British Couple Reacts to Most Popular Song Each Month in the 80s

[@mellycook]

Loved the music of the 80’s it brings back so many memories. MJ never made a bad song. Watching these makes me miss George/MJ/Prince

[@jj-one2048]

Yes he did, the song Bad😆

[@mortimerbrewster3671]

Never a fan of MJ but the Thriller album was a good one. Otherwise, I didn't think much of his music was anything special.

[@samuelosler1994]

MJ had plenty of bad songs, his forgotten albums her released in the 70s prior to Off the Wall were filled with them, Quincy Jones came along and saved his career with OFW in 1979

[@mellycook]

@@samuelosler1994 haven’t heard anything I guess before Thriller. I’ve heard Off the Wall but I wasn’t listening 2 him before the 80’s. Not every song is my cup of tea but I still think he made great music.

[@abdull1574]

@@samuelosler1994Michael hadn’t made a song himself much prior to off the wall it was all written for him and produced mostly for him (personal albums not j5) they were excellent. His solo work wasn’t his work. Don’t stop till u get enough was his first solo work he had full control

[@brandyforsythe1882]

I was a kid in the 80s, teen in the 90s.....80s music ROCKS!!!!

[@chrisswinerton9603]

We all told you that you would recognize alot of these songs. These are classics, thats why you know them. ❤❤

[@DeAnne1233]

It’s also a good reminder for which direction to send them to next on requests … IE: I forgot all about the Bat Dance and our reactions at the time he did that song.

[@KSGomez88]

1988 represent!!! Pet Shop Boys, Belinda Carlisle, Rick, Phil Collins, ENYA!! I'm definitely a metalhead though, but these songs slapped! 😅

[@mcm0324]

I graduated in 1988!!!

[@ronluk76]

You should react to the same video about the 1970s! Some absolute classics that have stood the test of time and will be still be relevant for years to come! You can't say that about most current music!

[@Maria-go5fd]

Absolutely !!!👍

[@brianb8060]

"Always On My Mind" has been recorded over 300 time. It hit 20th on the charts for Elvis, in 1972. The artist who had the best results with it was, Willie Nelson. Released in 1982, he got 3 Grammys for it in 1983.

[@martyklestadt6766]

Wow. I thought Willie's version was the original. I had no idea that Elvis did it earlier.

[@mortimerbrewster3671]

Elvis was music favorite. It's hard to listen to Willie Nelson do it with his gravelly voice after hearing the smooth voice of Elvis.

[@DayTripperrr]

never heard of the cover in my life.Listen to Elvis's version its so good@@martyklestadt6766

[@dksix1905]

X'er here, many of these bring back specific memories. I was surprized that there wasn't more glam-rock on the list.

[@jacobpickering3057]

The song called Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go is in the Disney Plus Marvel Comics show called Moon Knight.

[@cptchaotic]

I love that the music gets you chair dancing.

[@dwaynegenx72]

Born 1972. Grew up in the 80s. Hands down the best decade of music ever!

[@jaybreezy1669]

1973 here, and I agree with you.

[@samyheath8103]

I was born in April 1993 and I think 80's music is the best music. Probably the best movies as well

[@teslacumba]

71 here. I believe we were children & teens in the best times in the history of the world. If you know, you know. 💕

[@ulgn1964]

1964, 80s was the best, my youth.

[@snakebite1974]

Me 71 gotta agree amazing decade xx

[@brianb8060]

That song, Shaddap You Face, makes me think about the Christmas Song, Dominick the Italian Christmas Donkey.

[@randysake5031]

Growing up in the 80's...we rocked.

[@ericdraven7857]

I miss the ‘80s and ‘90s. Thanks to my parents, I love a lot of music from the ‘70s as well. Great decades

[@mamastarshine]

The original Always On My Mind was sung by Willie Nelson

[@darenallisonyoung8568]

Jan '88 - "Always On My Mind" was written in '71 and first popularized by Elvis Presley, though it was Willie Nelson's 1982 version I first heard and enjoyed. I kept a tally, and there were only ten songs in this video I didn't know well enough to sing along to. Mind you, I graduated high school in '85, so these songs ARE my teen and young adult years.

[@wandacarrigan3960]

I was born in 1956 and was 13 in 1969 and grew up in the 70's when there was so much good Motown music

[@FEARNoMore]

Ignore the Millie Vanilli one. They were exposed for lip syncing. That wasn't really them singing. They won a grammy for that song but had to return it after they were outed as frauds.

