Enjoy the silence
2.AC/DC-Thunderstruck
3.Roxette-It Must have been love
4.Scorpions-Wind of change
5.Alannah Myles -Black Velvet
6.Roxette-Dangerous
7.Billy Joel -We Didn't Start The Fire
8.M.C. Hammer -U Can't Touch This
9.Snap -The Power
10.Technotronic -Pump Up The Jam