All Prom Rock, All The Time

Playlist

It all started with radio deejays smartly arranging their sets to tell a story, educate or maximize the music's impact. Later, it was picked up by legions of amateur cassette-dubbing artists who specially tailored mixes for their friends, boyfriend or girlfriends (or that one person for whom they so deeply pined). Now, in the age of iTunes, the Playlist is the new mixtape. Paste carries on a proud tradition with this new blog.

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Do you remember your senior prom? What did you wear? Was your date a dreamboat? Who spiked the punch? Who made out in the bathroom? Who threw up in the bathroom? Who went home with the football coach?

Enjoy this playlist of prom theme songs from our collective past.

Nostalgic,

Knate (and the rest of the Paste staff)

1. KC & JoJo “All My Life”
2. All 4 One “I Swear”
3. New Kids On the Block “I’ll Be Loving You (Forever)”
4. Boys II Men “End of the Road”
5. Elton John “Can You Feel the Love Tonight”
6. Cyndi Lauper “Time After Time”
7. Edwin McCain “I’ll Be”
8. Richard Marx “Hold On to the Night”
9. Sarah McLachlan “I Will Remember You”
10. N*Sync “God Must’ve Spent a Little More Time on You”
11. Aerosmith “I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing”
12. Celine Dion “Because You Loved Me”
13. Mariah Carey feat Boys II Me “One Sweet Day”
14. Pretenders “I’ll Stand By You”
15. Shania Twain “From This Moment”
16. Celine Dion “Because You Loved Me”
17. Kool & The Gang “Celebration”
18. Wang Chung “Everybody Have Fun Tonight”
19. Loverboy “Lovin’ Every Minute Of It”
20. Eric Clapton “Wonderful Tonight”
21. Garth Brooks “The Dance”
22. Goo Goo Dolls “Iris”
23. Mike Reno (from Loverboy) and Ann Wilson “Almost Paradise”