Born 1972. Grew up in the 80s. Hands down the best decade of music ever!

It was great to be a teenager in the 80's! I was 10 in 1980 and 19 (in college) in 1989. So much fun in the 80's!!!

I was a kid in the 80s, teen in the 90s.....80s music ROCKS!!!!

80s kid here! I still remember getting the Thriller album by Micheal Jackson, the video for Thriller itself was a huge deal on t.v. and nobody wanted to miss the premiere. One of my all time favorite albums to this day 😊

Loved the music of the 80’s it brings back so many memories. MJ never made a bad song. Watching these makes me miss George/MJ/Prince

We all told you that you would recognize alot of these songs. These are classics, thats why you know them. ❤❤

I was a teenager in the 80s and the classics are some of the best music. Thank you for listening to some of them

"Always On My Mind" has been recorded over 300 time. It hit 20th on the charts for Elvis, in 1972. The artist who had the best results with it was, Willie Nelson. Released in 1982, he got 3 Grammys for it in 1983.

1988 represent!!! Pet Shop Boys, Belinda Carlisle, Rick, Phil Collins, ENYA!! I'm definitely a metalhead though, but these songs slapped! 😅

You should react to the same video about the 1970s! Some absolute classics that have stood the test of time and will be still be relevant for years to come! You can't say that about most current music!

The 80's are my wheelhouse! I can tell you almost on everyone one where I was when I first heard each song. There were 3 that I NEVER heard before in my life. 1980-1982 middle school, 1982-1986 high school, 1986-1990 military (USAF). Some of the ones in 88-89 came to me late because I was stationed in S. Korea then, so I didn't hear them until I got back to the states. Great reaction!

X'er here, many of these bring back specific memories. I was surprized that there wasn't more glam-rock on the list.

I'm so glad I was a teen in the 80's! I'm with you two. The early 80's hits were much more hopping than the latter. It was fun energy not the lovey dovey garbage that got popular. I mostly was a head banger anyway! Good reaction!

Back in 87 when I was 7 years old I had a big Crush on Tiffany. The funny thing about a lot of these songs is I didn't discover them until I was older, I spent most of the 80s listening to my favorite film soundtracks and music from the late 50s and 60s

After hearing ALL of these... there is just 2... repeat it... just TWO songs I have never heard before.... Still... I am now 62 yrs.... not old... just ❤❤❤❤❤❤ music...

Well, having lived through the second half of the 60's, all of the following decades - I've heard so much different music and I'm realizing that it's so easy to miss what someone else might have heard over-and-over. Back into the 1940's, there weren't many genres of music. Starting in the 1950's, music seemed to fork into various new categories. This has continued in each new decade that it's astonishing.

It’s what I always say to people who don’t know or understand the 80’s, basically, the late 70’s and early 80’s were pure awesomeness. The culture, the movies and the music, especially the music. I’m sure that there are tons of us that look back on that time and would pay just about anything to go back and re-live our youth. I could go on and on, but I’ll leave it at this, 1977 to 84 was absolutely killer! This was a lot of fun you two. Millie putting the phone up to her ear to Stevie Wonder totally cracked me up. Have a great weekend and congrats on your little one coming soon.

I'm sure you'd recognize more if they played a little more of the song. I noticed on both videos that some songs ended before the well known part.

The song for April 1984 (We are the World) has an amazing story behind it that you should really look up sometime. It had a lot of big name singers at the time in it. Some songs like “Smooth Criminal” by Michael Jackson was remade other artists. (In this case Alien Ant Farm redid “Smooth Criminal”.) Some of the songs that you were unsure on were ones like “Take my Breath Away” were used in Movies like the original Top Gun. Videos became more common in the ‘80’s thanks to MTV actually playing music videos at that time. (Part of why some of the videos were more silly and zany back then.)

I missed out on the 80's but one of my history teachers told the entire class how great the 80's was. Haha 😅

Ignore the Millie Vanilli one. They were exposed for lip syncing. That wasn't really them singing. They won a grammy for that song but had to return it after they were outed as frauds.

Born in 1973 and I grew up in the 80's. Best damn era of music ever hands down. The fashion, the music, the hairstyles were all just banging. I would give anything to bring that era back again.

