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Dance performances, live music, and storytelling have a long tradition throughout history, even as the styles and available methods of delivery have shifted dramatically.","image":{"id":0,"url":"/04/167104-050-A0D0F726.jpg","altText":"Entertainment & Pop Culture","fullUrl":"https://cdn.britannica.com/04/167104-050-A0D0F726.jpg"}},"typeDisplayName":"Text Multiple Choices"}], "quiz": {"id":10098,"generalAudience":true,"popular":false,"vocab":false,"categories":[{"label":"Entertainment & Pop Culture","slug":"Entertainment-Pop-Culture"}],"type":"TEXT_MULTIPLE_CHOICE","image":{"altText":"British musical group Culture Club on the set of the "Karma Chameleon" video, 1983; (left to right) Roy Hay, Jon Moss, Boy George and Mikey Craig.","credit":"Andre Csillag/Shutterstock.com","fullUrl":"https://cdn.britannica.com/51/226651-131-79F4AC04/Culture-Club-on-set-of-Karma-Chameleon-video.jpg"},"title":"80s Music Quiz","timed":true,"seconds":15,"questions":[{"text":"“When Doves Cry”","correctAnswerIndex":1,"answers":["Madonna","Prince","Freddie Mercury","James Brown"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG3VcCAlUgE\" data-show-preview=\"true\">“When Doves Cry”</a> was released in 1984 as part of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.britannica.com/biography/Prince-singer-and-songwriter\" class=\"md-crosslink \" data-show-preview=\"true\">Prince</a> & the Revolution’s <em>Purple Rain</em> album. The album remains his most successful, winning a Grammy Award and an Academy Award."},{"text":"“Love Shack”","correctAnswerIndex":2,"answers":["Talking Heads","R.E.M.","the B-52’s","Devo"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SOryJvTAGs\" data-show-preview=\"true\">“Love Shack”</a> was released in 1989 on the <em>Cosmic Thing</em> album by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.britannica.com/topic/the-B-52s\" class=\"md-crosslink \" data-show-preview=\"true\">the B-52’s</a> (later the B-52s). This new wave song reached number three on the <em>Billboard</em> Hot 100 in 1989."},{"text":"“Down Under”","correctAnswerIndex":2,"answers":["Kenny Loggins","Men Without Hats","Men at Work","the Fratellis"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfR9iY5y94s\" data-show-preview=\"true\">“Down Under”</a> was released in 1981 as part of Men at Work’s <em>Business as Usual</em> album. The song has achieved an almost patriotic status in Australia, as it is still played at many sporting events."},{"text":"“I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)”","correctAnswerIndex":3,"answers":["Celine Dion","Tina Turner","Eurythmics","Whitney Houston"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH3giaIzONA\" data-show-preview=\"true\">“I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)”</a> was released in 1987 as part of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.britannica.com/biography/Whitney-Houston\" class=\"md-crosslink \" data-show-preview=\"true\">Whitney Houston</a>’s <em>Whitney</em> album. The extremely popular song earned Houston a Grammy Award."},{"text":"“Come on Eileen”","correctAnswerIndex":0,"answers":["Dexys Midnight Runners","the Bureau","Pete Wingfield","Reel Big Fish"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbpnAGajyMc\" data-show-preview=\"true\">“Come on Eileen”</a> was released in 1982 as part of Dexys Midnight Runners’ <em>Too-Rye-Ay</em> album. The song reached number one in both the United States and the United Kingdom."},{"text":"“Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)”","correctAnswerIndex":0,"answers":["Eurythmics","the Cure","Pitbull","the Tourists"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeMFqkcPYcg\" data-show-preview=\"true\">“Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)”</a> was released in 1983 as part of Eurythmics’ album of the same name. The song’s strange music video became popular on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.britannica.com/topic/MTV\" class=\"md-crosslink \" data-show-preview=\"true\">MTV</a>, making the song a classic."},{"text":"“Walk This Way”","correctAnswerIndex":0,"answers":["Run-DMC","Boyz II Men","Beastie Boys","LL Cool J"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B_UYYPb-Gk\" data-show-preview=\"true\">“Walk This Way”</a> was released in 1986 as part of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.britannica.com/topic/Run-DMC\" class=\"md-crosslink \" data-show-preview=\"true\">Run-DMC</a>’s <em>Raising Hell</em> album. The song was a remake of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.britannica.com/topic/Aerosmith\" class=\"md-crosslink \" data-show-preview=\"true\">Aerosmith</a>’s song of the same title, and it featured the hard-rocking originators."},{"text":"“867-5309/Jenny”","correctAnswerIndex":2,"answers":["Def Leppard","the Smiths","Tommy Tutone","Bel Biv DeVoe"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WTdTwcmxyo\" data-show-preview=\"true\">“867-5309/Jenny”</a> was released in 1981 as part of Tommy Tutone’s <em>Tommy Tutone 2</em> album. The popular song inspired many to call that number with a random area code in front."},{"text":"“Uptown Girl”","correctAnswerIndex":0,"answers":["Billy Joel","Elton John","Paul McCartney","Bob Dylan"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCuMWrfXG4E\" data-show-preview=\"true\">“Uptown Girl”</a> was released in 1983 as part of Billy Joel’s <em>An Innocent Man</em> album. The song has achieved platinum status, having sold more than one million copies."