Kim Carnes’ Bette Davis Eyes ruled 1981, holding the No. 1 spot for nine consecutive weeks and becoming one of the most ...

With the decade’s incessant use of neon, pastel suits too bright for the human eye, unattractive mullets, as well as the release of tacky, over-the-top films like “Top Gun” and “Pretty in Pink,” the ...

Type "New York" into a Spotify search, and you’ll get a list of hundreds and hundreds of titles (and those are just the ones ...

Road trips are a quintessential part of the American experience and hitting the highway with the perfect soundtrack is the stuff of legend. Here are 15 era-defining songs that would 100% be on a ...

Jimmy Cliff’s passing brings new attention to his timeless music. Discover 10 classic Jimmy Cliff songs and why they still ...

From synth-pop to stadium rock, post-punk to art pop, here are the defining albums that shaped each unforgettable year of the ...

Music is a common mnemonic device, which may explain why you remember 1980s song lyrics but not a lick of what you’ve studied ...

E very generation gets a song that feels like a battle cry, even when it was never meant to be one. In the mid‑1980s, three ...

To be controversial can mean many things, but when it comes to songs from the 1980s, one of the most common arguments against them is their cringe factor. The synths, the reverb on the snare, the ...

It's no exaggeration to say that Dolly Parton is one of the most beloved songwriters of all time, having gifted the world with such timeless classics as "Jolene," "I Will Always Love You," "Coat of ...