While 80s music certainly didn’t pioneer the idea of using a chick’s name in song titles, there was definitely a plethora of songs to choose from for this topic. Not only was there tons to choose from, there was even multiple songs using the same names in some cases. And yes, I’m looking at you JANE, JAYNE and JANIE!
Understand that the following statement is coming from someone named “CHERI” (no, ORockGirl is not my real name – shocking, I know!) There’s something about hearing our name set to music (for me, music of the power ballad variety will do just fine) and sung unabashedly for all the world to hear that just tugs at the strings of our ‘sugar & spice’ girl hearts every time.I’ve compiled a list of the “Top 10 80s Songs that Made Chicks Want to Change Their Names” just so they could experience what I’ve described. In our minds, we KNOW the song/s are not about us specifically but this matters not. To put it simply: hearing your name in a song is just plain cool.