},{"text":"“I Want to Know What Love Is”","correctAnswerIndex":1,"answers":["Tina Turner","Foreigner","the Bangles","REO Speedwagon"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3Pr1_v7hsw\" data-show-preview=\"true\">“I Want to Know What Love Is”</a> was released in 1984 as part of Foreigner’s <em>Agent Provocateur</em> album. The song achieved platinum status in the United Kingdom in 2020."},{"text":"“Sweet Child O’ Mine”","correctAnswerIndex":1,"answers":["the Rolling Stones","Guns N’ Roses","Iron Maiden","Aerosmith"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w7OgIMMRc4\" data-show-preview=\"true\">“Sweet Child O’ Mine”</a> was released in 1987 as part of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.britannica.com/topic/Guns-N-Roses\" class=\"md-crosslink \" data-show-preview=\"true\">Guns N’ Roses</a>’s <em>Appetite for Destruction</em> album. The single is the band’s sole number-one hit on <em>Billboard</em> U.S. charts."},{"text":"“Another One Bites the Dust”","correctAnswerIndex":2,"answers":["Whitesnake","Men at Work","Queen","Prince"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0WxgSXdEE\" data-show-preview=\"true\">“Another One Bites the Dust”</a> was released in 1980 as part of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.britannica.com/topic/Queen-British-rock-group\" class=\"md-crosslink \" data-show-preview=\"true\">Queen</a>’s <em>The Game</em> album. The album became the band’s only number-one album in the United States."},{"text":"“Karma Chameleon”","correctAnswerIndex":3,"answers":["Band Aid","Wham!","Spandau Ballet","Culture Club"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmcA9LIIXWw\" data-show-preview=\"true\">“Karma Chameleon”</a> was released in 1983 as part of Culture Club’s <em>Colour by Numbers</em> album. The song is about the fear of alienation that people have and the need to “blend in.”"},{"text":"“Here I Go Again”","correctAnswerIndex":0,"answers":["Whitesnake","Billy Joel","Survivor","a-ha"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyF8RHM1OCg\" data-show-preview=\"true\">“Here I Go Again”</a> was released in 1982 as part of Whitesnake’s <em>Saints & Sinners</em> album. The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.britannica.com/art/pop-ballad\" class=\"md-crosslink \" data-show-preview=\"true\">pop ballad</a> would be re-recorded in 1987, when it would go on to top the charts."},{"text":"“What’s Love Got to Do with It”","correctAnswerIndex":0,"answers":["Tina Turner","Diana Ross","Cher","Aretha Franklin"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGpFcHTxjZs\" data-show-preview=\"true\">“What’s Love Got to Do with It”</a> was released in 1984 as part of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tina-Turner\" class=\"md-crosslink \" data-show-preview=\"true\">Tina Turner</a>’s <em>Private Dancer</em> album. The song won Turner a Grammy Award for best female pop vocal performance of the year."},{"text":"“Back in Black”","correctAnswerIndex":3,"answers":["Metallica","Led Zeppelin","Black Sabbath","AC/DC"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAgnJDJN4VA\" data-show-preview=\"true\">“Back in Black”</a> was released in 1980 as part of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.britannica.com/topic/AC-DC\" class=\"md-crosslink \" data-show-preview=\"true\">AC/DC</a>’s <em>Back in Black</em> album. The album sold more than 25 million copies in the United States alone."},{"text":"“In the Air Tonight”","correctAnswerIndex":0,"answers":["Phil Collins","Ringo Starr","Sting","Tony Banks"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkADj0TPrJA\" data-show-preview=\"true\">“In the Air Tonight”</a> was released in 1981 as part of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.britannica.com/biography/Phil-Collins\" class=\"md-crosslink \" data-show-preview=\"true\">Phil Collins</a>’s <em>Face Value</em> album. The song is famous for its drum break toward the end."},{"text":"“(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life”","correctAnswerIndex":1,"answers":["Air Supply","Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes","the Bee Gees","Crosby, Stills & Nash"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BQLE_RrTSU\" data-show-preview=\"true\">“(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life”</a> is sung by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes. It was released in 1987 as the theme song for the movie <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.britannica.com/topic/Dirty-Dancing\" class=\"md-crosslink \" data-show-preview=\"true\">Dirty Dancing</a></em>."},{"text":"“Livin’ on a Prayer”","correctAnswerIndex":0,"answers":["Bon Jovi","Pink Floyd","U2","Nirvana"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDK9QqIzhwk\" data-show-preview=\"true\">“Livin’ on a Prayer”</a> was released in 1986 as part of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bon-Jovi\" class=\"md-crosslink \" data-show-preview=\"true\">Bon Jovi</a>’s <em>Slippery When Wet</em> album. The song topped the charts and is the band’s signature song."