GEN Z KID DISCOVERS The Most POPULAR SONGS EACH MONTH Of The 80S (SHOCKING!)

[@jenniferkogure3370]

His reaction to abracadabra triggered a funny memory. I was at work sometime in the early 90's under pressure came on the radio my young coworker said "Hey! They stole that from Vanilla Ice" my reply "Uh no, Vanilla Ice stole it from them" 😂

[@samanthafairweather9186]

Nah, it was "Under Pressure" by Queen that Vanilla Ice stole from. He still tries to deny it to this day! 🤣🤣🤣

[@thesimwarlock]

This was settled out of court where Vanilla had to recall every album CD cassette to have a revised version that has the beginning deleted, and to have Queen and David Bowie added to the song writers

[@misslora3896]

​@@samanthafairweather9186 "Under Pressure" was performed by David Bowie and Queen, however; Bowie wrote and owned the rights to the song. Sampleing wasn't new, but "Ice Ice Baby" was the 1st time a song that used sampling became a huge hit, sparking the controversy and legal battle regarding permission and royalties, and ultimately becoming a landmark case for the industry. After Bowies death in 2016, Rob Van Winkle (Vanilla Ice) was able to purchase the rights to "Under Pressure" for 4 million dollars from Bowies estate.

[@revgurley]

This reminds me of a story my husband tells. He worked in fast food when RunDMC/Aerosmith came out with Walk This Way. Some young "hip hop" kids came into the restaurant, and somehow that song came on. The kids were flabbergasted that my husband knew all the words. He had to tell them the purely Aerosmith version came out first, and that's how he knows the lyrics.

[@Fiona2254]

Yeah it was under pressure by David Bowie lol

[@bobclarke1815]

We don`t feel old, we feel privileged.

[@ph.122]

Yes!!!👍

[@mandyharewood886]

Damn straight! The best of times!

[@rjjcms1]

We said,as one arm creaked and fell off.

[@themightybuzzard3088]

I'm good at multitasking, I feel both.

[@miss_jay8678]

@@themightybuzzard3088lol

[@bradjbourgeois73]

Don't worry about making people feel old, lol. I'm 51, I know all these songs and I know I'm old! I'm just glad the next generations are digging the music we grew up with!

[@revgurley]

There's a joke/meme - Hearing your favorite song on the radio. Hearing your song in the club. Hearing your song in a commercial. Hearing your song in the grocery store. You know you're getting older.

[@sandralewinski6464]

Then there's the elevator...you are musically ancient! LMAO I don't feel "grocery store" yet 😂😂😂

[@ssuzyd1st]

The first time it happened to Me in the grocery store it was SHOCKING!

[@ernieb3949]

@@sandralewinski6464 exactly what I was thinking

[@rjjcms1]

Eek - they've been grocery storing me for a few years now!

[@revgurley]

@@rjjcms1 First time I heard Prince at the Kroger I about had a heart attack.

[@DonnaGlass-f4x]

The song Venus by Bananarama is a cover. It was originally done in the 60's by a Dutch group called Shocking Blue.

[@remowilliams6152]

It goes down to 19th century.

[@johndockery375]

80s music was the decade of multiculturalism. Gender and race didn't mean squat. All that mattered was could you produce an unforgettable sound.

[@Cocreatewithus]

amen!!! I keep trying to tell younger folks that but they never believe me.

[@LillianOglethorpe]

Yes! And the magazine ad to go with it: United Colors of Benetton.

[@pablovanschravendyk9877]

Preach!

[@Indigo_moon]

Exactly!!!

[@DadgeCity]

It was already like that in the 70s, in the UK at least. Lots of black artists in the top 10.

[@richardbast7243]

So many 80s songs have been used by later artists that it amazes even Me.

[@BayBaeAngel]

It’s so sad that the original artists don’t get credit for their art. 😢

[@richdiddens4059]

And at least a dozen of these were covers from the '60s and '70s.

[@ruthsaunders9507]

@@BayBaeAngel They do. Many songs in the 80's were covers of older songs. Every generation has their favorite version.

[@MKins71]

The word is STOLEN!

[@MKins71]

OMG! Please stop talking so much……….

