Story by Don Ekama • 1mo Top 30 ‘80s Songs That Got Popular Again Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our ...

There is something about early '80s songs that have the power to transport us to a simpler, more care-free and wild time: In 1981, the first space shuttle, Columbia, was launched, the Cold War was ...

The 1980s saw a shift in pop culture, leaving a legacy that lasts to this day. The world was changing, and entertainment followed suit. New technology launched. Blockbuster films dominated theaters ...

The cult animated hit Heavy Metal has a bunch of great tunes in it. Sammy Hagar, Blue Öyster Cult, Devo, and others all have great tunes. One of the best, if not the best, is "Heavy Metal - Take A ...

This essay originally appeared in NPR Music's weekly newsletter. Subscribe to the newsletter here. In other words, like a penny stock that's somehow hit big, my once-useless obsession with the pop ...

For music fans whose taste favors 60s and 70s music, the 80s certainly wasn’t your decade. Nothing wrong with that, as the 80s are a unique decade both to a benefit and to a fault. Though between that ...

Paul McCartney began the '80s in much the same position as he'd entered the '70s: He released a home-recorded solo album after a blockbuster band had broken up. Despite those ups and many downs, ...

If the title isn’t enough of a hint of why this screams Stranger Things, the 1985 song features a chorus with the line, ...

Some artists thrived in the '80s — Michael Jackson, Prince, Madonna, etc. Others, arguably, did not. Even the most devoted of Bob Dylan fans don't typically point to the '80s as his best decade of ...

The 1980s pulsed with an electric energy that transformed not just music, but the entire cultural landscape of America. This was the decade when MTV revolutionized how we consumed music, when ...