160 Songs That Turn 40 Years Old in 2022

1. The Stranglers - Golden Brown
2. Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever
3. Journey - Open Arms
4. Shakin' Stevens - Oh Julie
5. OMD - Maid of Orleans
6. T.Tutone - 867-5309/Jenny
7. R. Fogli - Storie di tutti i giorni
8. The Go-Go's - We Got the Beat
9. A. Gurvitz - Classic
10. Toni Basil - Mickey
11. Huey Lewis - Do You Believe...
12. Joan Jett - I Love Rock 'n' Roll
13. Van Halen - Pretty Woman
14. O. Newton-John - Make a Move on Me
15. Depeche Mode - See You
16. R. Palmer - Some Guys Have ...
17. The Jam - Town Called Malice
18. Moving Pictures - What About Me
19. Iron Maiden - Run to the Hills
20. ABC - Poison Arrow
21. S. Nicks - Edge of Seventeen
22. Dr. Hook - Baby Makes ...
23. Al Bano & Romina Power - Felicità
24. Imagination - Just an Illusion
25. R. Springfield - Don't Talk to Strangers
26. W. Nelson - Always on My Mind
27. R. Parker Jr. - The Other Woman
28. Mecano - Me colé en una fiesta
29. A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran
30. Elton John - Blue Eyes
31. Cold Chisel - Forever Now
32. Roxy Music - More Than This
33. Scorpions - No One Like You
34. Nicole - Ein bisschen Frieden
35. Trio - Da Da Da
36. Shalamar - A Night to Remember
37. David Bowie - Cat People
38. Simple Minds - Promised You ...
39. P. McCartney & S. Wonder - Ebony & Ivory
40. K. Wilde - View from a Bridge
41. Yazoo - Only You
42. Asia - Heat of ...
43. Toto - Rosanna
44. P. Rushen - Forget Me Nots
45. Talk Talk - Talk Talk
46. Dazz Band - Let It Whip
47. J. Cougar - Hurts So Good
48. P. Austin & J. Ingram - Baby, Come ...
49. The Motels - Only the Lonely
50. Queen - Body Language
51. 38 Special - Caught Up in You
52. Joan Jett - Crimson and Clover
53. J. Newton - Love's Been ...
54. Kansas - Play the Game Tonight
55. ABC - The Look of Love
56. Duran Duran - Hungry Like ...
57. Spliff - Carbonara
58. Adam Ant - Goody 2 Shoes
59. Genesis - Paperlate
60. Madness - House of Fun
61. New Order - Temptation
62. M. Manchester - You Should Hear ...
63. Boystown Gang - Can't Take My Eyes ...
64. S. Miller Band - Abracadabra
65. Split Enz - Six Months in ...
66. Chicago - Hard to Say...
67. Survivor - Eye of the Tiger
68. Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy
69. Markus - Ich will Spaß
70. Flock of Seagulls - Space Age ...
71. Queen - Las Palabras de Amor
72. Air Supply - Even the Nights...
73. REO Speedwagon - Keep the...
74. Fleetwood Mac - Hold Me
75. Roxy Music - Avalon
76. Toto - Africa
77. The Clash - Rock the Casbah
78. J. Williams - Theme from ET
79. FR David - Words
80. Dexy's MR - Come on Eileen
81. B. Idol - Hot in the City
82. E. Money - Think I'm in Love
83. Go-Go's - Vacation
84. A. Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky
85. L. Branigan - Gloria
86. Hot Chocolate - It Started ...
87. Yazoo - Don't Go
88. The Clash - Should I Stay ...
89. Asia - Only Time Will Tell
90. J. Cougar - Jack & Diane
91. Talk Talk - Today
92. D. Christie - Saddle Up
93. America - You Can Do Magic
94. J. Browne - Somebody's Baby
95. Toto - Make Believe
96. Captain Sensible - Wot!
97. Kids from Fame - Hi Fidelity
98. Duran Duran - Save a Prayer
99. Frida - I Know There's ...
100. J. Cocker & J. Warnes - Up Where We ...
101. J. Jackson - Steppin' Out
102. K. Carnes - Voyeur
103. Golden Earring - Twilight Zone
104. Grandmaster Flash - The Message
105. Steel Breeze - You Don't Want Me...
106. Icehouse - Great Southern Land
107. ABC - All of My Heart
108. Rush - New World Man
109. Fleetwood Mac - Gypsy
110. O. Newton-John - Heart Attack
111. Nena - Nur geträumt
112. Culture Club - Do You Really Want ...
113. Pointer Sisters - I'm So Excited
114. Musical Youth - Pass the Dutchie
115. Survivor - American Heartbeat
116. P. Gabriel - Shock the Monkey
117. Ultravox - Reap the ...
118. Tears for Fears - Mad World
119. Pretenders - Back on ...
120. D. Ross - Muscles
121. Madonna - Everybody
122. S. Winwood - Valerie
123. D. Warwick - Heartbreaker
124. L. Richie - Truly
125. D. Fogelberg - Missing You
126. E. Grant - I Don't Wanna ...
127. Kool & the Gang - Let’s Go Dancin’
128. Wham! - Young Guns
129. Hall & Oates - Maneater
130. K. Wilde - Child Come Away
131. Taco - Puttin' on the Ritz
132. ABBA - The Day ...
133. C. de Burgh - Don't Pay ...
134. Renée & Renato - Save Your Love
135. Blancmange - Living on ...
136. D. Henley - Dirty Laundry
137. M. Gaye - Sexual Healing
138. Prince - 1999
139. Supertramp - It's Raining Again
140. Flock of Seagulls - Wishing
141. Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me ...
142. Whitesnake - Here I Go Again
143. M. Jackson & P. McCartney - The Girl...
144. P. Collins - You Can't ...
145. Duran Duran - Rio
146. Simple Minds - Someone ...
147. T. Petty - You Got Lucky
148. Icehouse - Hey Little Girl
149. Eurythmics - Love Is ...
150. Human League - Mirror Man
151. Little River Band - The Other Guy
152. Culture Club - Time
153. Madness - Our House
154. Ultravox - Hymn
155. B.Joel - Allentown
156. Fleetwood Mac - Love in Store
157. The Jam - Beat Surrender
158. ABBA - Under Attack
159. B. Seger - Shame ...
160. Fleetwood Mac - Oh Diane