[@Neo-hw7nu]

The 80s is the absolute best of any decade of music. I'm an older man but the 80s music is like nothing else.

[@jeremywood2129]

for me the 70's was far better

[@ritasworld6345]

​@@jeremywood2129there was cool music then too. For me the 70' was the ignition of what the 80's delivered.

[@ph.122]

That's right!!👍

[@AlystraKriss]

💜

[@ruthfischer7615]

Sounds like Nostalgia to me. I was a child in the 80s and I think some of the best music is - despite the great music back than - made now, too.

[@jillday2955]

I had a couple of dance classes with Madonna when I started at Michigan, met many of these artists when I lived in Germany, through family and friends in entertainment, and during my career as a journalist, concert promotion and public relations in Detroit. Great reaction.

[@SusieS0613]

im a gen Xer. The 80s had the best music. such a blast from the past.

[@Tweetyfreaky]

Xer here aswell...and I totally agree!! 😊

[@kafjaf6387]

Nah mate. There was were some absolute stinkers in the 80s - at least we birthed punk, hiphop/rap and dance though, so it's all good. 🤣

[@DravenGal]

​@@TweetyfreakyAs am I. But now I'm depressed about how long ago it was.

[@christinahosey7-4-72]

Totally agree 😊.. I was born in '72.. my oldest son will be 25 this year and years ago he asked me for suggestions for his Spotify because in his words today's music is shit 😂... I was so proud!!

[@mooglemog_uWu]

I'm a millennial and I completely agree, the60's, 70's and 80's had the best music of all time

[@EagleFang74]

I would love to take a week to sit this bright young man down and explain through music, film, television, games and toys just how CONSEQUENTIAL this decade truly was. The best on record!! 😂

[@MeAbifad]

I feel he's getting it slowly but surely🙏🏼😁 the fact he's keeping on tapping in to it, is all you need...😁

[@DadgeCity]

Wasn't every decade consequential?

[@roderickmacsween2820]

The 80s were amazing but the 60s and 70s have some greats too!

[@mandyharewood886]

SOME??????????

[@rjjcms1]

@@mandyharewood886 Loads!

[@lauralackner6856]

I'm impressed you knew as many songs as you did Jay 👍 As a Gen Xer, of course I was enjoying the music of the 80s. My first album I got as a kid was Micheal Jackson's Thriller. It remains my favorite to this day. It is kinda funny how younger generations hear sampled songs of the current times and get a surprise when they learn those were songs of my day. Yes, Eminem sampled Steve Miller Band with the Abracadabra bit.

[@79mib]

As you listen to this, you’ll notice that mostly every hip hop song is a classic rock sample. If you’re gonna build something, build it outta gold. 🎉

[@ericzar4470]

@@79mib well said nothing wrong with sampling

[@5x7m]

Not mostly rock. Mostly rnb, soul, pop and jazz

[@ShaneCarey]

De La Soul sampled Yes's "Tales From Topographic Oceans" Credit where is due, these guys are listening to garage sale boxes of LPs looking for the grooviest 3 seconds of literally anything

[@ryantromp9152]

Nena and the 99 red ballon’s originally in german, they did in english also. But even-so German is better

[@PreviousBrown]

Yes, the German version is better

[@PreviousBrown]

Yes, the German version is better

[@phillyphan1225]

Everytime I see reactors I am pretty happy for a few reasons. The fact that they are finding “new” music means it will live on..I have to thank my grandparents for introducing me to big band/swing/early blues and then I’m so happy my kids had my love for music and enjoyed me introducing “oldies” to them while in the car. They are in their 30’s and 20’s and can name music from so many generations. Music really is the great equalizer❤

[@DarthSoto78]

Prince basically did the entire 89 Batman soundtrack.

[@zeitok8]

wasn´t Elfman?

[@kallandar13]

@@zeitok8 Danny Elfman did the score, but Prince created a number of tracks for the film, which were released as an album themselves.

[@DrBeastMcCoy]

Ray Parker Jr made that song specifically for the movie Ghostbusters and it's an interesting story behind it that they wanted a song that would actually use the word Ghostbusters and nothing rhymes with Ghostbusters that's how he ended up in that call response style instead of the typical rhyming lyrics

[@LillianOglethorpe]

I ain’t afraid of no ghosts.

