Artist	Song
Guns N' Roses	Sweet Child O' Mine
from Guns N' Roses: Greatest Hits (2004)
INXS	Need You Tonight
from The Best of INXS (2003)
George Michael	Father Figure
from Ladies & Gentlemen - The Best of George Michael (1998)
Michael Jackson	Man In the Mirror
from The Essential Michael Jackson (2005)
Public Enemy	Don't Believe the Hype
from Power to the People & the Beats - Public Enemy's Greatest Hits (2005)
Will Smith	Parents Just Don't Understand
from Will Smith: Greatest Hits (2002)
LL Cool J	Going Back to Cali
from All World - Greatest Hits (1996)
Bon Jovi	Bad Medicine
from Cross Road (1994)
Poison	Nothin' But a Good Time
from The Best of Poison - 20 Years of Rock (Remastered) (2006)
Tracy Chapman	Fast Car
from Tracy Chapman (2005)
Guns N' Roses	Welcome to the Jungle
from Guns N' Roses: Greatest Hits (2004)
Steve Winwood	Roll With It
from Roll With It (1992)
INXS	Devil Inside
from INXS: The Greatest Hits (2005)
Bobby Brown	My Prerogative
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Bobby Brown (2005)
Ice-T	Colors
from Rhino Hi-Five - Rap, Vol. 2 - EP (2006)
Elton John	Candle In the Wind (Live)
from Live In Australia (1998)
Salt-n-Pepa	Push It
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Salt-N-Pepa (2008)
Erasure	Chains of Love
from Rhino Hi-Five: Erasure - EP (2005)
Terence Trent D'Arby	Wishing Well
from Do You Love Me Like You Say: The Very Best Of Terence Trent D'Arby (2006)
Cheap Trick	The Flame
from The Essential Cheap Trick (2004)
Michael Jackson	The Way You Make Me Feel
from The Essential Michael Jackson (2005)
R.E.M.	It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
from Document (1998)
George Harrison	Got My Mind Set On You
from Let It Roll - Songs of George Harrison (Remastered) (2009)
Jane's Addiction	Jane Says
from Up from the Catacombs: The Best of Jane's Addiction (2006)

Comment:

Nineteen eighty-eight was the year when metal battled rap for the musical consciousness of America's youth, and the hair farmers ultimately lost. Guns N' Roses couldn't have been any bigger (and how much more street cred could they possibly have had, with drummer Steven Adler wearing a T.S.O.L. T-shirt in the video for "Sweet Child o' Mine"?). Run-DMC came up with some fancy scratchin' while bustin' rhymes in "Run's House." R.E.M.'s rapid-patter classic "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" turned out to be true, as they were about to sign with Warner Bros. and explode commercially. Poison was having "Nothin' but a Good Time" but the Headbanger's Ball was coming to a close.

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