1989

She Drives Me Crazy

Roland Gift (1961–); David Steele (1960–)

And here was have the first songwriters of the 100 born in the ‘60s. Both were involved in UK ska bands before joining forces in The Fine Young Cannibals. The song was a huge hit in the UK, topping out at #5, and an even bigger one in the US, going to #1. Time Out magazine placed it as #28 of the 50 best songs of the ‘80s. Gift, born of a Caribbean father and a UK mother, was voted one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world by People magazine in 1990. David Steele is quite handsome as well.

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