Reacting to The Most Popular Song Each Month in the 80s
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I was born in the 70s so this 80s music is my growing up. I might be biased but the 80s was absolutely stacked with amazing music.
I enjoyed the 90's and 00's music grew up with but 65-89 was insane for music.
@@route2070 If I was only born during Woodstock, I would've loved to be a fly on the wall there.
@@lilyz2156 I wasn't old enough to go to woodstock but I remember my older sister wanting to go and begging my mom but we lived in Arizona and it was too far for a teenager to travel alone so she didn't get to go. I was born in 1958 so I wasn't even a teenager during woodstock but I had always wished that I could have gone.
@@plother4242 My uncle went to Woodstock and his stories of watching The Who, Santana and Jimi Hendrix perform captured my attention. I knew he was a hippie in the 60's while my mom was a Beatles fanatic.
@Legends World As a kid, my dad used to play Jail House Rock to get us up for school, Elvis played all day every day, Barbra Strisand, Abba and the threee Neils: Diamond, Sedaka and Young. My dads music. Chores on weekends as a kid to Elvis playing. Afternoons, elvis movies all of them. Yes my father was obsessed.
Take on Me was an absolutely revolutionary music video and holds its own even today.
MJ's Thriller Album as HUGE, HUGE, HUGE in 1983. It was clearly the pinnacle of his career. His tour was the most coveted ticket in the world that year.
Madonna's music in the 80s was enormous. I feel old that you don't know any of these songs!
You should check out the slow version of Take On Me by the same singer, some 30 years later.
The Thriller album was actually released in 1982.
@@jamesmarciel5237 I know that, but it was huge in the subsequent year as the litany of its singles were released and charted.
Had the Thriller album and saw MJ and his brothers in concert, my best friend and I used to play Thriller on the record player and scare my younger twin brothers with it, tuned of the lights and blasted the song to scare them. 1 was pissed and the other cried, as the older sis I laughed.
The fact he doesn't know any Madonna songs has just blown my mind as it makes nooooooooooo sense!
She is just in pop culture and her stuff still plays on Radio/TV documentaries/music channels, at family parties/shopping centres etc over the years
So makes nooooooooooo sense-could understand if he lived in Nigeria, I'm a Brit and really embarrassed by this video.
In the 1980s, Madonna was very famous. She was one of the most defining musical figures of the time due to her rebellious image, controversial actions, and songs with provoking lyrics and messages.
I only really like Madonna songs from the 80s and 90s. Not really a fan of her newer stuff.
I don't think many young people really get that.
Madonna had a string of 17 straight top 10 Billboard singles from 1983-1989. She then went on to score an additional 21 top 10 singles to date giving her a total of 38…..thus far….
All without being to carry a tune
@@dalemoore8582 Her tune > Your English
Who's Madonna?
Careless Whisper in 1985, you'd probably recognize its saxophone solo. It ranks as one of the most recognizable saxophone solos ever . lol
Same for Baker Street
I Will Always Love You was written and performed by Dolly Parton in 1974. Whitney Houston covered it in 1992 for the movie The Bodyguard.
@Derek Holcomb, Dolly has said that Whitney sung it "better" and she isn't upset that most people thinks the song is Whitney Houston's song. Dolly has made more money off the song, thanks to Whitney Houston.
Dolly even said in an interview that when she first heard Whitney singing the song, which was on the radio while she was driving, she almost had an accident but was able to pull over and listen. Dolly said she was STUNNED at Whitney's voice.
And Dolly's version is much better.
Wait I knew it was originally by Dolly but I just thought Whitney just covered it just to cover it I didn’t know it was for a movie. The more u know I guess 😂.
@@rubewaddell1704Nah Whitney’s better. Vocally she did much better (which is not surprising cause it’s Whitney and it’s hard to compete with that) and honestly to me it felt far more emotional.
@@davidstratton696, 2 different types of music.
Whitney Houston's was sung from vocals, whereas Dolly Parton's was sung from the heart. Both are great.
Kool and the Gang have numerous hits. Definitely not a one hit wonder. The songs are amazing and oh the memories. Great reaction Lav Luka
I bought Kool and the gangs greatest hits cd set.