[@nancyandrews398]

I can't remember why I walked into this room, but I still remember every word of every song from 40 years ago. ❤

[@steveandme63]

😂

[@twistoffate4791]

@Nancy Andrews, I feel loud & clear on that score.

[@tiamariajones6634]

Ditto 😂😂😂

[@sherriweibert3311]

Same!! 😂

[@ellefitzpatrick6339]

Yeap me too 😂

[@suucat]

And 40 years later i still listen to this music... everyday...

[@paulbaxter430]

Man, us Gen X's really had it so good. 70's rock, disco,punk,post punk, easy listening, electro, synth pop, hair bands. We had the best childhoods, teenage years and early twenties. Love this track listing

[@roxannemoser]

Gen Xers had the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s music. It was the 90s music we most identified with, but the late 70s and early 80s made us listen, really listen.

[@bigneiltoo]

Gen X had the best childhoods. Adulthoods, not so much.

[@rudyschwab7709]

@@bigneiltoo Agreed. Our early adulthood getting dumped out into the 1990s sucked. Although there were a few gems, most of the music from that decade was garbage and it seems that's where our current dystopia got seeded.

[@jjcale539]

@@rudyschwab7709 agree...well said

[@vdimasteremeritus]

I am considered a Baby Boomer as I was born in 1963, which made me 18 for most of 1982, so I can also relate to this music as the music of my youth.

[@clivejones5880]

1982 was a fantastic year but the most shocking thing is how fast 40 years go by.

