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Grab your Walkman and dust off that Members Only jacket — it's time to take a trip back to the most iconic decade in pop music history! Join us as we count down our picks for the songs that define the sound, style, and spirit of the '80s! Our countdown includes "Take On Me," "Thriller," "Never Gonna Give You Up," "Eye of the Tiger," and more! Which '80s song instantly transports you back in time? Let us know in the comments!
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00:05Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the songs that couldn't
00:10sound more 80s if they came with a Walkman and a members-only jacket.
00:19Number 20. Hungry Like the Wolf, Duran Duran.
00:30Few bands embraced the sound and style of the 80s quite like Duran Duran. Hungry Like the Wolf
00:34practically bursts with the decade's hallmarks, glossy synths, a driving electronic beat, and an
00:40enormous pop-rock chorus. But the band also understood that in the MTV era, sounding cool
00:45was only half the battle.
00:55Its cinematic music video sent the sharply-dressed British heartthrobs into the jungles of Sri Lanka,
01:00helping turn the song into an American breakthrough. The similarly glamorous Ryo paired another
01:05synth-heavy track with a yacht-filled video that became an MTV staple.
01:14Between the synthesizers, fashion, glamorous locations, and impossibly photogenic band members,
01:21Hungry Like the Wolf wasn't merely an 80s hit. It helped define what an 80s hit looked and sounded like.
01:30I'm found, and I'm hungry like the Wolf.
01:34Number 19. You Spin Me Round Like a Record, Dead or Alive.
01:46By 1985, synthesizers had conquered the dance floor. You Spin Me Round captured that electronic
01:53excess at full blast. Dead or Alive built the song around pounding electronic drums,
01:58synthesizers, and Pete Burns' commanding vocals. The resultant dance pop track feels almost genetically
02:04engineered for the decade.
02:13Surprisingly, the band had to fight to make it. Their record company was reportedly unenthusiastic,
02:19leaving Burns to take out a loan to finance its recording. The gamble paid off spectacularly.
02:24Produced by the soon-to-be-famous Stock Aitken Waterman team, it became their first UK number
02:29one hit. Add Burns' flamboyant fashion and the wonderfully excessive music video,
02:34and You Spin Me Round practically screams the 80s.
02:38You Spin Me Round Like a Record, Baby, Lights Round Like a Record, Baby, Lights Round Round Round
02:45Number 18. Pour Some Sugar On Me, Def Leppard.
02:55The 1980s were many things. Subtle was not one of them. With Pour Some Sugar On Me, Def Leppard
03:01combined huge guitars, booming drums, layered vocals, and a suggestive sing-along chorus practically
03:07designed for thousands of people to scream together. Remarkably, the song was a late addition to the
03:12already lengthy recording sessions for Hysteria.
03:20After singer Joe Elliott began playing around with the idea in the studio, producer Robert
03:25John Mutt Lang recognized its potential. The band developed it quickly. The song became a massive
03:31American hit, reaching number two on the Billboard Hot 100. With its swaggering video, enormous production,
03:37and unapologetic excess, it captures 80s arena rock in all its ridiculous glory.
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04:02Number 17. Lady in Red, Krista Berg.
04:15Lady in Red captures the softer side of the 80s. Unabashedly romantic, lavishly produced,
04:22and absolutely swimming in synthesizers. Krista Berg wrote the ballad about his wife, Diane,
04:27inspired by the memory of seeing her wearing red early in their relationship. Its slow dance
04:32sentimentality was matched by an unmistakably 80s arrangement, complete with prominent keyboards,
04:37electronic drums, and De Berg's earnest vocals.
04:40Lady in Red
04:49The formula proved enormously successful. Lady in Red topped the charts in numerous countries,
04:55including the UK, and reached number three in the United States. It has since become a wedding
05:00favorite with a double dose of pure, unadulterated schmaltz.
05:04Never will forget
05:12Number 16. The Final Countdown, Europe.
05:24Years before the song's release, Joey Tempest had written this catchy little keyboard riff.
05:29Eventually, Swedish rock band Europe turned that riff into their signature song.
05:33Those enormous synthesizer notes open into pounding drums,
05:36hard rock guitars, and a chorus seemingly built to lift every voice in an arena.
05:41The lyrics are equally ambitious. Inspired partly by David Bowie's Space Oddity,
05:46Tempest imagined humanity abandoning Earth and setting course for Venus.
