The Singer: Born in Trinidad but raised in England, Billy Ocean began his recording career in the mid-'70s and found worldwide success in the early '80s with hits like "Suddenly" and the smash "Caribbean Queen."
The Song: Written for the long-forgotten film The Jewel of the Nile, "When the Going Gets Tough" is a little more forceful than many of Ocean's slow jams. But as we celebrate the end of a largely rotten 2008 and learn to make peace with the economic bullshit of the past few mont