},{"text":"“Take on Me”","correctAnswerIndex":1,"answers":["Rick Astley","a-ha","Tears for Fears","Duran Duran"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914\" data-show-preview=\"true\">“Take on Me”</a> was originally released in 1984 and rereleased in 1985 as part of a-ha’s <em>Hunting High and Low</em> album. Its live-action pencil-sketched music video has led many to place this video in the category of the greatest of all time."},{"text":"“I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”","correctAnswerIndex":0,"answers":["U2","Maroon 5","Coldplay","Pink Floyd"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3-5YC_oHjE\" data-show-preview=\"true\">“I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”</a> was released in 1987 as part of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.britannica.com/topic/U2\" class=\"md-crosslink \" data-show-preview=\"true\">U2</a>’s <em>The Joshua Tree</em> album. Alongside the song “With or Without You,” this album rocketed the group into pop star status."},{"text":"“Jump”","correctAnswerIndex":2,"answers":["the Beatles","Iron Maiden","Van Halen","Kiss"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwYN7mTi6HM\" data-show-preview=\"true\">“Jump”</a> was released in 1984 as part of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.britannica.com/topic/Van-Halen\" class=\"md-crosslink \" data-show-preview=\"true\">Van Halen</a>’s <em>1984</em> album. The song peaked at number one on the <em>Billboard</em> charts."},{"text":"“Hungry like the Wolf”","correctAnswerIndex":3,"answers":["INXS","the Bangles","Aerosmith","Duran Duran"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJL-lCzEXgI\" data-show-preview=\"true\">“Hungry like the Wolf”</a> was released in 1982 as part of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.britannica.com/topic/Duran-Duran\" class=\"md-crosslink \" data-show-preview=\"true\">Duran Duran</a>’s <em>Rio</em> album. The song’s music video won the first Grammy Award for Best Video, Short Form in 1984."},{"text":"“Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”","correctAnswerIndex":3,"answers":["Journey","Foreigner","the Smiths","Wham!"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIgZ7gMze7A\" data-show-preview=\"true\">“Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”</a> is a single by the duo Wham!, consisting of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley. The song was released in 1984 and soon became a number-one hit in both the United States and the United Kingdom."},{"text":"“All Night Long (All Night)”","correctAnswerIndex":0,"answers":["Lionel Richie","Diana Ross","Marvin Gaye","the Commodores"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqAvFx3NxUM\" data-show-preview=\"true\">“All Night Long (All Night)”</a> was released in 1983 as part of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lionel-Richie\" class=\"md-crosslink \" data-show-preview=\"true\">Lionel Richie</a>’s <em>Can’t Slow Down</em> album. The song is one of the best known from his solo career and earned a Grammy nomination for song of the year."},{"text":"“Beat It”","correctAnswerIndex":2,"answers":["Bon Jovi","the Eagles","Michael Jackson","the Cure"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRdxUFDoQe0\" data-show-preview=\"true\">“Beat It”</a> is part of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.britannica.com/biography/Michael-Jackson\" class=\"md-crosslink \" data-show-preview=\"true\">Michael Jackson</a>’s <em>Thriller</em> album, released in 1982. It is one of the best-selling singles of all time."},{"text":"“Eye of the Tiger”","correctAnswerIndex":1,"answers":["Joe Esposito","Survivor","Chaka Khan","Men Without Hats"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btPJPFnesV4\" data-show-preview=\"true\">“Eye of the Tiger”</a> was released in 1982 as part of Survivor’s <em>Eye of the Tiger</em> album. The song gained a lot of popularity after it appeared as the theme song for <em>Rocky III</em> (1982)."},{"text":"“Don’t Stop Believin’”","correctAnswerIndex":2,"answers":["the Eagles","Duran Duran","Journey","R.E.M."],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k8craCGpgs\" data-show-preview=\"true\">“Don’t Stop Believin’”</a> was released in 1981 as part of Journey’s <em>Escape</em> album. The inspirational and catchy rock song has become the band’s most iconic song."},{"text":"“Straight Outta Compton”","correctAnswerIndex":0,"answers":["N.W.A","DMX","Ice-T","Snoop Dogg"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMZi25Pq3T8\" data-show-preview=\"true\">“Straight Outta Compton”</a> was released in 1988 as part of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.britannica.com/topic/NWA\" class=\"md-crosslink \" data-show-preview=\"true\">N.W.A</a>’s album of the same name. The controversial song offers uncensored thoughts on women, drug dealing, gang activity, and police brutality, topics largely unexplored in the mainstream music industry at that time."},{"text":"“Walk Like an Egyptian”","correctAnswerIndex":3,"answers":["Bananarama","the Go-Go’s","the Runaways","the Bangles"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv6tuzHUuuk\" data-show-preview=\"true\">“Walk Like an Egyptian”</a> was released in 1986 as part of the Bangles’ <em>Different Light</em> album. The pop rock song became <em>Billboard</em>’s number-one song of 1987."