05:57The band reportedly wasn't convinced it should be released as a single, but they rolled the dice.
06:02The rest is music history. The final countdown topped charts around the world and transformed Europe
06:08into international stars. Somehow, its combination of glam metal bombast and sci-fi melodrama
06:14still has us hooked decades later.
06:22Number 15. Ghostbusters, Ray Parker Jr.
06:33Ghostbusters is a movie theme. Novelty song, dance track, and fake commercials somehow rolled into one ridiculously catchy package.
06:40Ray Parker Jr. struggled with incorporating the film's awkward title until TV commercials inspired him.
06:46He imagined the Ghostbusters pitching their supernatural extermination business,
06:49turning Who You Gonna Call into one of the decade's most recognizable hooks.
07:01Synthesizers and an infectious bass line helped make the paranormal sound ready for the dance floor.
07:06The song spent three weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 and earned an Academy Award nomination.
07:11Its music video went even further, recruiting a parade of celebrity cameos alongside footage from the film.
07:17Like the movie itself, Ghostbusters turned supernatural weirdness into irresistible pop entertainment.
07:28Ghostbusters forever holds the well-deserved accolade of its 1985 Oscar nom,
07:33but does it win the arguably even more important honor of being named the defining Halloween song
07:38against the likes of Thriller and Monster Mash?
07:41Who are we gonna call to answer this burning question once and for all?
07:44My Simply the Best debate squad, of course. Let's take a look.
07:56Hello and welcome to Simply the Best, the show where we debate the pop culture subjects we're most passionate about,
08:02but you choose the winner. I'm your moderator, Rebecca Brayton.
08:05Today's topic, Ghostbusters vs. Monster Mash vs. Thriller.
08:09What is the defining Halloween song?
08:12Our debaters are Nick on Team Ghostbusters vs. Tori on Team Monster Mash vs. Noah on Team Thriller.
08:18Each debater will make their case, and then will leave the decision to you.
08:23So now I welcome our speakers into the arena.
08:26We flipped a coin, which Nick won, and he has chosen to speak first.
08:30So Nick, your 30 seconds starts now.
08:32The Ghostbusters theme was actually my ringtone in high school, which made it feel like Halloween every time someone called.
08:38It also brought a deeper meaning to the lyric,
08:40Who you gonna call?
08:41That's just one of the many lyrics we all quote out of context,
08:45from Bustin' Makes Me Feel So Good to I Ain't Afraid of No Ghost.
08:49While it's fun to listen to any time of the year,
08:51Ghostbusters is a song that makes you want to go out on Halloween night and face the creatures that go
08:56bump in the night.
08:57Plus, the tune turned Ray Parker Jr. into an Oscar nominee.
09:00That's got to be one of the cooler things the Academy's music branch has ever done, right?
09:05Who you gonna call?
09:07Ghostbusters!
09:07I can't do it!
09:09Who you gonna call?
09:11Ghostbusters!
09:12Right.
09:13Tori, what about Monster Mash?
09:16Listen, the fact is,
09:18Ghostbusters is a theme song,
09:20and Thriller is a pop hit year-round.
09:22The Monster Mash is the spooky season anthem
09:25Four Monsters,
09:26Five Monsters,
09:28Bobby, Boris, Pickett, and the Crypt Kickers got in the studio,
09:31and they laid down a track that has everything.
09:34Zombies, vampires, ghouls,
09:37Wolfman, and his son?
09:39If I may, I'd like to read a passage.
09:43Out from his coffin,
09:45Drax's voice did ring.
09:46Seems he was troubled by just one thing.
09:49Opened the lid and shook his fist and said,
09:52Whatever happened to my Transylvania twist?
09:54It's now the Monster Mash.
09:56So what did we learn?
09:57The Monster Mash is ushering in a new era of spooky dance music,
10:01as demonstrated by Dracula's reluctance to change.
10:05The Monster Mash isn't some throwaway Halloween novelty song.
10:08It's a revolution,
10:09and it's a graveyard smash.
10:11It is the Monster Mash.
10:17It was the graveyard smash.
10:21It caught on in a flash.
10:25Noah, tell us about Vincent Price featuring Michael Jackson.
10:29Okay, that's a tough act to follow,
10:30but come on.