[@scotty110]

apparently the studio approached Huey Lewis and The News first since their album "Sport" was popping off but at the time Huey wasn't sure about the idea of writing songs for movies, of course he'd later agree to do some for the Back to the Future trilogy. the studio then asked Ray Parker Jr to do the song and supposedly ripped the melody from Huey Lewis' "I want a new Drug" which Huey filed a plagiarism lawsuit against and they wound up settling out of court

[@gingermom101]

Gen Xer here. I know all of these songs. There was a huge variety of musical sounds that were popular. It truly was a great era for music. 14:10

[@revgurley]

John Lennon was killed in 1980, so most songs released posthumously became hits.

[@ellenstrack6274]

Prince hit the scene in 1979. With his group the Revolution.

[@zeratul2488]

Prince was more a song writer than a singer. His list of top hits written is way more impressive then most artist .

[@amyaeschbach3581]

The difference in popularity with Michael Jackson and Prince, Michael Jackson was heavily produced, commercialized, heavy branding with many songs written for him. Prince refused to go this route. He wrote all of his own songs, including the guitar parts and the other instruments and didn’t have a huge label marketing him to the masses like Micheal did.

[@mickyle3242]

@@amyaeschbach3581Michael had a strong team yes but all the songs shown in this video except rock with you was written by Michael himself

[@SweetSunshower59]

Milli Vanilli had to give their Grammy back because they didn't actually sing in their songs 😵‍💫

[@Zodia195]

I remember learning about that as a kid. First time I ever heard the words 'lip-sync'.

[@donnamyden1348]

Can you imagine if they did that now.

[@samanthafairweather9186]

One of them ended up dying. He never recovered from the scandal, which neither of them wanted to be part of, and ended up with serious mental health issues and suffered from chronic addiction issues as well. There's a few KZbin videos about the backstory, and it's actually pretty sad.

[@88wildcat]

As soon as he started talking about how authentic the 80s were I thought "Uh oh, Milli Vanilli is now guaranteed to pop up somewhere."

[@rjjcms1]

@@samanthafairweather9186 I know he died young but didn't it was because of that,how sad.

[@karenlarsen8176]

I’m a boomer and knew almost all of the songs of the 80’s. Of course I can remember the 50’s (some), and the 60’s, 70’s as well. Pretty sure there is good music in every decade. Music, the universal language.

[@mandyharewood886]

Plenty in the 30s and 40s too

[@deborahpaley21]

same

[@deborahpaley21]

@@mandyharewood886 same

[@AntaresSelket]

I really enjoy watching younger generations realize they aren't that original as they thought. If you research history, then you know that humans just regurgitate trends, style, music, and design to a current version that they think is modern. Right before the pandemic my niece was talking about the new clothing trends and I whipped out my high school pictures to show her she was wearing the same style I wore when I was her age. I just expect history to repeat itself, which is a good thing when it's music and clothing, but a terrible thing when it's war and corruption.💜

[@christinamann3640]

A couple songs you thought were written as a joke were actually written for movie soundtracks. The official soundtracks would be released and the songs would get popular from there.

[@arlenem6659]

The 1980's was a great era, Happy, Positive, Party music. The 1970's is epic, where every sytle and genre was heartd on the radio. And there were only a few stations to hear music, great time to live

[@blackpowder99]

Those of us who grew up in the '80s with after school football game dances and swimming pool party's really look back fondly. So sad to think Nostalgia is a dying word 😢

[@maddogtradesman5944]

Hey Jay As a gen=X, I don’t feel old hearing these songs, I feel the moment as a flashback. And it is enjoyable, because we did a lot of thing while listening to music. I hope you enjoy the music, the variety of that time was unbelievable and wild

[@christinahosey7-4-72]

We had the best music growing up..definitely brings back memories 😊

[@MegaSharon2010]

Ok I'm (late) gen x and yup these were cracking songs! It was always an achievement when you managed to catch the song just right to record it off the radio and then wear out the cassette tape listening to these great songs. These and so many others were literally the soundtrack of my childhood, definitely check out other eighties songs as I swear they were the best decade for music (yup biased and proud of it!). Glad to see that you were enjoying what we grew up with.