},{"text":"“Super Freak”","correctAnswerIndex":0,"answers":["Rick James","Prince","Smokey Robinson","MC Hammer"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYHxGBH6o4M\" data-show-preview=\"true\">“Super Freak”</a> was released in 1981 as part of Rick James’s <em>Street Songs</em> album. The popular song has been sampled by others, including MC Hammer in “U Can’t Touch This” (1990)."},{"text":"“Total Eclipse of the Heart”","correctAnswerIndex":2,"answers":["Kim Carnes","Tina Turner","Bonnie Tyler","Cyndi Lauper"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcOxhH8N3Bo\" data-show-preview=\"true\">“Total Eclipse of the Heart”</a> was released in 1983 as part of Bonnie Tyler’s <em>Faster Than the Speed of Night</em> album. The single reached platinum status in 2001, having sold more than one million copies worldwide."},{"text":"“Keep on Loving You”","correctAnswerIndex":3,"answers":["38 Special","Chicago","Styx","REO Speedwagon"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJzNZ1c5C9c\" data-show-preview=\"true\">“Keep on Loving You”</a> was released in 1980 as part of REO Speedwagon’s <em>Hi Infidelity</em> album. The popular single has achieved platinum status in the United States."},{"text":"“Girls Just Want to Have Fun”","correctAnswerIndex":2,"answers":["Pat Benatar","Joan Jett","Cyndi Lauper","Blondie"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIb6AZdTr-A\" data-show-preview=\"true\">“Girls Just Want to Have Fun”</a> was released in 1983 as part of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cyndi-Lauper\" class=\"md-crosslink \" data-show-preview=\"true\">Cyndi Lauper</a>’s <em>She’s So Unusual</em> album. This song made Lauper a pop icon, and the music video became an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.britannica.com/topic/MTV\" class=\"md-crosslink \" data-show-preview=\"true\">MTV</a> favorite."},{"text":"“Just a Friend”","correctAnswerIndex":0,"answers":["Biz Markie","Slick Rick","Marley Marl","Vanilla Ice"],"difficulty":4,"explanation":"<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aofoBrFNdg\" data-show-preview=\"true\">“Just a Friend”</a> was released in 1989 as part of Biz Markie’s <em>The Biz Never Sleeps</em> album. 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The album remains his most successful, winning a Grammy Award and an Academy Award.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: “Love Shack”</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SOryJvTAGs" data-show-preview="true">“Love Shack”</a> was released in 1989 on the <em>Cosmic Thing</em> album by <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/the-B-52s" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">the B-52’s</a> (later the B-52s). This new wave song reached number three on the <em>Billboard</em> Hot 100 in 1989.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: “Down Under”</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfR9iY5y94s" data-show-preview="true">“Down Under”</a> was released in 1981 as part of Men at Work’s <em>Business as Usual</em> album. The song has achieved an almost patriotic status in Australia, as it is still played at many sporting events.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)”</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH3giaIzONA" data-show-preview="true">“I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)”</a> was released in 1987 as part of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Whitney-Houston" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Whitney Houston</a>’s <em>Whitney</em> album. The extremely popular song earned Houston a Grammy Award.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: “Come on Eileen”</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbpnAGajyMc" data-show-preview="true">“Come on Eileen”</a> was released in 1982 as part of Dexys Midnight Runners’ <em>Too-Rye-Ay</em> album. The song reached number one in both the United States and the United Kingdom.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)”</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeMFqkcPYcg" data-show-preview="true">“Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)”</a> was released in 1983 as part of Eurythmics’ album of the same name. The song’s strange music video became popular on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/MTV" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">MTV</a>, making the song a classic.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: “Walk This Way”</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B_UYYPb-Gk" data-show-preview="true">“Walk This Way”</a> was released in 1986 as part of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Run-DMC" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Run-DMC</a>’s <em>Raising Hell</em> album. The song was a remake of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Aerosmith" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Aerosmith</a>’s song of the same title, and it featured the hard-rocking originators.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: “867-5309/Jenny”</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WTdTwcmxyo" data-show-preview="true">“867-5309/Jenny”</a> was released in 1981 as part of Tommy Tutone’s <em>Tommy Tutone 2</em> album. The popular song inspired many to call that number with a random area code in front.