Despite its massive chart impact (peaking at #6), “Your Love” is the song that transcended their other hits and remains the ...

The 1980s pulsed with an electric energy that transformed not just music, but the entire cultural landscape of America. This was the decade when MTV revolutionized how we consumed music, when ...

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Any devout ‘80s music fan knows that hearing “Beat It,” “Like a Virgin,” “All Night Long (All Night)” or “Dancing in the Dark” incessantly doesn’t exactly fulfill that craving for nostalgia. Radio ...

The 1980s might be best known for power ballads and synth-y jams, but there are quite a few nostalgic love songs from that ...

Best-of lists are both impossible and irresistible, and the longer and broader the span they try to include, the more imperfect and full of holes they’re likely to be. The music site Pitchfork has ...

Me listening to the Paradise soundtrack while writing this. Photo: Brian Roedel/Disney Using these covers is both a misguided choice and one of the things I appreciate most about Paradise. A drama ...

One of the most authoritative and forward-thinking metal bands of the ’80s, Metallica helped make thrash a worldwide phenomenon. By blending the fast tempos and socially attuned lyrics of punk, the ...

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

Back when MTV still played music videos. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. There was a time when music videos were as important as ...