20 Biggest Songs of the Summer: The 1980s
Summer movie soundtracks and MTV faves reign over the summers of the Reagan era
6. Madonna, "Papa Don't Preach"
Right in the midst of her mid-Eighties imperial phase, Madonna dropped one of the most controversial songs of her career, a chart-topper about unplanned pregnancy. Pope John Paul II urged fans to boycott her 1987 concerts in Italy because of the song.