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: “Uptown Girl”</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCuMWrfXG4E" data-show-preview="true">“Uptown Girl”</a> was released in 1983 as part of Billy Joel’s <em>An Innocent Man</em> album. The song has achieved platinum status, having sold more than one million copies.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: “I Want to Know What Love Is”</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3Pr1_v7hsw" data-show-preview="true">“I Want to Know What Love Is”</a> was released in 1984 as part of Foreigner’s <em>Agent Provocateur</em> album. The song achieved platinum status in the United Kingdom in 2020.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: “Sweet Child O’ Mine”</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w7OgIMMRc4" data-show-preview="true">“Sweet Child O’ Mine”</a> was released in 1987 as part of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Guns-N-Roses" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Guns N’ Roses</a>’s <em>Appetite for Destruction</em> album. The single is the band’s sole number-one hit on <em>Billboard</em> U.S. charts.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: “Another One Bites the Dust”</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0WxgSXdEE" data-show-preview="true">“Another One Bites the Dust”</a> was released in 1980 as part of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Queen-British-rock-group" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Queen</a>’s <em>The Game</em> album. The album became the band’s only number-one album in the United States.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: “Karma Chameleon”</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmcA9LIIXWw" data-show-preview="true">“Karma Chameleon”</a> was released in 1983 as part of Culture Club’s <em>Colour by Numbers</em> album. The song is about the fear of alienation that people have and the need to “blend in.”</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: “Here I Go Again”</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyF8RHM1OCg" data-show-preview="true">“Here I Go Again”</a> was released in 1982 as part of Whitesnake’s <em>Saints & Sinners</em> album. The <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/art/pop-ballad" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">pop ballad</a> would be re-recorded in 1987, when it would go on to top the charts.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: “What’s Love Got to Do with It”</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGpFcHTxjZs" data-show-preview="true">“What’s Love Got to Do with It”</a> was released in 1984 as part of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tina-Turner" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Tina Turner</a>’s <em>Private Dancer</em> album. The song won Turner a Grammy Award for best female pop vocal performance of the year.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: “Back in Black”</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAgnJDJN4VA" data-show-preview="true">“Back in Black”</a> was released in 1980 as part of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/AC-DC" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">AC/DC</a>’s <em>Back in Black</em> album. The album sold more than 25 million copies in the United States alone.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: “In the Air Tonight”</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkADj0TPrJA" data-show-preview="true">“In the Air Tonight”</a> was released in 1981 as part of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Phil-Collins" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Phil Collins</a>’s <em>Face Value</em> album. The song is famous for its drum break toward the end.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life”</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BQLE_RrTSU" data-show-preview="true">“(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life”</a> is sung by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes. It was released in 1987 as the theme song for the movie <em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Dirty-Dancing" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Dirty Dancing</a></em>.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: “Livin’ on a Prayer”</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDK9QqIzhwk" data-show-preview="true">“Livin’ on a Prayer”</a> was released in 1986 as part of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bon-Jovi" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Bon Jovi</a>’s <em>Slippery When Wet</em> album. The song topped the charts and is the band’s signature song.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: “Take on Me”</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914" data-show-preview="true">“Take on Me”</a> was originally released in 1984 and rereleased in 1985 as part of a-ha’s <em>Hunting High and Low</em> album. Its live-action pencil-sketched music video has led many to place this video in the category of the greatest of all time.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3-5YC_oHjE" data-show-preview="true">“I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”</a> was released in 1987 as part of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/U2" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">U2</a>’s <em>The Joshua Tree</em> album. Alongside the song “With or Without You,” this album rocketed the group into pop star status.