[@steven-yu3tu]

Madonna is a legend with so many hits over decades.

[@ellenstrack6274]

I am 68 yrs old and grew up in the 60's, 70's and 80's. We had the best music....alAnd that music has bern built on to today.

[@leopoppetme2237]

GenX has lived through some fantastic events good & bad. What a time to have lived in.

[@cyndirankin]

61 y.o. here and you are so right.

[@kristinwright6632]

Born in 1960. Same for me. 60s, 70s and 80s and early 90s. Then I had a child and dropped out into childland. I did see once a version of Smells Like Teen Spirit done in a major key. Jaw drop. It sounded totally 80s. They just keyed the 80s sound to a minor key in that. Hilarious.

[@livingandriding]

I agree. I'm 67 and loved it when we could go to a concert, no cell phones, just raw talent! There were a few songs in the 80's I liked but the 70's were the best. Remember Day On The Green in Oakland? Best concerts!

[@romonagauthier2611]

2 years older

[@IamWomanHearMeRoar]

I was turning 10 in 1980 and I don’t feel old but I do feel sorry for you that you missed out on amazing music

[@KatyFaulkner-f6c]

I turned 9 in 1980 and some of the songs in the first months I don't remember ever hearing before. But, yeah I don't feel old either! 😃

[@remowilliams6152]

I missed it all. The music, books, movies. Cause I had a very bad luck being born in the commie,s hell - the USSR.

[@RebeccaMorris-v6m]

You're right about Michael Jackson having more of a commercial appeal than Prince. They both were amazing, they both wrote, sang and performed their own music and they were both musical geniuses and were amazing live performers. The difference was that Jackson was famous for decades before because he was in Jackson 5 with his family and Prince came up as an adult. More people knew Jackson and Prince was a little more edgy. Michael Jackson was so famous that he couldn't go anywhere in the world without everyone knowing who he was even before social media and that's wild. Grandmas would go to Jackson's concerts. He had appeal to every generation.

[@ritasworld6345]

Amen!

[@corvacks8924]

I will just say that some of these artists are definitely worth a deep dive.

[@amyaeschbach3581]

Definitely react to Ebony and Ivory video by Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney! Historic. Also George Michael One More Try. Endless love by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie huge song, huge Karaoke song now! For interesting take, WATCH Harry Styles CARPOOL KARAOKE with JAMES CORDEN!!!!!! They do funny great rendition of this song!!!!! Great reaction!!❤✌️

[@johnw8578]

Honorable mention to DURAN DURAN and THE FIXX for great pop from the 80s!

[@glennallen239]

Please react to the Most Popular songs each month for the 60's and 70's.

[@ericzar4470]

@@glennallen239 absolutely because music was not at its peak in the '80s. Music has Ebb and flow there are peaks and valleys constantly.

[@richardbast7243]

Another One Bites The Dust - The song playing during my first experience of a school cafeteria food fight. Perfect song for the action.

[@rjjcms1]

🤣

[@theidajawho]

So when it comes to duets, there are VERY FEW actual couples that can sing at these levels. There are hundreds of duets about loving each other where no personal relations existed. Maybe in the days of Autotune....

[@paigeharrison3909]

Don't feel bad about making me feel old. I AM old. And it's a miracle I got here.

[@blackpowder99]

Don't feel bad the Prince versus Michael Jackson controversy has existed from the very beginning. Love them both, but I'm team Prince. ❤️🌹🙏

[@Zodia195]

1999 will always hold a special place in my heart. I graduated HS in 2000, and during Football season at a pep rally, we always had a competition between classes and certain groups (like football and band) for a Spirit Stick. Sometimes reps were picked for the competitions and once myself and another guy were pick as senior reps for the competition. I was told it was going to be a dance competition. Well the guy that was with me ditched me at the last minute to join the Sophomore reps (which angered me, but I was still going to do my best). So there I was in front of the whole school, I could see my younger brother in the crowd shaking his head (he was a sophomore at the time) and the cheerleaders end up pulling another senior guy from the crowd to join me. Since it was 1999, they played 1999 (I didn't know what song would be played). Now I have 2 left feet, but I just overcame my shyness and danced my heart out (and the other guy did too). And we WON! I never felt so proud of myself up to that point. I think that's one of the reasons why I got voted Most Spirited out of my class lol.