[@Mirage238]

So true

[@chanceDdog2009]

I was about 6 ..

[@roxannefebuary6823]

I can't believe it's been 40 years. I was 13 and in love with MTV.

[@bigneiltoo]

I want my MTV!

[@QuillBleu82]

Tell me about it, I just turned 40 this March! 😖😖😖

[@caseystevens8302]

Been a Duran Duran fan since then and still one today. Their longevity is due to their willingness to experiment with music and sound over the last four decades and yet producing stellar hits every single year since their first hit in 1981.

[@samaguinaldo8556]

Oh yes, Duran Duran are legends!

[@lexkanyima2195]

Then why they got winding down in 1985 ?

[@caseystevens8302]

@@lexkanyima2195 1985 was the year they composed the only James Bond soundtrack that hit no. 1 in the US charts till today!

[@yui4779]

@@caseystevens8302 Your cultured

[@mrfrisky2997]

@@lexkanyima2195 Sometimes if your going to talk about things you know nothing about - its best to say nothing.

[@seandobson6221]

This is truly making me fell old. I play a lot of these even today. This is an era of music that was great unlike the garbage that passes for ‘music’ today.

[@davidsims7958]

True accept today has great music maybe not as much but you need to look a long time to find good new stuff or you listen to the same 2 songs back then everything was goodü

[@rosemaryedwards7239]

Oh so true! Amen to that!

[@JohnLee-pt5jz]

Thank God for Spotify.lol

[@bigneiltoo]

The sad part is, we're now burning out all these olds songs because we don't have new music to replace them. Every restaurant now plays "oldies" like this. Every grocery store. 5 years ago it hadn't sunk in yet that we ran out of new music.

[@muckingfuddle9241]

Left school in 1982, was 16, still love the music 40 years on

[@roygarciaazborn64]

Oh man...did this take me back. The fun, the movies but especially the MUSIC. Those were the songs of my youth. While some of the songs I don't recall and some of them I didn't like and still don't but many of them I did. Now that I'm 57 years old seeing this small great collection of music made me forget my present age but took me back to my late teens and early twenties. Thank you so much for taking me down the eighties memory lane, the ride was GREAT.

[@misskim2058]

Me, too! A constant stream of memories, minus the opera stuff. I can think of everywhere I was when those songs were playing. Usually in a club, house party, or driving my sports car as fast as it would go.

[@misskim2058]

And that would be a stick-shift. No sissy driving. Automatic is for wussies who can’t drive.

[@jamesarmstrong1811]

WOW! 1982 was a great year for a diverse,yet interesting, musical scene

[@tiamariajones6634]

The 70s and 80s were fabulous music wise

[@andregonsalvez9244]

OMG it was like yesterday hearing all this on the radio back in the day . I sure miss the 80s simple times .

[@misskim2058]

Ya, but we thought they were complex back then. Stores were outrageously snobby, attitudes overblown, then there were the rest who didn’t care what anyone thought. And drugs, drugs, drugs and wild debauchery were everywhere. (Aren’t they still?)

[@uha6477]

Some absolute quality here! I grew up listening to these tracks.

[@stevegallo8483]

The best decade for music and so much better than most of the music on the radio today.

[@Nunyabzinss]

We had real disc jockeys

[@jackjude]

How predictable 😂 Yet this stuff is on the radio today

[@stevegallo8483]

@@jackjude I'm talking about the current artists on top 40 radio, wise guy!

[@jackjude]

@@stevegallo8483 what do you think of today synth-pop?

[@Perririri]

No, the 70s was

[@moriver3857]

The title should read "The original MTV. Where did all go wrong? " Makes me feel old as I was 21 then, and had a blast in the 80s. Martha Quinn, where did you go? Great video! Much respect for the ones no longer with us.

[@mowl]

40 years!! I still listen to many of them 😁 Depeche Mode, Simple Minds, Talk Talk, Blancmange ❤️❤️

[@tabbykat9]

You have wonderful taste!

