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Songs of 1984 are turning 30 -- Snake gets credit for the idea!

CajunCrimson

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I won't take credit for the idea -- Snake gets that! But, these former #1 songs are turning 30 this year!

1. Say Say Say -- Michael Jackson/Paul McCartney
2. Owner of a Lonely Heart - Yes
3. Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
4. Jump - Van Halen
5. Footloose - Kenny Loggins
6. Against All Odds - Phil Collins
7. Hello - Lionel Richie
8. Let's Hear it for the Boy - Denise Williams
9. Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
10. The Reflex - Duran Duran
11. When Doves Cry - Prince
12. Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr
13. What's Love Got to Do With It - Tina Turner
14. Missing You - John Waite
15. Let's Go Crazy - Prince
16. I Just Called to Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder
17. Carribean Queen - Billy Ocean
18. Wake Me Up Before You Go Go - Wham
19. Out of Touch - Hall and Oates
20. Like a Virgin - Madonna
 
snake plissken

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LOL.....how bout we just throw the entire album of "1984" from Van Halen out there. What a classic..."I'm Hot for Teacher."

Springsteen dominated that year too with, "Born in the USA."

Oh and Madonna's "Like a Virgin." The very first Album I ever bought.
 
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Oh Sherrie - Steve Perry (kind of ripping off his former band's sound)
Cum on Feel The Noize - Quiet Riot

and who could forget

Ya Mo Be There - Michael McDonald
 
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Some of my favorite releases of 1984:
Van Halen, 1984
Metallica, Ride the Lightning
U2, The Unforgettable Fire
Iron Maiden, Powerslave

Those groups are still around, with some lineup changes (there was a new VH album with DLR in 2012, but for all I know they may have broken up again). I saw Iron Maiden in Atlanta in 2012; probably the best concert I've been to. I don't know of any musicians active today that I would predict to be well known 30 years from now.
 
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Undercover of the Night - Stones
Pink Houses - Mellancamp
Wrapped Around Your Finger - Police
Legs - ZZ Top
I Want a New Drug - Huey Lewis . . .
Heart of Rock & Roll - "
 
AlexanderFan

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I was seven. I still know most of these songs. Makes me feel old when I think that the older music is actually better than what comes out now....
 
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AlexanderFan said:
I was seven. I still know most of these songs. Makes me feel old when I think that the older music is actually better than what comes out now....
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I was in middle school... 7th and 8th grade. Currently, I'm student teaching in a 6th grade classroom. A couple of Fridays ago was '80s day, and since my supervising teacher wasn't born until 1983, I took the lead in telling students about the 1980s. I was amazed at the number of students who knew songs from the '80s. One kid specifically asked if we could play Europe's Final Countdown, and then pretty much the entire class hummed along to the music.

Oh yeah... and it was all I could do to avoid showing them Hot For Teacher.
 
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