10:32Michael Jackson gave us Vincent Price,
10:34Creaking Doors, Howling Wolves, Spooky Synths,
10:36a music that the music video, some might argue,
10:39packed with zombies and frigging werewolves,
10:41and he turned all of it into an irresistible pop classic.
10:44And that's the trick.
10:45Thriller is spooky without sacrificing an ounce of fun.
10:48You can play it at a haunted house
10:50or at a grocery store in October, of course,
10:53and nobody questions why it's there.
10:55Plenty of songs fit Halloween.
10:57Okay, sure.
10:58The thriller sounds like Halloween itself
11:00decided to make a record.
11:01And notice how I didn't even really have time
11:03to get into the music video?
11:16Hmm.
11:17So instead of rebuttals,
11:19we actually have two more people from the team
11:21who want to chime in with their arguments
11:23for different songs.
11:24So let's hear from them now.
11:26All right, Shane has got a case for
11:28I Put a Spell on You.
11:30Halloween isn't beloved
11:32just because of the candy or the mayhem.
11:34It's because there's a little bit of danger to it
11:35that's fascinating and kind of sexy.
11:38I Put a Spell on You is the anthem
11:40for the id of the holiday.
11:41The bluesy Screamin' Jay Hawkins original
11:43walks the same line of seduction and entrapment
11:45that would have you following shadows into the dark
11:48with his primal screams adding another layer
11:50of what could be interpreted as either terror
11:52or something else.
11:54It's weird, it's hypnotic,
11:56and a little unsettling,
11:57like Halloween should be.
11:58Then fast forward a few decades
11:59and a holy trinity of American treasures,
12:02Mark Shaman, Bette Midler, and Kenny Ortega,
12:04revamped it to show a whole new dimension
12:06of how addictive it is.
12:07No matter how it's arranged,
12:09it puts you in a thrall.
12:23Matt, tell us about Mr. Loaf.
12:26What is Halloween, if not the time of year
12:28when the freaks come out to play?
12:30It's an inherently theatrical holiday,
12:31and few people understood theatricality like Meatloaf.
12:35Sure, Bette Outta Hell may not immediately scream Halloween
12:37the way other songs do,
12:39but it certainly understands the feeling
12:41of leaving one world behind
12:42and stepping into another.
12:44Jim Steinman's operatic arrangement
12:45and Meatloaf's over-the-top vocals
12:47give the song an energetic vibe
12:49that perfectly balances out its macabre imagery.
12:51The building piano chords and shredding guitar solos
12:54make you feel like you just walked into
12:55rock and roll's greatest haunted house.
12:57It's 10 minutes of spooky musical perfection
12:59that encourages you to embrace your inner freak show.
13:1710 minutes, wow.
13:19Anyway, so who made the better case?
13:21And more importantly,
13:22what is on your Halloween playlist?
13:25Let us know in the comments
13:26which side of the debate you land on,
13:28and while you're at it,
13:29let us know what other topics
13:30you'd like to see us argue about.
13:31Happy Halloween.
13:33Number 14.
13:35Love is a Battlefield, Pat Benatar.
13:37No promises, no demands.
13:42Love is a Battlefield.
13:44Love is a Battlefield gave Pat Benatar's
13:46hard rock sound a glossy new wave makeover.
13:49Originally written as a slower song,
13:51the track was transformed with synthesizers,
13:53electronic drums, and a pulsing dance beat.
13:56Benatar's powerhouse vocals, meanwhile,
13:58were iconic.
13:59Then came the music video.
14:08Its story casts Benatar as a rebellious young woman
14:12who leaves home only to wind up working
14:13in a seedy nightclub.
14:15Ultimately, she leads the other dancers
14:17in revolt against their sleazy boss.
14:19The video became an MTV sensation,
14:21while the song reached number five
14:23on the Billboard Hot 100.
14:24Together, the song and video
14:26turn romantic heartache
14:28into a defiant anthem of female independence.
14:35No one can tell us we're red.
14:38Number 13.
14:40Rosanna, Toto.
14:41All I want to do
14:42when I wake up in the morning
14:44and see you lie.
14:48Rosanna, Rosanna.
14:50Rosanna is what happens
14:51when some of the best session musicians in LA
14:54decide to make pop music.
