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<\/p>\nIt\u2019s impossible not to love the rock music of the late 1980s. Among the great rock songs released in the decade are these three tunes. All out in 1988, these songs still make me smile big today.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen It\u2019s Love\u201d by Van Halen<\/p>\n
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Van Halen shows off their softer side with \u201cWhen It\u2019s Love<\/a>\u201d.\u00a0 Written by Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony, and Sammy Hagar, all members of the band, \u201cWhen It\u2019s Love\u201d is on Van Halen\u2019s OU812 project.<\/p>\n \t\t\tVideos by American Songwriter\t\t<\/p>\n \u201cWhen It\u2019s Love\u201d says, \u201cHow do I know when it\u2019s love \/ I can\u2019t tell you, but it lasts forever \/ How does it feel when it\u2019s love \/ It\u2019s just something you feel together.\u201c<\/p>\n OU812 is an important album for Van Halen. It also includes \u201cBlack And Blue\u201d and \u201cFinish What Ya Started\u201d, both big hits for them.<\/p>\n \u201cDon\u2019t You Know What The Night Can Do\u201d by Steve Winwood<\/p>\n \t\t\tPlay video<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t Steve Winwood includes \u201cDon\u2019t You Know What The Night Can Do\u201d on his Roll With It record. Written by Winwood and Will Jennings, \u201cDon\u2019t You Know What The Night Can Do\u201d became a two-week No. 1 single for Winwood.<\/p>\n The inspirational song says, \u201cNow\u2019s the time that our dreams are finally coming true \/ Feels so good we\u2019re crying \/ Now\u2019s the time when it\u2019s down to me and you \/ Spread these wings\u2014we\u2019ll be flying \/ Don\u2019t you know what the night can do?\u201c<\/p>\n \u201cDon\u2019t You Know What The Night Can Do\u201d was also used by Michelob for one of their commercials.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThey started putting the commercial on the TV before the single was out,\u201d Winwood says<\/a>. \u201cIt looked like I had written a beer jingle!\u201d<\/p>\n Two years later, Winwood had his final No. 1 single, with \u201cOne and Only Man\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cI Don\u2019t Want To Live Without You\u201d by Foreigner<\/p>\n \t\t\tPlay video<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t On Foreigner\u2019s Inside Information album is \u201cI Don\u2019t Want To Live Without You\u201d. The song was written solely by band member Mick Jones.<\/p>\n The chorus to the sentimental song says simply, \u201cI don\u2019t want to live without you \/ I don\u2019t want to live without you \/ I could never live without you \/ Live without your love.\u201d<\/p>\n Jones later reveals that this song was written rather quickly.<\/p>\n \u201cI was sitting with Mum one night, tinkering around on the piano, and came up with this chord structure,\u201d Jones recalls<\/a>. \u201cThe song was pretty much written that evening. The ones that come to me so fast are usually pretty good.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Play\"\/](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788816315_578_hqdefault.jpg\")
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