Pop Culture

Music:

a-ha “take on me”

 

 

 

Prince

 

Queen

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michael Jackson

 

Here are honorable mentions for top musicians and hits throughout the 1980’s. Other well known and influential songs and hits include:

  • Toto – “Africa”
  • Rickey Astley “Never Gonna Give You Up”
  • Journey – “Don’t Stop Believin”
  • Whitney Houston – “I Wanna Dance”
  • Cyndi Lauper – “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”

 

Movies/TV:

ET (1982)
Footloose (1984)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
PacMan (1980)
Star Wars Return of the Jedi (1983)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These are some of the top-charted movies of their time, including the game “PacMan”, other hits include:

  • Ghostbusters (1984)
  • The Shinning (1980)
  • Aliens (1986)
  • Heathers (1988)
  • The Terminator (1984)
  • Gremlins (1984)