[@debleary3241]

💜💜💜💜

[@hannabelesti9646]

Love them both🙏 team michael😁

[@samanthafairweather9186]

Prince supporter all day! I've never liked Michael Jackson, and always thought he was weird AF.

[@ritasworld6345]

​@@samanthafairweather9186Prince was edgier and weird too. I love them both. Their influence and greatness in.music are their legacy even today. RIP both.

[@flossy7258]

In the 80s, you were either an MJ fan or Prince fan. You couldn't be both. No idea why. I was firmly in Purple.

[@tinadevlaeminck7905]

i was both loved them the same

[@Jen-s4h]

Bull

[@Adrienne1eh]

Gen Xer here. Yup, a lot of amazing memories. 5 that I didn't recognise. I did a lot of Karaoke in my teens... Whitney Houston's Greatest Love of All was my jam. ...and there was ALWAYS somebody who sang Lionel Richie's Hello! Right out of the gate you had me yelling "WHAT?!" I thought for sure you'd know MJ's Rock With Me! `😂 But then, actually, you surprised me with how many you did know! 🙌

[@SKIP-yj3xp]

MTV debuted in August 1981, and it broadcast 24 hours a day. The music industry exploded because of these videos, creating a lot of short-lived bands and one-hit wonders. Michael Jackson and Prince were the only black artists on at the time, and they blew up. MTV inspired Night Tracks, VH1, and BET music channels.

[@remowilliams6152]

Lucky. That time I was locked in the commie,s USSR. We only had one TV channel filled with propaganda.😢😢

[@megdelaney3677]

💜PRINCE💜

[@MrLeadb1]

There's a guy here in Ireland called Richard who fits floor coverings, carpets, tiles and lino etc...he called his little business 'Lino Ritchie', looks great on his van! 🤣🤣

[@KaidenOrgana]

I'll put it like this, if I could take you back to the 80s I can guarantee you'll consider staying there.

[@remowilliams6152]

No way, man! I don,t want into the USSR! Still hate the commies with all my heart. They robbed us of not only food, but books, music and movies.

[@ashrafbadreddine9470]

MJ, Madonna, Lionel, George Michael, Prince, Duran Duran & you're good to go for the 80s

[@amycarcaterra8177]

how do you not know Queen. The best band ever.

[@davidbarnes1113]

Dang. I feel old now. I was 16 in 1980. Funky town by Lipps Inc. , Upside Down by Diana Ross… whew the memories.

[@nightfangs2910]

I was 14 yeah, damn it I'm the old guy now 😲😲😂😂

[@ritasworld6345]

I was 12. Don't feel old. Feel blessed we could listen to this music first hand. God knows there is a lot of trash out there today 😢

[@shannamac3974]

Born on the late 70 and grew up in the 80s and 90s. This takes me back :)

[@haroldg.taladro4008]

Michael Jackson and Madonna ruled the world in the '80s with their respective music. Long live the King and Queen of Pop!.

[@Co22Ku]

My daughters are 24 and 18 years old. They know all these songs and can sing along with them. So, it's not a question of age. It's the question of interests and how you did grow up (if your parents played that music in your home).

[@traciesamdal5760]

These songs enabled what we hear today.

[@traciesamdal5760]

I saw Prince in concert... and he was amazing.. this was in the 90s. Amazing!!!!

[@Lynds77]

These are the songs my mom would play when I was a wee little tot ❤ it brings back great memories of mom and I dancing around our flat doing chores together when I was 4 ❤

[@kevinwhite1671]

In the 80s, Michael Jackson was king and Madonna was Queen. Both of them were ubiquitous. Lionel Richie was a foinding member of the Commodores, and was a member of that group from the late 60s through the early 80s, at which time he went solo.