14:55Written by keyboardist David Page,
14:57the song blends rock, jazz, R&B, and pop
15:00into a meticulously produced radio hit.
15:03At the center is Jeff Beccaro's
15:04famous halftime shuffle.
15:06Influences from John Bonham
15:07and Bernard Purdy
15:08are meshed into one of the decade's
15:10most recognizable drum grooves.
15:11Me too all the way
15:13Me too all the way
15:22Rosanna again
15:23The music video supplies plenty of period flavor too.
15:26From sharply dressed musicians
15:27to dramatic lighting
15:28and Cynthia Rhodes
15:29dancing through a stylized city street,
15:31it is pure schlock
15:33in the best way possible.
15:34Rosanna peaked at number two
15:36on the Billboard Hot 100
15:37and won record of the year
15:39at the Grammys.
15:40Me too all the way
15:43Love and all the way
15:45Number 12
15:46The Power of Love
15:48Huey Lewis and the News
15:49The power of love
15:51is a curious thing
15:54Make a one man weep
15:55make another man sing
15:57Few movies and songs
15:59are more permanently linked
16:00than Back to the Future
16:01and The Power of Love.
16:03Written specifically for the film,
16:04the track accompanies Marty McFly
16:06as he skateboards through Hill Valley.
16:08The band gave one of the decades
16:10defining movies
16:10the core piece
16:11of its musical identity.
16:20Huey Lewis and the News
16:21delivered a straightforward rock song
16:23rather than filling it
16:24with time travel references,
16:26helping it thrive
16:26well beyond the soundtrack.
16:28It gave the band
16:29their first number one single
16:30on the Billboard Hot 100
16:31and earned an Academy Award nomination
16:34for Best Original Song.
16:35You feel the power of love
16:39You feel the power of love
16:42Huey Lewis even makes
16:44a cheeky cameo in the film,
16:45dismissing Marty McFly's audition
16:47for being just too darn loud.
16:49I'm afraid you're just
16:50too darn loud.
16:52Next place.
16:53Number 11.
16:54I Want to Dance with Somebody
16:56Who Loves Me
16:56Whitney Houston
17:06Whitney Houston's
17:07How Will I Know
17:08helped establish
17:09the joyful pop sound
17:10that made her
17:10an international star.
17:12Its colorful,
17:12high-energy video
17:13also helped Houston
17:14break through
17:15to MTV's young audience.
17:16But if How Will I Know
17:18put Whitney on the map,
17:19two years later,
17:20she let everyone know
17:21she was here to stay.
17:23Written by George Merrill
17:24and Shannon Rubicam,
17:25I Want to Dance with Somebody
17:26places Houston's
17:27powerhouse vocals
17:28into a full-blown dance bop.
17:38Yet beneath all that exuberance
17:40is a lonely desire
17:41for genuine connection.
17:43She doesn't merely want to dance,
17:44but to dance with someone
17:45who loves her
17:46The single topped
17:47the Billboard Hot 100
17:48and won Houston the Grammy
17:50for Best Female Pop
17:51Vocal Performance,
17:52becoming one of her
17:53defining hits.
18:01Number 10.
18:03Eye of the Tiger
18:03Survivor
18:12When Sylvester Stallone
18:14was denied permission
18:15from Queen
18:15to use
18:16Another One Bites the Dust
18:17as part of the soundtrack
18:18for Rocky 3,
18:19he commissioned Survivor
18:20to write an original song instead.
18:22What they came up with
18:23is the type of song
18:24that perfectly sums up
18:25the Rocky series.
18:33The tension of the guitar riffs,
18:36the momentum of the band
18:37driving the rhythm,
18:38and the powerful vocal performance
18:39from singer Dave Bickler
18:41make this 80s through and through.
18:43It's the deep
18:44Eye of the Tiger
18:45It's the thrill of the fight
18:47rising up
18:48to the tearing
18:50of our rival
18:51With Eye of the Tiger,
18:53Survivor not only succeeded
18:54in nailing their assignment,
18:55they also scored
18:56their biggest hit to date.
18:58Eye of the Tiger
19:04Number 9.
19:05Maniac
19:06Michael Cimbello
19:14When it comes to
19:15dance floor bangers,
19:16few songs sum up
19:17the 80s style and aesthetic
19:18more than
19:19Michael Cimbello's
19:20Maniac.