😂
Love Kool and the Gang
Thriller came out in late 1982 and featured "Billie Jean," "Beat It," and "Thriller." One of the greatest albums of all time.
Laughed when you saw Maddona now. 🤣 Saw a meme the other day that was basically "Imagine going back in time to 1988 and telling people in 2023 that Roseanne Barr will look better than Madonna." Scary, but true.
Eh, give it 6 months and she'll have changed her look again. Madonna is all about change.
Lets talk about how Michael Jackson looked before he died then 🤡
I’m not sorry, the 80s had the best music and the best cartoons.
That’s the early 2000s for me when talking about cartoons
Best music, best movies, best tv shows. Everything was just better
I'm sorry. It did not. Best cartoons came out of the 1940s and 50s and the best music was between the late 60s to the early 80s.
@@robja19 I know what you’re saying, but actually 🤓 everything was not better.
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The 90s was the era for me 😂 Sheryl Crow, Counting Crows, Maxwell, Lauryn Hill, Spice Girls, Britney etc 🎉
Thurston, Wham! was very popular on this side of the pond. You should do reactions to a group of songs from one artist or group. Great to be a teenager in the 80's!
They were originally called Wham UK!
The 80s had the best music ever!
70s, 80s music is banging. So much that all of us could tell you about each of those artists, songs and where we were/ what we were doing. There's a reason so much from this era is sampled today
Yeah man who cares about the 60s and the Beatles
You've got to react to some of Madonna's videos. Her catalog of hits is unsurpassed. 50 number 1 dance songs! Like a Prayer, 4 minutes, vogue, hung up.....
It’s sad you judge Madonna as going down , just based in her looks,as she’s had hits for 40yrs and most recently as 2019.You really should go through her entire catalog of released songs, absolutely stunning work.
She had some fun songs back in the day and always pushed the envelope with her behavior. Its sad to see what she's done to herself.
As a former fan of Madonna, I too feel like Madonna is going down. There is a thing called aging with grace and Madonna does not know that for sure. There is no doubt that she was the queen of pop for almost 2 decades. She was one of the top artists in the 80s and 90s, and even had hits in early 2000s. I still listen to her old songs. But post 2010 and currently, her music is not good. And frankly she looks horrible. Grandma needs to retire.
@@krisskross6074stfu. You old bat Madonna fans are annoying. She doesn't need to do anything. She has a hit with the weeknd out rn that's really good. Plus her rebel heart album is good. She doesn't need to retire, maybe you just need to stfu and if you don't like her new music, then don't listen? Not a hard concept to grasp. As for aging gracefully, who gives af? In a million years, we're all just gonna be bones anyways, so how judgemental and mean you have to be to judge madonnas looks now
@@krisskross6074Stop listening to any of her music. We don't need your toxicity in the fandom. You don't deserve to listen to any of her music. I wish you misogynists would stop telling women in music to retire.
No thanks
I’m pretty sure if all these songs played for like 5-10 more seconds or at a different part I’m sure you’d recognize ALOT more. Some stop right before key melodies or they play parts that aren’t the as recognizable to those not familiar with the music.
That’s about all the compilations you’ve been watching lately. Start up the music reactions to these classics, your channels will grow a TON!
Wow, the sheer number of these songs you don't know makes me feel so old. These songs were the soundtrack of my childhood, and the music was SO good in the 80s. The fashion left a lot to be desired, but the music was amazing.
Madonna is the highest selling female recording artist of all time with 350 million records sold worldwide and has the most no.1 hits of each month out of any artist. Madonna had 7 songs in the 80’s, 4 songs in the 90’s and 4 songs in the 00’s!!
I was born in '77 so these were my jams growing up. To this days I listen to 80s music playlists on Spotify.
Bro I was born in 88 and didnt discover the 80s til my madonna deep dive. 1 of the best decisions of my life
Oh the nostalgia. I was born in '91 to parents who just turned 20 so this was basically my early introduction to music along with the 90s (as they came). I knew about 95% of all these songs.
The compilation of music from the 80s, might never be equalled. So many different sounds, but all wonderful.
I like the fact that Lav will stop the video to look up stuff related to the video!! Tryinng to learn as much as you can is always a great thing!!
