Shouldn't it technically be a 1987 song since that was its first release?? Do they go by the release date of the single?? Someone was showing me the list this morning and it was definitely the best song on there.
I think the single's released date made SCOM the best song of 1988 (and the songs quality, of course), but at the end of the song when the band's name, song title, album title appeared, VH1 misdated AFD to 1988.