19:21From its opening bars onwards,
19:22this frantic piece of synth pop
19:24does not let up.
19:25You can catch you
19:26like a knife
19:28If the gift becomes a part
19:31Michael Cimbello's
19:32vocals fit so well
19:33that they don't get
19:34enough credit,
19:35but they truly tie
19:36the whole thing
19:37together perfectly.
19:38Supposedly,
19:39the song was written
19:40after one co-writer,
19:41Dennis McCuskey,
19:42watched a news report
19:43on an active serial killer,
19:44but you wouldn't know it
19:45just from listening
19:46to the slice of 80s magic
19:47from the film Flashdance.
19:54It's an enduring anthem
19:56that's always reliable
19:57when you need to fill
19:58a dance floor.
20:04Number 8.
20:05We Built This City
20:06Starship
20:07We Built This City
20:10We Built This City
20:12On Rock and Roll
20:14Built This City
20:15No list of songs
20:16that define the 80s
20:17would be complete
20:18without Starship's
20:191985 hit
20:20We Built This City.
20:21Sure,
20:22a lot of people
20:22love to hate on this one.
20:24Rolling Stone magazine
20:25even ran a poll
20:26in 2011
20:27to single out
20:27the worst song
20:28of the 1980s
20:29and Starship
20:30won the top prize
20:31by a landslide.
20:32Too many runaways
20:36eating up the night
20:37Harsh?
20:38Maybe,
20:39maybe not.
20:40But,
20:40this simple song
20:41undeniably sticks
20:43in your ears.
20:44Built This City
20:47We Built This City
20:51No matter how you feel
20:53about this track,
20:54it is a real slice
20:55of history.
20:56A song that sums up
20:57a moment in time
20:58better than most
20:59other releases
20:59of its era.
21:00We Built This City
21:03We Built This City
21:07Number 7
21:08Don't You Forget About Me
21:10Simple Minds
21:19Anthemic synthesizer-driven pop
21:21rarely gets better
21:22than
21:22Don't You Forget About Me.
21:23Written for the iconic
21:251985 film
21:26The Breakfast Club
21:27and performed
21:27by Simple Minds,
21:29this song was destined
21:30to be a huge hit.
21:31Love's strange
21:39From the punchy
21:40opening vocal swell
21:40to the instantly
21:41catchy verses
21:42and chorus,
21:43it's the type of hit
21:44that sounds just as good
21:45now as it did
21:45back in 1985.
21:55In particular,
21:56the icy synths
21:57used in the chorus
21:58have aged a lot better
21:59than those in many
22:00other songs of the era.
22:01You can easily place
22:03Don't You Forget About Me
22:04as an 80s song,
22:04but that doesn't keep it
22:05from aging like the finest
22:07of wine.
22:14Number 6
22:15Relax
22:15Frankie Goes to Hollywood
22:23There is an argument
22:25to be made
22:25that Relax
22:26by Frankie Goes to Hollywood
22:27is one of the punchiest
22:28pop songs ever written.
22:30It's a song
22:31that commands
22:32your attention
22:32from the opening bars
22:33and once it has,
22:35good luck
22:35getting yourself free.
22:36Relax
22:37Don't do it
22:38When you wanna go
22:40Relax
22:41Don't do it
22:43When you wanna suck it
22:44This stomper
22:45caused so much
22:46controversy in the UK
22:47because of the band's
22:48lewd promotional work
22:49and the lyrical content
22:51that it was banned
22:52outright from the BBC
22:53which only helped it
22:54eventually get to number one.
22:56It's the type of pop song
22:57that you simply could not
22:58imagine coming from
22:59any other era.
23:00Everything it brings
23:01to the table
23:02oozes with 80s energy
23:04and exuberance.
23:05Relax
23:05Relax
23:05Don't do it
23:06When you wanna go
23:08Do it
23:09Relax
23:09Don't do it
23:11Number 5
23:11Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
23:13Cindy Lauper
23:14Cindy Lauper
23:23was a legitimate revelation
23:24when she burst onto the scene
23:26in the early 80s
23:27with a huge debut album
23:28that featured a piece
23:29of pop songwriting genius.
23:30Though now seen
23:32as a feminist anthem
23:33the song was actually
23:34written by a man
23:35Robert Hazard
23:36a few years before
23:37he brought it to Lauper.