[@PhaQ2]

O.M.D., Alan Parson Project, Blondie, America and nearly every artist in this list.

[@duncancurtis1758]

Better than the slops of today.

[@mowl]

@@tabbykat9 Thank you 🙂

[@tabbykat9]

@@mowl you're welcome! Those are my favorites as well. I just started getting into Blancmange on Spotify.

[@bootedcowboy4u]

I DJ almost 80% of these songs 40 years. I still have their vinyl in my collection. Still have my DJ equipment too. Man....40 years ... feels like yesterday. Time passes by so damn fast.

[@PoxyBear]

You still have your Technic 1200 MKIIs? What mixer did you use? I loved the old Numark mixers. Didn't start DJing until 1988.

[@wearsidetransport1825]

Well what can I say, Phil Collins, Duran Duran, Fleetwood Mac, Lionel, Marvin Gaye most if not all of them are incredible, what a playlist that is!!

[@natashamckay7996]

Gosh 40 years this has this 51 year old feeling old 😩 . What a vast array of quality music 🎶 that has me feeling nostalgic for my pre teen days. It was good to see songs from Aussie artists on here and lastly R.I.P to those artists/ musicians featured here who have passed away 😢 ✌💕 to all music lovers around the 🌏 from 🇦🇺

[@jimthomas777]

Joan Marie Larkin -born 1958 You probably know her as Joan Jett age 63

[@anakelly76512]

I was born in 76. And, this music never gets old.

[@wht-rabt-obj]

Also 51 and also nostalgic. 🤓

[@jimthomas777]

@@wht-rabt-obj , I Like 80s music , but I also listen to 50s, 60s, and 70s , Jam out on some LED Zeppelin , Kashmir , When the Levee Breaks , and The Immigrant Song , I also like classical music , Yeah I know , but you probably listen to it too and didn't even realize it , Have you ever watched a Buggs Bunny cartoon ? Then you have listened to classical music .

[@zauriel1]

Exactly!!! This 53yr old too

[@melissarichardson9126]

40 years of bad and kicking ass music that I can listen to on my phone all day long

[@JosiCanquerino]

I was 22 years old in 1982. And I remember many of these songs Time passed too quickly. Good times that never come back.

[@mathewhills8807]

Being a kiwi we get all the music from britain, america and Australia so its amazing to see the range and quality of the music. Truly amazing times

[@sueparras6028]

Some of these were so overplayed on the radio that you can NEVER EVER forget them if you were alive at that time!

[@mst3ktemple421]

I was a junior in college. So much great music. This brought back some great memories. Still some of my favorite music of all time.

[@conniebauer4128]

Man I LOVE 1982 music..this video is right on time..thx random guy!!

[@fabb4i2]

So many of these songs are very underappreciated nowadays.

[@yuothineyesasian]

Are they really though?

[@anakelly76512]

That's because this generic music today has numbed their brains. My brain would be numb too if I had to listen to today's 'hits'. I think the worst 80's song is still a lot better than the number 1 songs today.

[@arturoromero951]

@@anakelly76512 Ever heard of music taste? Just because a genre or modern song isn’t for you doesn’t mean it numbs down people’s brains. Maybe your brain got numbed by all of the arrogance and close-mindedness which is why you typed out a really idiotic and arrogant comment. Shameful of you. If there were less people like you, maybe these times would be bearable without having some random pricked woman looking down upon others enjoying the music of today. 😌

[@pammyb1316]

@@anakelly76512 I do agree with you

[@francispelletier3647]

What a great year of music, so diverse ! "A night to remember", "Words", "Can't take my eyes of you" and "Maneater" are on of my favourites. Thanks for the video !

[@sukim1100]

Francis, I know what you mean, my eldest daughter was born 1982! I can't believe it's nearly 40 years. I remember these days, like was just a few years ago. Wish I cud go back in time.