[@lisaburpo4891]

95% of 80's music was good to awesome. Music since this century is like 10% good.

[@NancyDVI]

All the songs of my 20's! Damn we had fun! 😊❤

[@lindaduncan7181]

I just started watching, I'm only at 01:15 now, but I'm LOVING your accent!! I'm an Anglophile, and the way you talk is music to me!! 🥰 I can't wait to see your reactions to these songs, I grew up listening to them (yep, I'm that old) and seeing the younger generations discovering the old songs makes me happy 😊

[@darcyjorgensen5808]

This is high school and college music for me.

[@julieanderson100]

Yup! Born in 1967

[@nelerhabarber5602]

Barry Gibb wrote a whole album for Barbra, the album is named guilty. He sung two duets with her on this album, guilty and what kind of fool, check them out. And no, they had NOT a love affair, Barry was "afraid" of Barbra 😆 and happily married since 54 years now, having 5 children together!

[@sumus11]

Ray Parker Jr. got in to trouble for the Ghostbusters theme because he lifted the music from Heuy Louis and the News song "I want a new Drug".

[@jrovel07]

All you have to do is listen to Huey Lewis and the News song " I want a new drug" then Ghostbusters and it's like hearing Queen/David Bowie's "Under Preesure then Vanlilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby". The fact that they even try to deny where the music came from is amazing.

[@KCATWIL]

OMG! I had completely forgotten about that!

[@11stirling]

That was fun! You are definitely going down the rabbit hole of music, enjoy the journey as it is both amazing and often surprising.

[@megdelaney3677]

Maybe I do feel a bit older, but we had some great music!!!

[@Love_sChild]

As a 73 Genxer I know each and every one of these songs. You just played my childhood. I LOVE Prince and was OBSESSED with his Batman albumn - well worth the listen (movie not so good lol).💜💜💜😉 Paula Abdul was the choreographer for Janet Jackson and other stars.

[@revgurley]

Prince did the songs for the 1989 Batman movie. Entire album is fire, and is used throughout the movie. As an aside, Danny Elfman did the score for the same movie - the guy behind Oingo Boingo and Nightmare Before Christmas.

[@bettychagas5760]

I was in high school in the eighths great songs fantastic thanks

[@leopoppetme2237]

You need to watch the MTV when it first hit the air & the videos, DJs.... we couldnt get home fast enough to watch & spend all day at school the next day just talking all about it.

[@ellenstrack6274]

When you have a few hours Google songs written and or or co-written by Barry Gibbs. Yiu will be amazed at the book of songs he has been involved with. For the Bee Gees and many, many other stars.

[@LillianOglethorpe]

No kidding. Incredibly prolific.

[@saqssaqs5840]

Madonna is 80's 90's and 00' . She's still amazing

[@Bill_KL7TC]

80s was the best music! So many great memories.

[@kellygirlaj]

Maneater came out on October 4, 1982. I remember because I was pregnant that year and I heard the song many times.

[@krimza]

What your generation call samples we called them “rip offs” eg: vanilla ice ice ice, baby. He legit got canceled.

[@nicebluejay]

Gen-x here, I don't call them rip offs. I call them samples. The Beastie Boys Paul's boutique album was full of many many creatively used samples. It's an absolute classic.

[@mizuki231]

It makes me so happy hearing you enjoy the music of my childhood so much! I am proud to say that all my kids know these songs by heart and will proudly belt them out in the car or in the house! This is some of the best music ever created and nothing like this will ever be again sadly. Keep discovering not just the popular ones, but the one hit wonders and the more obscure songs too! 😁 Also fun fact you called 80's music the heart of music and there is a song by Huey Lewis and the News called Heart of Rock N Roll. Check it out! 😎

[@Idalianightfire]

Several of them were also covers of songs from the 60’s and 70’s

[@jenniferclark8051]

This reminds me of hearing The Cure over a loud speaker at a pharmacy 🤣

[@epongeverte]

These are the #1 songs each month, but they just scratch the surface of how good the 80s was for music. I personally believe that 1983 was the best year for modern western music. From the early 1900s until then, it was going up, and after that, it started to go down.

