#73

The Top 100 Songs You've (Probably) Never Heard – 2009

#73
Higher
Star Pilots
Sweden

Here are four reasons why this is the most totally awesome song ever:

1. It sounds like it was lifted from some 1980s summer blockbuster. If they ever made a sequel to Top Gun, this song would be on the soundtrack.

2. I can just picture the songwriters debating the first line of the refrain:
Songwriter A: “You can’t end a sentence with a preposition!”
Songwriter B: “But the line feels so empty without the ‘up’.”
Songwriter A: “Maybe we can sneak it in before the next line and no one will notice.”

3. The dancing is hilarious, especially the slow-mo bits at the bridge. Seriously, can it get any cheesier? Wait…what? Was that really the running man?!?!

4. Every time I watch this, I’m overcome with the strange desire to shout “Do a barrel roll!”