[@anakelly76512]

@@sukim1100 Me, too. Especially with the way the world is now.

[@mangot589]

@@sukim1100 Me too. Now we’re just “old”. Good heavens above I still FEEL, not young, but not MY grandma old. I still like a lot of current music. But every time I hear “More than this” I immediately transport. Getting older bites the big one.

[@kareenagunn1396]

I can't believe some of these recognised songs are FORTY this year. 😱

[@juliam7056]

Arguably the best decade in popular music ♡♡♡♡ . So many songs still relevant today !

[@randymorse7344]

1982 time sure flies. This is real music compares to what is released today

[@lexkanyima2195]

The big bang roll

[@fostersstubbyasmr9557]

If you think today’s music is bad it’s probably because you’re not looking hard ffs

[@lexkanyima2195]

@@fostersstubbyasmr9557 ouch

[@sharontonks3192]

100% agree! Still listen to a lot of these on a regular basis. Can't believe they're 40 years old!

[@anakelly76512]

Today's music is generic. I can't tell these singers apart. A lot of them sound the same. And, the music? Just No.

[@markvandam5576]

Thank goodness the Brits brought ingenuity and innovation to music in the 80’s. It certainly changed my life for the better.

[@Perririri]

Second British Invasion

[@angelamartin5003]

It's amazing feels like yesterday 1982. Great memories great video😊

[@scottgetty5547]

12 years old in 82.. damn time flies

[@gabrieltrejo2533]

I was only 4 when these songs came out but I remember a lot of them and still believe the 80s were the best decade for music and movies🔥💪

[@DerekWitt]

I was 7 in 82. I still remember a lot of them too. Some I sing along and a few I cringe. Lol. Much better than the nonsense out these days.

[@jamosh1967]

I turned 15 years old in 1982 when these songs came out.

[@sallygoldner2302]

I really like that you've looked around the world and across a fair range of genres for this list - and what a list it is. Thanks so much for putting a smile on my dial.

[@trinaq]

Thanks so much for the trip down memory lane! "Africa" has always been a jam of mine, long live 1982!🎶❣️

[@antoinettelopes]

I always said I became a Duranie at 8 years old. "Save a Prayer" is still my favorite song at 48. Woot!

[@suicidesitter6527]

Save it to the morning after!

[@DrBlood-cq2cm]

The songs show what a transitional time 1982 was. Vestiges of disco and the emergence of new wave. I remember it well.

[@ELEcomments]

1978-1983 the best years of music. I didn't even grow up with them but anyone who research music knows how many classics that everyone even the younger generation still love to hear were in those years.

[@simplenough]

The members of public enemy said that era was trash

[@ELEcomments]

@@simplenough Yeah well those years weren't exactly great for hip hop music were they lol and any era that has disco in it gets a bad rap

[@simplenough]

​@@ELEcomments the lines between disco and funk are super blurry but some disco is much less "funky" than others. I think this is what he had a problem with since rap music had not matured yet

[@marialemos1495]

Good times! Wish we could bring them back 🙂!!!!!

[@navymiguelito]

Now THAT was a trip down now-foggy memory lane. Graduated high school in '82 and remember how MTV looped Thomas Dolby's "She Blinded Me with Science" incessantly. "Good heavens Miss Sakamoto...!" Music styles were all over the place. Still listen to Talk Talk, Scorpions, Rush, Toto, OMD, Shalamar, Flock of Seagulls. Bizarre but beautiful times.

[@melissarichardson9126]

I'm happy to say that the 80's had BADASS, KICKING ASS MUSIC

[@MochaDaisy8645]

Missing from this list are Words by Missing Persons, Burning Down One Side by Robert Plant, Get Down On It by Kool & The Gang and (of course) Valley Girl by Frank Zappa. I understand that Zappa is not everyone’s cup of tea but the immense popularity of that track still shouldn’t be overlooked.

[@johndoyle2429]

Since you mentioned Frank Zappa , He didn't agree with the M.T.V. music videos at the time. In kind of away it took away from the Artist performance. I would agree with Frank zappa their.