Paul McCartney gave Michael Jackson some financial advice once. Told him that the money in music was to get the publishing rights to music. Then when the Beatles music catalogue came up for sale, Michael out bid Paul for it. That ended that friendship.
Also... Wham! and George Michael were definitely huge in the US, if not worldwide.
Ah, this was the soundtrack of my youth, since I graduated high school in 1987. All of them brought back memories! There were a few in the 1980 and 1981 group I didn't quite recognize, but might if I listened to the whole song. But after that, boom. And yeah, there were a lot of duos in the 1980s! McCartney did a great job of working with others to keep his music relevant. Lionel Richie was THE MAN in the 1980s. And Whitney. And Madonna. I mean, so many icons. You really should do a deep dive on Madonna's 80s songs. Especially her videos were groundbreaking, like Like a Prayer.
Fellow 1987 high school graduate here. I remember I joined the Army the following year and was in Germany in 1989. One of the guys in my platoon came to show me this new Madonna single that was just released called Vogue on cd. It had a such a strong dance beat we were dancing around my room! There was a huge cd store down the street from our base and we were there every Saturday.
I was born in 86 and it’s so cool to watch this and unlock core memories. My sister was in high school, so we lived and breathed MTV. The videos from 89 were really memorable…
86 here too! Agree with you
Madonna was the queen of music videos.
The Prince Batdance one was tied to the Batman movie back then. Made specifically for the movie.
OMG this was such a fun video! I was fascinated to see which ones you've heard of, or not. When I thought you might not know it, you were like "of course I know this!" lol. Great one. Do more!
btw you should listen to more Madonna early music lol! The song you were trying to remember is called "4 Minutes" with Justin Timberlake.
The 80's was considered the time of the 2nd British invasion, George Michael was one of the singers of Wham "Wake Me up before you go-go."
Wham and George Michael solo was huge over here!
Thurston it has been a privilege hearing your takes on videos these couple of years, but I am really enjoying these music vids most of all
Looks at picture of Madonna "I'm so confused" yes, yes we all are
And with MTV you have the birth of The King of The Parody, Weird Al Yankovic...😊
1984-1988 were best years in human history.....
Fun Fact: George Michael was the lead singer of Wham
And the bangles started off as a punk rock band called the bangs.
I was born in 1980 and songs from Michael Jackson's Thriller album were everywhere when I was a kid. There was a woman who used to babysit me sometimes who had 3 boys of her own and one of my earliest memories is of them running around her house singing Beat It and trying to moonwalk while their mom tried to teach me how to snap my fingers.
This era was also the start of MTV so music videos really took prominence.
"TV adverts" You know you're getting old when the music from your childhood starts showing up in TV ads. 😆
Jackson 5 was Michael and his brothers, their parents didn't let Janet (their sister) take part. I think the biggest Jackson 6 songs were "ABC" and "I'll Be There."
lol you mean Jackson 5, right?
To give you an idea of how *huge* Michael Jackson, Phil Collins and Sir Paul McCartney are/were. They are the only three people *in history* to sell 100 million records as *both* a Solo artist *and* in a Group (Jackson 5, Genesis, The Beatles)
Lav you did a good job! This was a great time. Thanks! The best decade of music.
No Kool and the Gang were definitely not a one hit wonder. They had lots of really big hits!!
18:10 "I don't know any...do I know any George Michael songs?" You know Wham!'s Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go...
Such a childhood refresher!! Quite a few of these still hold a special place in my heart and many are still awesome today ❤️
"Is that the first Bowie?" Assemble the angry villagers!!
No hate here for not knowing a lot of these songs. In fact it's fun watching you discover heaps of great music from many years ago (even all these 80s tunes from before I was born). It did surprise me how many times you said you know a song from an advert, but I guess that's the power of choosing the right song for the right commercial.
Yes I'd love to see you react to the video of the 60s, 90s and in fact all of Top Culture's most popular song videos, including the 2nd most popular songs of each month compilations. Nice work man!