[@paulojrneto]

There's a "Second Most Popular Song Each Month In The 80's", if you want more 80's tunes: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2Xap6WiaJuZodE

[@DebraAnnYadda]

Love this! you brought great memories from back in my middle school and high school days❤😊🎉congrats on your soon-to-be new addition too❤

[@jacobpickering3057]

Growing up in the early 2000s, I have heard of a lot of these songs, also a radio station from my hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee called Sunny 92.3 (The radio station is on fm setting on the radio.) plays a mixture of old and new music. I have also heard a lot of these songs from movies, t.v. shows, KZbin, bowling alleys, and etc.

[@xavierh765]

We didn't start the fire... introduced me to a history lesson when I was younger.

[@dmurphy1578]

I can still sing almost all these song word for word.

[@peterbradfield2805]

Soft Cell’s “Tainted Love” was also a remake of a 1964 song recorded and released by American soul singer Gloria Jones.

[@kierstenreynoso2195]

It's so funny; I watched this exact video yesterday! When this video of yours popped up in my recommended, I got excited. Also, it was interesting to me when I watched the video because I was born in the early 2000s but I couldn't resist singing a lot of these 80's songs. Awesome video, guys!

[@dansaint2249]

Awesome reaction. There is a "part 2" of this...but it's the #2 songs each month of the 80s. Also, the 60s one is also very cool. Especially when you see how much music changed from the early part of the 60's until around 1964 when a certain band from Liverpool, England started dominating the charts

[@TheNewRevolution]

I grew up in the 80s so maybe I'm biased but there's a lot of songs on this list that I will still listen to if they come on the radio. I haven't seen the 90s video. This one's gonna be tough to beat.

[@ciscokid0110]

My kids were born in the 80’s but I love these songs!

[@dripcaraybbx]

As someone who plays instruments, I strongly encourage vibing, even when you don't know the words in advance.

[@cypher515]

Honestly, to me, the Pet Shop Boys are mostly the band who gave an actor originally named David McDonald his stage name, because there was already a David McDonald acting in the guild, so he picked the last name of their lead singer, Neil Tennant. And then became the TENth Doctor.

[@MarkTitus420]

In those Synth-Pop/New wave groups, Britain ruled back then. They were all from somewhere in the UK. I still like many of them to this day - never really stopped listening..Pet Shops Boys at 13:46 were are and still good band to me. I suggest the greatest hits - they were pretty much a 'singles' hits band; it's their best songs and they have many.

[@seanmc7128]

Omg where are the Beesleys?? All the items on their wall is gone and the ceiling is at a funny Engle 😮

[@williamlambert]

"Always on my Mind" has been done by multiple artists

[@-EchoesIntoEternity-]

has anyone suggest you guys get a 3.5mm splitter jack for like $5 so you dont have to share a set of headphones?

[@SherriLyle80s]

You Were Always On My Mind original is by Willy Nelson. 😊

[@ghosthunter1083]

Born on October 31 1983 Love the 80s,70s 90s even some 60s

[@marycostley77]

the song "Always on my Mind" was written by Willie Nelson but was sung by Elvis Presley. After Elvis died, Willie Nelson released his version of the song.

[@DeAnne1233]

Keep in mind that this list was subjective. There were no rock or metal or jazz or blues songs on the list. What you really got was a glimpse of what we saw on MTV and VH1 daily, after school until bedtime through that decade. They put out full albums and about ten of the songs on it would become top ten hits, one month at a time. The next year they;d put out another album and music video then the process would start again. We were like kids in a candy store, gobbling it all up as the sugar high set in. 😂

[@chpman2013]

Honestly, though, the first couple years of the 80's (80 and 81) were more or less an extension of the 70's. My father said the 70's didn't really end until 1982...I'm guessing because of the popularity of Olivia Newton John's "Physical" song and music video, I'm sure that ushered in the fashion of headbands and leg-warmers lol.

[@Cassxowary]

Great timing for this because there’s a bunch of abba songs in this still (70s and somewhat the 80s was their height) and today is agnetha (the blonde one)’a 73rd birthday!

[@RobertBreedon-c3b]

The 80s the best decade of my life came into it as 12 year old turning 13 and exited as 22 year old

[@tonyyero7231]

I am so glad I was a teen in the 80's! There was always a new song to look forward to month to month!

[@twinkstar7738]

I was born in ‘77, so knew a lot of these. Especially when you got to the late 80’s. Some of these were my favorite songs. Eternal Flame is still one of my favorite songs. I also loved Tiffany back then.

[@rockblonde]

16 in 1980 and 26 in 1990. Lived and breathed my best years in the 80's! Great music, great movies and the joy of freedom. We loved everyone, no matter religion, colour or background. Best decade ever!