[@glassonion5474]

Yet we never had MTV. Who cares about that unless you're American?? Our music shows were brilliant.

[@darrenmiles-morland8038]

Get Down On It was released in November 1981. I have got a copy of that song on a 1981 compilation CD. But there were some songs from the 1982 With A Bullet compilation album that were missed. Homosapien, Dirty Creature, Almost With You, The Lion Sleeps Tonight, and Body and Soul were among them.

[@kimberlystark3944]

I love Zappa! Valley Girl is an iconic song!!

[@MochaDaisy8645]

@Darren Miles-Morland You’re right, my mistake. I didn’t hear the song until 1982 and I remember thinking “Wow! Those guys are still around?” I thought it was all over for them when they made that TV commercial for Bull Malt Liquor LOL

[@midnite_rambler]

Another excellent list Random Guy. Though there was a bunch I didn't recognise, mostly from America, I was super-happy you included a few Australian songs. Very much a mixed bag of music styles 40 years ago. Pity it didn't stay that way.

[@cassiepittman1489]

I was 8 years old at that time. Definitely raised on the radio 📻 thanks for sharing💫 awesome job ✌️💜🤗

[@la73sh19]

Turned 9 in November, so 8, for most of the year, also. In my mind, I'm still at a skating party, with my Brownie Troop, when some of these songs come on!

[@courtneyhaubert6049]

All of these songs are classics and are just as great now as they were then!💖

[@sunflower51]

Oh to be 15 again, love this, thanks a bunch

[@stephaniemuir584]

Thanks for putting this together it was a nice trip down memory lane

[@marsgal42]

Very much my decade for music. Enormous musical diversity and a sense of fun you don't hear much any more. Some of these tunes have aged better than others, but that goes with the territory.

[@rkyrkrdo]

As always Random, another masterpiece of a video tribute to a great year of music. Thank you for the effort you put into this!! 1982 was certainly a great year in music (and in agreement with some of the comments here) due to Europe’s influence and innovation in it. Some of the late 70s vibes (mainly US rock) we’re still holding on, but things were definitely changing in the music landscape!! Great memories overall and keep up the great work!!

[@procta2343]

you can see the move from the 70s disco to the 80s disco, and then the start of synth pop Depeche mode . Hard to believe that ABBA would park up and then come back 40 years later.

[@chanceDdog2009]

I can remember most of them. It makes me want to cry.

[@britzel71]

Seriously one of the best collections of music here. Bravo 👏 I mean everything from Yaz to The Pretenders to Olivia, Toto, Taco I can't handle how awesome almost all of these are!!!

[@Scorpion-Gamer82]

I was born in 1982, but some of these songs surprised me as I though they came out in the mid 80's (84-86).

[@soyburglar77]

I’m about to be 45 years old and to this day, anytime I sing along to Open Arms, I sing the chorus as “so here I am, with broken arms”. It’s totally involuntary lol.

[@parkds]

I was 4 at the time but I remember watching a lot of these videos on MTV. What an amazing year for music!

[@banksofbarcelona3893]

What a way to enter the weekend with your amazing playlist. Only better you have gotten

[@julianaylor4351]

40 years ago ABBA stopped but they've come back. The Jam ended but they never came back. Other groups like Duran Duran and Madness never split up. How many modern tunes will be as good in 40 years time? 🎶❤️

[@procta2343]

wont be many

[@Rockhound6165]

Duran Duran split up for a while. That's how we got Power Station.

[@julianaylor4351]

@@Rockhound6165 Also Arcadia, but it didn't last and the only member of the original band who didn't fully return was Andy Taylor, but I wouldn't call it a real split, more like what the members of the Genesis that consisted of three, going off to do their own thing, then coming back later.

[@porchfyre612]

MTV turned 40 years old. Thank you for your 14 years of music.