I grew up watching Michael Jackson grow up. Michael Jackson was exactly 2 weeks older than me. He was born August 28th 1958 and I was born Sept 12th 1958 so I watched him grow with amazement that someone my age was so talented. He signed with Motown in 1968 when he was 9 years old. I really miss him. He died way too young. He would be 65 this year.
Hey!! My oldest daughter shares your Birthday!! She was born Y2K era. Lol September 12, 1999(09/12/1999). She was due like the 28th but came early. Her Grandpa wanted her to come on 09/09/1999. Cuz that would've been cool but she wasn't ready quite yet. Hope you have a Very Happy Birthday!!
Madonna was in her 20s for most of these videos (she’ll be 65 this summer). Her biggest selling/streaming song is "4 Minutes," then "Vogue" which is arguably her most associated with song.
Madonna was her mid 20s
You ask yourself, "How do I know these songs", its because you like them man.
You asked if Kool and the Gang = "one hit wonder"? lol. No. No way in hell. Lotta hits. :)
The song What a feeling was from a movie called Flash Dance 1983. Take my breath away song was featured in Top Gun 1.
I didn’t realize some of these song were made by certain bands
80s still had good music
shes a lunatic now but in the 80s she was basically a goddess. one of the prime movers of the decade i would have to give it to her and MJ. she really had some great hits that are completely timeless but fit into the 80s so well.
As someone who was 8-18 during the '80s this is definitely my era of music, and there were still 6 or 7 songs I've never heard of. But your comment about the underlying upbeat tone of the songs is on target. The '70s were all about head banging rock and disco and, at least in the US, a generally depressed mood - we had come out of an unpopular war (Vietnam) and had an economy in recession. Flipping the calendar to the '80s kind of felt like a renewal; then the economy improved, the mood lightened, and we got much more upbeat (and in my opinion better) music. Music really is a sign of the times in which it was created.
"Billie Jean" is 40 years old as of March 10th. God I feel Old!
Tainted Love is a cover. It was originally recorded by Gloria Jones in 1962. Jones later had a relationship (and child) with Marc Bolan of T Rex, who died in a motor vehicle accident after the car Jones was driving in crashed into a tree. Jones survived.
12:13 "I known this because I'm British. I don't know how many people would know this who aren't from England" Yeah, because Wham!, and George Michael, never left the island. JFC
I'm enjoying the musical reactions Lav
Did I just hear him say he doesn't know who John Lennon was ???!!! 😱😱😱
over all the 80s and somewhat 90s aswell was the greatest ever!! if i could travel back in time i would absolute go back to my best time ever!
Statistically, two artists that share the record for most weeks in the UK Top 10 during the 80's were UB40 and Madness, and they don't get a look-in here, because we were overwhelmed with so much music.
This was the decade the music industry was reinvented, shifting from radio to television, from record labels to media moguls, from artistry to brand. The microchip made music more accessible to people with smaller pockets, and music television created a demand for new music of all genres.
All those in this list were huge in the US! They had multiple hits, and were doing all kinds of videos on MTV. 80s music was amazing and varied, and this really doesn't give the full spectrum of what we enjoyed back then.
I don't know if this is some person's arbitrary opinion of what the most popular songs are or which music chart they took these songs from because missing is 1983's "Owner of a Lonely Heart" by Yes, the prog rock group from the 1970s who reinvented themselves in the 1980s into becoming a more poppish act. Although they charted many times over the years, this song was their only #1 hit. I'm also surprised that Thurston has reacted to and familiar with the music of the Beatles but recognized Paul McCartney, but did not know who John Lennon was.
This is my childhood, mostly. There is dance-ability in the music.
Crazy that you didn't know most of these songs. A bit of trivia: Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney were friends. Paul casually mentioned to MJ how lucrative it was to own the rights to music was and how he wanted to buy back the rights to the Beatles music. Later, MJ brought the rights to the Beatles music out from under him and they stopped being friends.
I was a teen in the 80's, and I was so lucky!! Great music, and no internet to keep my awkward moments haunting me for the rest of my life. 💙💙
The 80s had the best decade of music. PERIOD!
When you said you didn't know who was in the Jackson 5 or ANY of their songs... My expectations all took a hike lol
Mid 80s to very early 90s had tons of good songs which I enjoyed as a kid/pre-teen, then it seems good songs became the occasional rare exception and I basically lost all interest in “mainstream music” until I started listening to Dimash - now he’s really driven an interest in music for me as an adult and has completely changed my view wrt “music”.