23:38Come home
23:38In the morning
23:40Like my mother
23:45Sensing that the song
23:46would make a lot more sense
23:47in the hands of a woman
23:48they tweaked the lyrics
23:50and Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
23:51As We Know It
23:52was born.
23:59Lauper's vocal performance
24:01on this track
24:01introduced her to the world
24:02with a huge bang.
24:09And the song's
24:10empowering edge
24:11and undeniable charm
24:12have not worn off
24:13at all
24:14in the decade
24:15since its 1983 release.
24:23Number 4
24:24Never Gonna Give You Up
24:26Rick Astley
24:35We promise
24:36we're not Rickrolling you
24:37with this one
24:37because let's face it
24:38we don't have to.
24:39Rick Astley's resurgence
24:40in pop culture
24:41due to the 2000s
24:42internet meme
24:43was no accident.
24:44He just so happened
24:45to have summed up
24:46an entire decade
24:47perfectly with this one.
24:48Here's how we both
24:49know what's been
24:50going on
24:52We know the game
24:53and we're
24:54gonna play it
24:55It's not just
24:56the corny
24:57programmed drums
24:58the sappy lyrics
24:59or the over-the-top
25:00vocal performance
25:01it's also the music video
25:02which we just can't
25:04imagine ever being
25:05taken seriously
25:05even at the height
25:07of the 1980s.
25:16Still
25:16over the years
25:17people have grown
25:18to actually give
25:19this song its due
25:20for its immense
25:21catchiness
25:21and breezy attitude
25:22and
25:23we can definitely
25:24count ourselves
25:25among that number
25:26Number 3
25:36Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
25:38Wham
25:44Cheesy pop music
25:46may well have
25:46peaked with Wham's
25:471984 smash hit
25:49Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
25:50a song that knows
25:51exactly what
25:52its assignment is
25:59When George Michael
26:00wrote this one
26:01he wasn't trying to
26:02change the world
26:02or spill his heart
26:03out on paper
26:04nope
26:04some songs
26:05can just be
26:06carefree
26:06fun
26:07and incredibly
26:08breezy pieces
26:09of pop genius
26:10wake me up
26:11before you go go
26:13don't leave me
26:13hanging on
26:14like a yo-yo
26:15wake me up
26:17before you go
26:18sure
26:18it's so sugary sweet
26:20that you're not
26:20always gonna be
26:21in the mood
26:22to listen to this one
26:22but when Wham
26:23went mining for a hit
26:24they most certainly
26:25struck gold
26:26when Wake Me Up
26:27Before You Go Go
26:28was released
26:44it's one of the
26:45greatest pop songs
26:46of all time
26:47and the title track
26:49from the most
26:49famous pop album
26:51of all time
26:51of course Thriller
26:52was gonna make it
26:53onto our list
27:01the video plays
27:03off of popular
27:0480s horror movie
27:04tropes
27:05and the song's
27:06synth-laden intro
27:07though clearly
27:08timeless
27:08takes you right
27:09back to an era
27:10that you might not
27:11have even lived
27:12through
27:20Jackson was in
27:21all-time great
27:22form during this
27:23period
27:23and the spooky
27:24but infinitely
27:25danceable Thriller
27:26was a mega hit
27:27to end all
27:28other mega hits
27:29this tune proved
27:30to be a magnet
27:31for the dance floor
27:31while still being
27:32a legitimately
27:33excellent piece
27:34of music composition
27:35modern artists
27:37take notes
27:37this is how it's done
27:46number one
27:47take on me
27:48aha
27:54we don't even need to mention
27:56the music video
27:57aha's 1985 single
27:58take on me
27:59is everything we love
28:00about this period
28:01of time in music
28:02it's the type of song
28:03that could have worked
28:04in any era
28:05but we're genuinely
28:06thankful it got
28:07the 80s treatment
28:08the icy synths that
28:19kicked this one off
28:20were an instant earworm
28:21to anyone who heard them
28:22but they just so happen
28:23to be backed up
28:24by a vocal melody
28:25full of color and charisma
28:36this is the kind of song
28:38people tend to mention
28:39when it comes to the 80s
28:40aesthetic and sound
28:41working perfectly
28:58which 80s song
28:59instantly transports
29:00you back in time
29:01let us know in the comments
29:02the 80s
29:07You