Grab your cassette tape, old school Grammy winning songs we’re still listening to

Carole King was the songwriter and original performer of "You've Got a Friend," but James Taylor's version is the more popular of the two. King took home the award for Song of the Year and Taylor for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. It's still easy to vibe out to that soft, easy melody.

Roberta Flack was the first artist to record ""Killing Me Softly with His Song," but it has been sampled by a few artists since, most notably The Fugees on their track titled "Killing Me Softly." Flack won 1973's Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Record of the Year, and Charles Fox and Norman Gimble won the award for Song of the Year in the same year.

This song was originally recorded by Kasey Cisyk for the movie "You Light Up My Life." Debby Boone has the more popular version that tied for Song of the Year in 1977. Her version sat atop the Billboard Hot 100 from the middle of October through the middle of December.

"Just The Way You Are" won the Song of the Year in 1978 off of Billy Joel's "The Stranger." The record went on to win Album of the Year.

"Sailing" took home some hardware in 1980 when it was released on the self-titled album, "Christopher Cross." The album scored multiple Grammys including won Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Arrangement of the Year, but its real fame is that of a Yacht Rock classic we're still chilling out to decades later. 

The 25th annual Grammy awards saw "Always on My Mind" take home the award for Song of the Year. Willie Nelson might have the best and most memorable cover of this song, but there have been too many covers of this timeless classic to count, but Willie's has a place on our mixtape. 

The Police's "Every Breath You Take" won Song of the Year at the 26th Grammy Awards and has gone on to be sampled many times over as artists pay tribute to one of the most popular songs of the 1980s. We can't help but sing along when we hear it, even if this song about obsession is often mistaken as a love ballad. 

Upbeat and poppy, Tina Turner's "What's Love Got To Do With It" was a hit when it was released in 1984 and was as vital sounding when it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2012. Since then the song has turned into a karaoke favorite and one that gave women permission to ignore their hearts and since hearts can be broken.

This charity single packed quite the punch, raising over $63 million for USA for Africa's humanitarian fund. The song went quadruple platinum in the U.S., selling over 8 million copies and won Song of the Year at the 28th Annual Grammy Awards, where Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie accepted the award as the songwriters behind the hit. With 45 recording artists in all on the track, it's a good one to belt out with friends on crowded karaoke night.

Originally released in 1982, "That's What Friends Are For" hit Grammy gold when it was covered by Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder as a charity single in 1985 to raise money for American Foundation for AIDS Research. Songwriters Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sage, famous singers in their own right, earned the Grammy for Song of the Year while the performers were given the award for Best Pop Performance for Duo or Group. But most importantly, the song raised more than $3 million dollars for the foundation. 

If you've ever watched the movie "An American Tale" you have heard Fievel sing his rendition of this song. It's sad. It's lonely. It's hopeful. It just tugs on all those heartstrings you forgot you had, which is why it's no surprise we're listening to 1987 Song of the Year decades later. 

This a cappella jam was named Song of the Year at the 1989 Grammy awards. McFerrin recorded a version of his popular song with Robin Williams and it has been used many times in pop culture, most notably when Big Mouth Billy Bass sang the song every time someone walked by him in your local Spencer's Gifts. 

This Bette Midler song is sung at karaoke, it's sung in the car, and it's replayed in the hearts of many whenever they watch "Beaches." There is no shortage of versions by celebrities of this song, but Bette Midler puts all the rest to shame with her Record of the Year recording. 

It's amazing how attached we can get to songs that mean so much to other people, but that's exactly what happened with Eric Clapton's hit, "Tears in Heaven." Written about his young son who tragically died in an accident, Clapton captured the hearts of many for 1992's Song of the Year.

The theme from Disney's "Aladdin" soared to the top of the music charts and took home Song of the Year at the 36th Annual Grammy Awards, and darn it, we can't help but sing along on our own magic carpet rides. 

Seal's "Kiss From a Rose" from "Batman Forever" cleaned up at the Grammys, taking home Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance in 1996. Seal is on record saying he wasn't proud of the song, but it doesn't mean we don't belt along every time the song comes on the radio. 

Eric Clapton scored another Grammy winner with yet another song from a movie soundtrack, 1996's "Phenomenon." The acoustic, folksy sound has that bright vibe and Clapton nailed the vocals which fit perfectly following his other Grammy-winning song, "Tears from Heaven," giving us yet another song to get lost in while sitting in traffic or cleaning the house. 

In a similar vein, Shawn Colvin's "Sunny Came Home" hit commercial success with the easy listening, acoustic stylings of the song. It garnered her three nominations and two Grammys, including Song of the Year.

Celine Dion's love theme from "Titanic" was nearly inescapable in the late-90s as "My Heart Will Go On" dominated the charts on its way to becoming Record of the Year in 1999, the first time a Canadian had ever won the award. Admit it though, once the flute solo starts, we all take a deep breath and turn up the radio to wail along with Ms. Dion. 

U2 continued to find mainstream success with their 2000 release of the song "Beautiful Day" which went on to collect Song of the Year and Record of the Year Grammys in 2001. Bono says the song is about losing everything and still being able to find happiness, a message that still resonates with fans more than a decade later. 

Alicia Keys hit the ground running with her single "Fallin'" off her first studio album, "Songs in A Minor." The single took home three Grammys in 2002: Song of the Year, Best R&B Song, and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. Here we are 15 years later and "Fallin'," with its slow vocal intro peppered with piano, feels as fresh to us as the first time we heard it on the radio. 

Norah Jones' "Don't Know Why" only hit #30 on Billboard's Hot 100, but despite the ranking, she took home three Grammys including Song of the Year for the tune. Since then, "Don't Know Why" has been covered by artists all around the world. We still prefer her smooth rendition of this modern classic.

Beyonce crushed 2009 with her third album, "I am...Sasha Fierce" leading with bachelorette party anthem "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)," which took home three Grammys in 2010. Dare you to have a ladies night out without this song coming on. 

Lady Antebellum's first single off their 2010 album of the same name, "Need You Now" not only won Song of the Year, it also took home the Grammy for Best Country Song. The country group proved that you can blur the lines between pop and country and all of America will love you for it. 

America already had a taste of Adele's vocal prowess after her debut album "19" earned her a Best New Artist Grammy in 2009. But no one was ready for the superstardom she would soon reach with her followup "Rolling in the Deep" from her sophomore album "21." Strong and powerful, "Rolling in the Deep" went on to win multiple Grammys just a couple of short years later, and for us, still is the ultimate ode to heartbreak.