What's crazy is that McCartney later regretted his collaboration with MJ. During a conversation Paul had told MJ about the money-making ability to be found in having the rights to various songs so he could get a royalty if he owned it. MJ then bought the song rights... to the library of the Beatles.
I was 15/16 in 1980 and by the time 1990 came round I was married with kids and pretty much stopped listening to music for years, so these songs represent my heyday . Love it.
What ABBA was in the 70s, Lionel Ritchie was in the 80s. But then, he was also writing hit after hit with The Commodores in the 70s.
A lot of British songs got famous when MTV launched because there just wasnt enough videos out there for the format so a lot of Brit bands got played launching the second british invasion.
I was 16 in 1980, the best 10 years of music was in the 80s, still listening to 80s music.
I was 13!
I was born in 81 so this music is my childhood. Literally knew all but 3, and they were before 84
The Irene Cara song was from the movie Flashdance, not a TV advert.
1983 to 1985 was a fabulous period of popular music
5:23 😅
To answer your question, it’s Eurovision. This song won the 1981 Eurovision song contest.
You Absolutely Must react to the Wierd Al Yankovic videos. He may not be featured in this but he was there having a blast making Paradies of these.
7:46
Eye of the Tiger was made specifically for Rocky 3.
They’d choreographed the opening montage (where Rocky is defending his title for several years and Clubber Lang is rising up the ranks) to the tune of Queen’s “Another One Bites The Dust”, but during post-production editing, they weren’t able to get the rights to that song from Queen, so they needed somebody to come in at the last minute and write/record a new song with a similar beat. And so a little-known band named Survivor was picked and “Eye of the Tiger” was born.
I was born in 71 so I really enjoy all of these videos!
I'm a bit more of a 90's kid but 80's was absolutely amazing for music.
80s had the best music ever thank God I am a 80s baby..
Song: *exists*
Thurston: That's from Shrek yeah??
Can't wait for the 90's 🎉
Pop music is always an interesting bag. You got the usual fake trash, but you also got good stuff bubbling up to the surface from the real music. One thing that's very worth exploring and won't show up on a pop chart is original movie scores.
looking forward to you reacting to the more recent decades :)
That billy Joel accent is Long Island
the fact that i was born in 1993 and know 90% of these songs testify to the immortality of them all. i know more of these songs than those in 2020. and i wasn't even born then!
These rankings are not the month or year the song was released but when it finally hit number 1. A lot of these songs were released a year or many months before on an album or as a radio single before album was released.
Enjoyed all your music reactions but anxious for the 90s
Wham! was huge in the US, too, and so was "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go.
I'll tell you what, Jeff Lynne of Electric Light Orchestra was a hit maker as a member of ELO, solo artist, songwriter, and producer.
Hell, Lynne received 5 silver albums, 15 gold albums, and 28 platinum albums as a producer in both the US & UK
The sad part about Jeff Lynne is that he turned George Harrison's sound into ELO.
@@firebird7479 to me, that's not a bad thing!
@@frankisfunny2007 It is to me. I'd prefer George Harrison sound like George Harrison. Would you want Jeff Lynne producing U2 and U2 end up sounding like ELO? Or if Jeff Lynne produced Rush? Would you want Rush to sound like ELO? We'd have a radio station with the call letters WELO.
Love the video brought back happy times for me. I was in highschool and young adult at the time.
Please, please! Get to know them! Epic music!!!
"How do I know this song?" while Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now is playing. Could it be from sliding across the Full Bullpen? I can't hear that song anymore without thinking about it.
Wham! was big all over. I was an American in Australia and I heard it there and then when I came back home to the US.
so cool you are doing music this brings out the human in you / we can see your personality shine through
The 80s was very good for music. Very uplifting positive music mostly. 1990s it got a bit dark. But still good. 70s was a great era too. Today there's a few good tunes around but it's pretty repetitive stuff.
Kool and the Gang had lots of hits
I'm 58 and the 80's was my teenage years........LONG LIVE THE 80'S......