[@adriancozad8308]

May' I have this dance (Class of 71)

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

Damn your prom night had disco music. 😅

[@DeAnne1233]

You’re missing out if you don’t watch the video. They show you how to dance to it and the story they are trying to tell in picture form so that you can understand the message in their music, in case you’re unsure what they meant by the lyrics. The video brings the song to life, so that there is another texture or artistic layer to it. The videos turned them into good actors that you want to watch while listening to the song. That’s why so many musicians end up being actors. They started off acting in their music videos, continued the character into their live performances and then got called to read for a script in a movie or tv show. It was up to them which side of the acting scale they went to. For example, I don’t think MJ or Prince ever acted or produced anything other than their music, music videos and their live performances (I consider Purple Rain, Princes way to bring his whole album to life with a live performance) but Madonna does both as well as acting in movies so did Whitney. Apologies for rambling on but breathing in all of this nostalgia is to blame. 😉

[@Maria-go5fd]

This was an EXCELLENT reaction show!! Brought back so many memories! Do other decades ...!!!

[@Msflamingo-wl4qo]

15:22 that side eye! 🤭😂

[@BillO964]

Love Millies pretty smile when she recognizes a tune.

[@reginahernandez7810]

Allot of these bands were from UK. Back in the day, there was allot of them that brought the best music. Nena, Human Leage, Boy George, George Michael. I loved them!

[@brianabc83]

You probably know alot of other 80's songs that were not on this list because many were in movies and tv. Even to this day songs from the 80's are in movies/TV, that's how popular they were.

[@jayd2517]

I was born in late 81 and grew up listening to these tunes and late 70's classics thanks to my parents. Seriously, check out the Dancing In The Street video! It is so painfully 80's!!

[@JohnWick-2077-n5z]

Yeah My Mom and Dad were both kids in 80’s. Also teenagers in 90’s. They were born in last 70’s. I’m was born in 2003.

[@john_thorpe]

Just an FYI, the song "Every Breath You Take" by the Police for August 1983 isn't a love song like most think it is. It's actually about a stalking. "Every breath you take, and every move you make, every bond you break, every step you take, I'll be watching you."

[@DeAnne1233]

Okay. You Both HAVE to do Milli Vanilli. Start with Girl You Know It’s True and we will guide you to the next two songs. These three videos shocked ALL of us and THEY got a Reaction.

[@jasonmistretta4295]

The last song, "We Didn't Start the Fire" is an INCREDIBLE history lesson. Billy Joel said that he wrote the verses in an afternoon after reading a book about the history of the 20th century. Google the song to read the verses. It is fascinating stuff and highly educational.

[@GenXfrom75]

Always On My Mind was first written and sung by Willie Nelson, I believe. Then made enormously famous by Elvis Presley.

[@katiebrothers8024]

Listen to the last song. Billy Joel's "we didn't start the fire" is a great song. A quick history wrap up

[@scottradecki]

There were only 7 that I didn't know. I graduated high school in 1984, so these are the songs I grew up with.

[@rileyfam]

I'm old, so this was some of my favorite music. I don't know who made this list, because I'd never heard of several of these groups. Congratulations on the new baby!!❤

[@lindaclark7868]

We had the best music back then. I miss the 80s.

[@marieneu264]

2:26 You all know more 80’s songs than you did 90’s! I LOVE it!!!

[@reginahernandez7810]

At the end you had mentioned, "I would of never thought of doing the eighties. Gen x'rs are called "the forgotten" era...lol

[@wandson5410]

React the most iconic album every month in the 60's, 70's,80's abd etc.

[@emmahowells8334]

Disco was in 70s guys, ended in 1979, so none of these are classed as disco, but are classed as pop, some are classed as pop/rock.

[@princessjava42]

So "Rosanna" was the popular song when I was born. Too bad I wasn't named that! 80s had so many bangers ^__^

[@krisskross6074]

80s was the best era of music.

[@red12dirt]

Know all these from MTV when they actually played music not the crap they put out now. oh and you got Rick rolled ha ha ha

[@sage_forensics_2261]

I'm an 80s kid, so watching your reactions and what songs you were familiar with was so much fun! MTV used to be like listening to the radio--but you were watching it instead. They had VJs (video jockeys similar to disc jockeys on the radio) to introduce the videos--wish they still did that, but now we just stream what we want to see. There were no TV shows or whatever. The more popular videos were in greater rotation, just like on the radio. If you wanted to see what was newer or more artistic at the moment, you would stay up later at night. Some of the really early videos look like "arthouse" videos because, in many ways, they were--very artistic and intentionally pushed boundaries creatively. Also, some of the songs/videos that seemed a bit odd in the countdown you watched were from movie soundtracks (Prince from the Batman soundtrack, for example), so it makes sense in context. I love that you enjoyed the music from back then. It was the best, and we had fun growing up! Cheers and congratulations!