[@halfbloodprince7840]

40 years already? How quick the time goes by. Love your Videos Greetings from Germany

[@Perririri]

Honecker und Breschnew hat noch die DDR beherrscht!!

[@Glenrsi]

I still listen to music that is 50/60 years old. Loved the 60/70/80's music. After the late 90's less and less and by 2000 pretty much did not bother. These days it is 95% crap.

[@jgweems]

The year I turned 15. These songs really take me back to that age! Thanks!

[@juliam7056]

I'm here, literally drowning in nostalgia ♡♡♡♡♡♡ . Was 14 back than... sigh.

[@bobr1767]

I've got about 70% of those on my phone. Feeling friggin old. Now I can't get FOS out of my head...thanks!

[@jamesarmstrong1811]

Thank God MTV was around in 1982,a lot of the songs featured on this video wouldn't saw the light of day without MTV!

[@davidquint13317]

Beautifull video!!! NOSTALGIA

[@sharontonks3192]

Great list random guy. I am now officially old! I have great memories of these songs from my teenage years and a vast majority are in my Spotify playlist. Many thanks for the nostalgia

[@Michaelthekiwi]

6:46 Poor timing, but Six Months in a Leaky Boat was banned in the UK because it sounded like it was mocking the Royal Navy during the Falklands War. It was actually about 19th Century migration from the UK to New Zealand, which would take up to 6 months with several stops.

[@adamclarke7394]

Man, did this bring back some memories...and managed to make me feel old! Thanks so much for such an awesome video.

[@NewYawkahBroad]

40?? WHERE did time go?? Back in the day when more than two people wrote songs and MTV was an actual music video.

[@luisfabregas3086]

Still better than modern music

[@arturoromero951]

It’s your taste, it doesn’t mean modern music isn’t that good. Have some sense

[@christinaseela6690]

Was 9 years old in 1982 and man how times fly. This was when music was great, and not what is being played today.

[@rogeredwards3563]

Graduated high school in 83. I can remember driving around in my truck on a weekend night, my girlfriend squeezed up next to me on the bench seat, feeling the warm summer air, listening to these songs on the radio...or on the 8-track. I still remember some of the songs with the break in the middle of them as the player would switch from one track to the next, picking up where it left off. :-D Such good times. In my humblest of opinions, the 70s and 80s brought us the grandest deluge of awesome music that is still relevant today. Unlike today's drivel. Yes, every once in awhile there might be a diamond in a sea of turd songs...but man, there's a lot of stinkers out there today. Thank goodness for streaming music services! "Alexa, play Phil Collins radio on Pandora"...will bring you hours of great listening! You're welcome. LOL

[@vdimasteremeritus]

I was 18 when these songs were all over the radio. The soundtrack of my youth.

[@swansfan6944]

What About Me by Moving Pictures, what a classic. Hard to believe it has been 40 years. Actually there were a lot of classics there. Thank you. ❤️ Jodie from Down Under 🇦🇺

[@melissarichardson9126]

Hi guys when I hear these songs. It takes me right back to when music was decent and the singers had alot of respect for their fans and for themselves

[@sassykaren7587]

WoW I had so many memories flashing through my mind. I have never heard quite a few of these songs, and then there’s others that I had completely forgotten about. Thank you for another great video. 👍

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[@Max_Sinister_26]

Thank you for putting this video together and sharing the playlist. I was 12 in 1982 and remember most of these songs. Thanks for the memories 😊

[@JohnJohnson-tw8qk]

I was 11 in 1982 and these songs still sound as great as they did 80s forever

[@shellygenter8585]

Thank you so much for the wonderful musical memories ❤️

[@jjjx6787]

'80 and '81 may have been the transitional years from the '70s, but by '82 it was unmistakably the '80s. What a legendary year.

