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MysticalChicken:
For purposes of this post, "childhood" means age 13 or younger.  I'm not talking about "kiddie" songs either.

I grew up in the 80s, so...

Cyndi Lauper - She Bop (1984).  I was five years old.  This is the first "favorite" song I can remember having.  Of course, at the age of five, I didn't know what it was actually about...

Dire Straits - Money for Nothing (1984).  Or, as I called it, "the MTV song."  Every time the video came on TV I would not move until it was over.  The video got me interested in computer animation, as well.

A-Ha - Take On Me (1985).  Another song I like because of the video, which is my favorite of all time.

Tears for Fears - Shout (1985).  Tears for Fears was, mysteriously, my favorite band when I was six.

The Pretenders - Brass in Pocket (1979).  Although I didn't hear (or pay attention to) this song until I was seven.  I've been a Pretenders fan since then.  I remember my mom playing her Get Close tape in the car when I was eight, and then when I was thirteen and finally had my own radio/tape player, stealing that tape to listen to.

The B-52s - Love Shack (1989).  Yes, I know it was fucking everywhere, but I loved it when I was ten and I think I still love it.

REM - Losing My Religion (1991).  Saw the video when I was eleven or twelve years old and the song blew me away.  I will never get sick of it.

3Z3VH:
I was a huge fan of:

Jefferson Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us

The Cars - We Built This City (on Rock and Roll)

Don Henley - All of his music, but I had a special place for "A Month of Sundays"

MC Hammer - What kid didn't have the "Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em" album ?

Wham! - Yeah, nowadays you may look at the cover of "Make it Big" and think "Hmm... GAY !" but back then it was RAD !

Kenny Loggins - Highway to the Dangerzone

and Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf

Vendetagainst:
Well David Bowie was the first music I ever listened to, and I remember dancing to songs like Let's Dance and Modern Love in the living room with my mom when I was maybe seven or so. Because of the major speech impediment I had back then, we even had a parody of Rebel, Rebel (Mumble, Mumble).

So definitely Bowie.

tomselleck69:
Smashing Pumpkins - XYU

Age 9, I think. I liked a lot of other songs on that album too (and still do) but XYU was the loudest and therefore my favorite.

Also "Tarzan Boy" by Baltimora, but I didn't know that at the time. At age 7 it was just that awesome song about the jungle on the Ninja Turtles III soundtrack. I rediscovered it last year and love it just as much as I used to.

De_El:
The first tape I ever bought myself was the Mortal Kombat: Annihilation soundtrack. My favorite song off it was probably "Fire" by Scooter.

I have a sister who's 7 years older than me, and she was a teenager in the 1990s, so I liked a lot of stuff by Nirvana, and Nine Inch Nails. So "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and "Head Like a Hole" I liked a lot.  Also..."Blister in the Sun" by Violent Femmes and "Wonderwall" by Oasis.  Oh, also "Today" by the Smashing Pumpkins and "Why Can't I Be You" by The Cure.

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