[@cptchaotic]

How old does a song have to be before it can even be considered a classic?

[@reginahernandez7810]

"We are the World" that would be a good reaction video.. Pet Shop boys British band too...

[@hellokittyx7]

Elvis Presley recorded “Always on my Mind” in 1972, Willie Nelson in 1981 I think.

[@iatemyphonegaming]

I was a bit surprised Thriller wasn't a #1!

[@seansimms8503]

Many don't realize, Blondie was not only a rocker, she was there in the beginning of hip hop...😮I'm black, you guys would be shocked how many British bands we rolled with back in the early 1980s❤ most of these groups in the early 80s were from the Home Islands, cheers, Pip Pip, cherio, The Police, Dexys Midnight Runners, Tears for Fears were the first groups on MTV i remember having blacks in their videos.

[@freddydebruyn1027]

I love the 80's when music was real music ❤

[@peterbradfield2805]

You might not get so emotional if you knew that The Police’s “Every Breath You Take” is written about Sting having to deal with a celebrity stalker. (So, yes it is a song about stalking, not as romantic as people think the meaning is).

[@ChrissaTodd]

oh I dance regardless if i know it or not cause it sounds good regardless

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

I knew some Michael Jackson songs made the list but I thought they where 90's songs. Pfft

[@Big_Tex]

Lol just realized the beginning of the end for the 1980s was Milli Vanilli.

[@doreldadoremus4528]

You should do the other decades (50s/60s/70s/2000s/2010s)!

[@chrislc35]

80s had the best songs, ever.

[@fasttruckman]

Always on my mind was a cover song. The original singer was Willie Nelson.

[@donaldpicard7752]

orinoco flow by enya is awesome . Ireish singer. she lives in a castle in ireland .

[@GenXfrom75]

💜 #PRINCEFOREVER! REST IN PEACE 🕊️

[@HarveyWallbangers2]

It's sad they didn't know "When Doves Cry". They need to listen to Prince.

[@GenXfrom75]

One More Try brings back sweet memories of dancing at my high school's Homecoming Dance in 1991, dancing with my crush. ❤

[@cheriwinn3852]

Not know Prince? Prince is our Mozart!

[@tosweet68]

There were probably only 5 songs in the entire video I didn't know. I honestly thought James and Millie would have known a lot more from all of the British artists...lol. Seemed like they knew them less than the others. 😂

[@rickmartin2168]

Always on my mind was also covered by Elvis and Willie Nelson

[@chaserz4201]

We will have Diane with black hair...dark mascara and a ripped jean vest in no time😂

[@shaunarmstrong7853]

I always thought the 80's was the best decade for music.

[@cindychastain1702]

İ knew all these songs!

[@ShuffleUpandDeal32]

That wasn't t he original version of La Bamba mind you, that was in the 50s

[@ronnix23]

As someone who grew up in the 80's I can say without a doubt that some of these picks are way off. One example is they had a song called Shaddup Your Face as the top song for April 1981. That song was nowhere near the top 40 the whole month. Meanwhile Kiss On My List by Hall & Oates was #1 for 3 weeks that April. That said, even with the errors, this list proves the 80's was unbeatable for music.

[@Big_Tex]

The 1980s was the goddam pinnacle of human civilization.

[@eileenderheim3768]

I am very surprised how many of 80s songs you knew! ♥ 80s music was great! Though a bit funny that you did not know Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel, who are both British!

[@jeffreyphipps1507]

A few of these are covers from older songs.

[@greigclement9081]

The 80s had an incredible run of mainstream pop and rock hits that have resonated with so many people outside the decade. The songwriting prowess doesn't seem to be as prevalent these days.

[@Lfg117]

I luv Brits & Brit-English. Made me sad you'd not heard songs by iconic Brits, eg, Phil Collins & Sting/Police, to name 2. Wish your older relatives had played more early 80s artists for you bc many bangers were made in UK, 1980-1986. There were giants in the "We Are The World" video but u guys, being younger, didn't know u were looking at a group of legends assembled in 1 big room. Same w/Brit-made 🎶 "Do They Know It's Christmas time?" 🎶 charity album (UK charity song equivalent of "We Are The World"). Consider reacting to 1980s #2s - another set of many strong hits. Cheers.

[@FEARNoMore]

Considering you two didn't know many of the 90s ones. I thought you'd be shut out of knowing any 80s songs. lMy bad. lol

[@kimwatchesstuff]

You should definitely react to we are the world.

[@kirbyblackburn8550]

..I want you to show me 😂😂😂😂😂

[@bloatus7611]

You guys have got to do the We are the World video.