[@rewanji]

Interesting to see how in the beginning of the 80s most of the popular American acts were still pretty much stuck in formulaic traditional rock genres, contrary to was happening in Europe were artists were integrating and developing more diverse influences. Still, a memorable decade…

[@Olly_2024_]

Until MJ came along and changed the musical game in the US

[@marcus9434]

@@Olly_2024_ Exactly!

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

Listen to Oingo Boingo if you think all American acts are boring. Sadly they didn’t get too popular because Danny Elfman (yes he was the band leader before he became a film composer) got sick of touring too quickly and so stuck to doing most of his shows in Southern California.

[@tomcarl8021]

But it was the American acts that sold the most around the world. And it was American music that dominated the world in the twentieth century.

[@mangot589]

MTV, dear.

[@PhaQ2]

I genuinely cannot see myself in 40 more years, listening to anything produced in 2022. Or even still be breathing...

[@sabinehufnagel9561]

OMG, so many beautiful songs and memories!! I remember them so well... ❤

[@arturoromero951]

Cool video! It’s amazing to think how much time has flown by. :)

[@brucegwynn8509]

I love the memories this brought back but I'm pretty positive that some of those songs are a couple of years younger and some are older than 1982

[@RomeTokyooneway]

I agree

[@la73sh19]

Same here.

[@MicaRayan]

Oh my! This is so me. It surely brings bittersweet memories that it is hard to tell with words. Tears 😧 Anxiety 😏 Heartfelt 😶 Blissful, most of all. These evokes awesomeness, a relieved and that 'Glad I'm alive!' thing. Never take life for granted. You still able to start now, if you will. Phew!

[@cristiantigse3484]

Amazing List!!!!! Great Music

[@ohcanada8084]

Awesome compilation!

[@imagine9265]

The greatest gift u could bring to this world is the gift of song.

[@darringraham2613]

Only 1 thing bad happened in the 80s , it ended 😪🤷‍♂️

[@lumabi25]

The decade may have ended but at least the music will never die.

[@subterraneanhomesickalien666]

I turn 40 in 2022 too! What a year it was.

[@yennydavila5056]

I remember when i was 17. I loved to listening the radio all the time.

[@Allin7days]

My senior year in high school & freshman year in college. I wouldn't change a thing even for a million bucks. The peak of everybody's life...

[@eduardooscar309]

16:26 the last ABBA single: "Under Attack" ..... until September 2021, when ABBA comes back after almost 40 years with two new songs and finally a full album "Voyage" in last November 2021 that is a worldwide success Now

[@johannesvandermarliere8544]

I was 6 in 1982 , how times fly, amazing!

[@Rockhound6165]

Wow. The memories come flooding back. I saw several of these acts in concert around this time. Peter Gabriel, Madness, John Jett, Kool & The Gang, Tom Petty to name a few. This was also the last hurrah for Fleetwood Mac as Stevie Nicks went solo. And Pac-Man Fever wow. When I worked at Wendy's when this song was big it was our favorite song. We used to sing it all the time. God if I could go back and relive those days. 1982 was also the start of my senior year in high school. Graduated in '83. Best time to be alive IMO. The 80's, at least the first half of the decade, was one big party.

[@k.t.5405]

in 1980...not a lot of people listened to 40s music 😲

[@susananderson5595]

Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman do stand out though. Gene Krupa influenced so many rock drummers.

[@voice.of.reason]

My parents and grandparents said that todays music was awful --- that was in the 80s. And they listened to 40s - 60s

[@britzel71]

Some of these are way older than 40 years old this year but there's some amazing ones. So many memories!!!!

[@anSealgair]

So much New Wave here. Yes, folks, it’s been 40 years since New Wave.

[@Shawn666Hellion]

Damn I remember so many of these being played on the radio back then when the radio was worth listening too,kinda odd I remember seeing a different video but a longer version of the song I ran so far away it was just over 5 minutes long,that band had some cool sound effects for the time

[@WineSippingCowboy]

These are some of the songs. More are in the Wikipedia page 1982 in Music. RIP to the fallen. Robert Palmer, et al. Nice job! 👏