[@Xfactor444-x4n]

Yea 83 and 84 !

[@Braedensground]

6 or more songs here De UK top hits. Joe Dolce, Bucks Fizz, Shakin Stevens, Boney M did. Ot chart high in the USA

[@markodern789]

It’s a dumb take. There were always up and downs, no matter the period, and good music is always out there consistently.

[@epongeverte]

@@markodern789 What's knocked your socks off since 2015?

[@kerriniemi]

Still have lots of music to hear my friend 💜 Xanadu is one of my favourite movies 💕 Yes Eminem sampled it on purpose 💜 Bingo!! The music out there is to get us dancing in the grocery store💜 Alot of songs did come from movies it's true💜 These are just number one hits.. imagine all the music that didn't even make the charts💜 We know all the samples 😂 Fun trip down the 80's💜 Thanks, yes curious about all the music it's my favourite thing💜 ✌️🐦‍🔥✨

[@LillianOglethorpe]

Xanadu is one of my all-time favorite nostalgic soundtracks.

[@kerriniemi]

@LillianOglethorpe oh definitely! ELO, Olivia, Gene Kelly, jazz, rock, roller skating, break dancing... So much fun 💞

[@DrBeastMcCoy]

Prince made bat dance for one of the Batman movies as you can see there he's half Batman and half the joker

[@historianKelly]

You should listen to some '50s music, Jay! LOL My parents were born right before WWII started & grew up in the '50s. I was born in '65. We listened to their favorite Rock n Roll every Sunday night on the radio. There are still songs from the '50s I like. Some of those songs on that '80s list were remakes of '50s songs, BTW, like LaBamba, which was popular when Los Lobos recorded it for the 1980s Richie Valens biopic. I identified 2 others as 1980s remakes of '50s songs in this video. Some others were similar to the Ghostbusters song, made for movies (LaBamba was also remade for a movie). I was surprised that Thriller didn't make the top of the list for January 1984 - that was when the video premiered on MTv - it was the first movie "video" at 15 minutes, with a plot & dialogue outside of the song lyrics. Have you watched it yet? I remember like it was yesterday watching it for the first time! I was a freshman in college. Re: Michael vs. Prince - I'm sure this will make sense to you: we watched Michael Jackson grow up, going from the Jackson 5 front "man," to solo artist. So IMO, he was never a sex symbol, just a great artist. Prince, on the other hand, was considered sexy from day one. He was also a very prolific songwriter, and wrote many hits for other artists, including one of the hits on this list by a different artist. If you want a deeper dive into Prince's '90s groove, from the time his contract dispute kept him from creating under his own name, check out "The Gold Experience." It's a story album - you need to listen from beginning to end, in order, the first time you hear it. It tells an interesting story - NSFW. If you can get a subscription to KZbin TV, or any TV service that has MTv Classic, they have blocks of videos by genre or decade, like I Want My '80s, or '90s Nation, or Rock Block, or Classic Videos. You'll see a better lineup of videos, not just #1s. One of my favorite artists of the '70s & '80s wasn't even represented on that list, Tom Petty, and he was one of the greatest of that era. The Cars are another band that were big in the '80s not on that list. So not every huge band had a #1 song. Rock got its start from 1920s & 30s blues. It became a thing in the '50s. It became refined in the '60s, grew in technique in the '70s, more polished in the '80s, then fractured in the '90s. Then when Hip Hop & Rap began sampling, creativity took on a new meaning. If you feel you've heard a beat or track in a rap or hip hop song, it's probably from a previous rock song. That's a hallmark of those genres, though. They recycle beats to make something new, add a new twist to it. But, Rock n Roll musicians acknowledge that they steal from each other all the time, too - there are very few original musical chords or beats. That's why musicians themselves aren't so mad about it. They also sample each other. People who don't create don't understand that. It's almost all derivative. Artists know that. One last thing: you do read too much into things sometimes. Some of these artists were just good friends. Streisand worked well with other artists. She's a living LEGEND. A singer who then became mostly a Broadway star & then movie star, artists clammored to work with her. It could take their careers even higher. You better believe they'd hug her. You would, too! But also, we weren't full of hate in the '70s & '80s. You hugged people. You stood around with your arms around your friends. We weren't afraid of people. It's a shame that there's so much hate & sexualization today that your thought isn't that those are 2 good friends. That's it. Heck, for what they're making, they'd hug their enemies like that! We weren't afraid of people back then. We didn't have our noses in phones. We talked to each other. It was nice. ☮️ 💜 #flexer

[@darthwiizius]

Just for the record: I still have a crush on the lead singer of the Bangles. 😁

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

Oh, we all do🤣

[@darthwiizius]

@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 If I was a military man I'd be Captain Obvious...