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: “Jump”</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwYN7mTi6HM" data-show-preview="true">“Jump”</a> was released in 1984 as part of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Van-Halen" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Van Halen</a>’s <em>1984</em> album. The song peaked at number one on the <em>Billboard</em> charts.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: “Hungry like the Wolf”</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJL-lCzEXgI" data-show-preview="true">“Hungry like the Wolf”</a> was released in 1982 as part of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Duran-Duran" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Duran Duran</a>’s <em>Rio</em> album. The song’s music video won the first Grammy Award for Best Video, Short Form in 1984.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIgZ7gMze7A" data-show-preview="true">“Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”</a> is a single by the duo Wham!, consisting of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley. The song was released in 1984 and soon became a number-one hit in both the United States and the United Kingdom.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: “All Night Long (All Night)”</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqAvFx3NxUM" data-show-preview="true">“All Night Long (All Night)”</a> was released in 1983 as part of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lionel-Richie" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Lionel Richie</a>’s <em>Can’t Slow Down</em> album. The song is one of the best known from his solo career and earned a Grammy nomination for song of the year.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: “Beat It”</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRdxUFDoQe0" data-show-preview="true">“Beat It”</a> is part of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Michael-Jackson" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Michael Jackson</a>’s <em>Thriller</em> album, released in 1982. It is one of the best-selling singles of all time.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: “Eye of the Tiger”</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btPJPFnesV4" data-show-preview="true">“Eye of the Tiger”</a> was released in 1982 as part of Survivor’s <em>Eye of the Tiger</em> album. The song gained a lot of popularity after it appeared as the theme song for <em>Rocky III</em> (1982).</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: “Don’t Stop Believin’”</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k8craCGpgs" data-show-preview="true">“Don’t Stop Believin’”</a> was released in 1981 as part of Journey’s <em>Escape</em> album. The inspirational and catchy rock song has become the band’s most iconic song.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: “Straight Outta Compton”</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMZi25Pq3T8" data-show-preview="true">“Straight Outta Compton”</a> was released in 1988 as part of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/NWA" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">N.W.A</a>’s album of the same name. The controversial song offers uncensored thoughts on women, drug dealing, gang activity, and police brutality, topics largely unexplored in the mainstream music industry at that time.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: “Walk Like an Egyptian”</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv6tuzHUuuk" data-show-preview="true">“Walk Like an Egyptian”</a> was released in 1986 as part of the Bangles’ <em>Different Light</em> album. The pop rock song became <em>Billboard</em>’s number-one song of 1987.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: “Super Freak”</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYHxGBH6o4M" data-show-preview="true">“Super Freak”</a> was released in 1981 as part of Rick James’s <em>Street Songs</em> album. The popular song has been sampled by others, including MC Hammer in “U Can’t Touch This” (1990).</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: “Total Eclipse of the Heart”</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcOxhH8N3Bo" data-show-preview="true">“Total Eclipse of the Heart”</a> was released in 1983 as part of Bonnie Tyler’s <em>Faster Than the Speed of Night</em> album. The single reached platinum status in 2001, having sold more than one million copies worldwide.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: “Keep on Loving You”</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJzNZ1c5C9c" data-show-preview="true">“Keep on Loving You”</a> was released in 1980 as part of REO Speedwagon’s <em>Hi Infidelity</em> album. The popular single has achieved platinum status in the United States.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”</dt> <dd>Answer: <a target="_blank" class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIb6AZdTr-A" data-show-preview="true">“Girls Just Want to Have Fun”</a> was released in 1983 as part of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cyndi-Lauper" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Cyndi Lauper</a>’s <em>She’s So Unusual</em> album. 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