[@lanalewis6982]

Venus, the song is used for the Venus shaving commercials for women. Just an FYI.

[@Cocreatewithus]

This, THIS, was my childhood, and the music just kept getting better and better as the 80s went on. 1981 didn't really do well, truthfully, as a musical year, 1980 was so-so. Aside from that year, there was only a small handful of songs on this list I didn't know. The ultra stars of the 80s were (of course) Michael Jackson, Madonna, Whitney Houston. The rest were very good, and everyone in my generation knows them all, but there was no getting around these 3! Thank you for this!

[@deanskinner1761]

Absolute radio 80s best station you will ever listen to and not a repeat song all day.they play all these artists

[@kld0096]

As a Minnesotan, it was shocking to me that you only just heard about Prince. He's from here and an absolute legend.

[@deenakuhn7611]

You should definitely watch the We Are The World video. There are so many great 80s artists in there.

[@deanskinner1761]

The band aid song was better and many great artists in that video as well

[@LillianOglethorpe]

There’s a whole video on the making of the video that would be awesome for him to review.

[@darcyjorgensen5808]

Now you should do the ‘70s.

[@panderson3821]

I was born in the 70s and for me the 80s had the best music. This was certainly a trip down a fondly remembered memory lane so thank you for that. I'd love to see you react to Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start The Fire' which was at the end of this video and you said it wasn't familiar. Its a history lesson in song but goes really fast so you might want to have the lyrics available.

[@KTKacer]

Barry Gibb. You found it. :) I'd love to see you check out Queen (80's) and some of "The Doors" (60's) Maybe even some "Beach Boys" ;) (60's I think) And, hey Elvis Presley..

[@wynnitely3173]

Take a jump down the Queen rabbit hole. Every genre 70's, 80's and 90's. You won't be disappointed

[@MissJIF]

While shopping for shoes a violin chorale version of Smells Like Teen Spirit played. I almost barfed. We are Muzak years old💀😂😂😂

[@jordanfedirchuk1558]

Roxette, Madonna and Cher. My mom played those religiously driving to out of town hockey tournaments

[@babs3241]

"Ghostbusters" was in the movie soundtrack (I think; not totally sure, now that I think about it, though I assumed it at the time). The video was epic, with lots of celebrity cameos leaning in to shout "Ghostbusters!" You should check out "We Are the World." The song is pretty good, but it was the collaboration to end all collaborations. Whitney Houston is a great journey. "Greatest Love" was _everywhere_ It even made an appearance in _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ (by then it was so overdone that using it was a joke, but it was a pretty cool song). Paula Abdul was always fun. "Opposites Attract" was a very popular video. The "Like A Prayer" video was super controversial when it came out.

[@BayBaeAngel]

Too many short clips of amazing songs! I couldn’t even sing one line. Love them all! 80’s music is the best!

[@colleencrossley1689]

So glad I was born in the 60,s I like many others had the best time for music,movies and the craziest fashion ur parents have good taste. I was mad on Madonna love ur channel.

[@josephmummerth]

yes ! the song ghost busters is from the film ! lol

[@Deathbird_Mitch]

A few of these were covers or updated versions. For example: La Bamba. It was on this list because of the movie about the band, and the sog got popular again.

[@tiphanieshaw2535]

My daughter is 10 and all she likes is 80's music. That's the station we listen to on Spotify. She would know at least 70% of these. She could take you on quite a musical tour of the 80's, with heavy emphasis on Queen, Michael Jackson, Wham, and Survivor. 🤣

[@karengarrow5579]

It’s because you have been living under a rock 😊