Jim and Millie, this video was such a blast! I was born in 1976 so I'm an 80s baby. 80s and 90s music was my era! I don't like most of the music that has come out since 2000. There are some songs and artists I like that are recent but for the most part I don't like much current music. You should listen sometime to "Lights" by Journey and "Hotel California" by The Eagles. Journey and The Eagles to me Ara the best classic rock bands of the 70s and 80s!

I love that the music gets you chair dancing.

I grew up in the 80,s and I didnt know some of those songs.

They're bopping even to some obscure stuff. Prince comes on. Blank stares. DAAAAAAAAAAAAMN

I did high school and college completely in the 80’s (1981-1989). It was a great era to enjoy music!

I miss the ‘80s and ‘90s. Thanks to my parents, I love a lot of music from the ‘70s as well. Great decades

Belinda Carlysle was the lead singer of the Go-Gos from the early 80s.

I was born in 1980.. wow what a treat. so many flashbacks and memories. I guess i did grow up in an awesome era. Thanks for doing this guys.

Born in 99 and I feel good that I have most of them in my playlists.

Proof that on the whole, music was much better then compared to now. Much of my favourite music is from the 80's.

Ahhh...... the 80s, i graduated from HS Class of 85. I was a DJ back then & OMGawd did i party my life away!!! Long Story Short, I'm definitely paying the price NOW, for all that crazziness back then...!!!

Born on October 31 1983 Love the 80s,70s 90s even some 60s

I’m glad I wasn’t born in the 80’s Either - but in reality I was born in 1956 … had already lived half my life by the 80’s lol as- married 3 times and had 11 step kids !! None of my own , was a group deal at the time ❤

Love this! you brought great memories from back in my middle school and high school days❤😊🎉congrats on your soon-to-be new addition too❤

Growing up in the 80's...we rocked.

I think this list is a British list of #1 songs. Most of the artists on the list are from there. The artists from the US and Australia were huge worldwide during that period

16 in 1980 and 26 in 1990. Lived and breathed my best years in the 80's! Great music, great movies and the joy of freedom. We loved everyone, no matter religion, colour or background. Best decade ever!

Yes critics describe year 1983 as best year in pop music ever. And by your reaction to those songs its obvious they are still played and remembered today. Absolute classics! Few years ago i decided that my favourite year in music is 1984.

That is my Era! Brings back such awesome memories. 😊

If you are not familiar with "We are the World" then that's pretty much a must-do reaction (USA for Africa version). It's the most star studded ensemble ever assembled for a song. The fact that you know so many songs on this list tells me you will recognize many of the singers.

There's a "Second Most Popular Song Each Month In The 80's", if you want more 80's tunes: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m5qnqdWdmJzKm6M.html

Ah, yes. The "This is what my life sounded like video". Much nostalgia. ❤

Growing up in the early 2000s, I have heard of a lot of these songs, also a radio station from my hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee called Sunny 92.3 (The radio station is on fm setting on the radio.) plays a mixture of old and new music. I have also heard a lot of these songs from movies, t.v. shows, KZfaq, bowling alleys, and etc.

Graduated in 85. Stroll down memory lane

That song, Shaddap You Face, makes me think about the Christmas Song, Dominick the Italian Christmas Donkey.

The song called Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go is in the Disney Plus Marvel Comics show called Moon Knight.

It's so funny; I watched this exact video yesterday! When this video of yours popped up in my recommended, I got excited. Also, it was interesting to me when I watched the video because I was born in the early 2000s but I couldn't resist singing a lot of these 80's songs. Awesome video, guys!

Millie and James get on down with your bad selves!!!!! This was great fun, remember all of these fondly. Thanks for the great memories.

I was born in 81, so i grew up w most of these songs

I was ten-years old in 1980, nineteen in 1989. You can imagine the 1980s was a very formative decade for me. Thank you for taking me back through memory lane.

Los Lobos’ “La Bamba” is a remake of a late 1950’s tune from Ritchie Valens that was featured in the 1987 biopic film about Valens. Tiffany’s “I Think We’re Alone Now” is a remake of Tommy James & The Shondells’ 1967 tune. Pet Shop Boys’ “Always on My Mind” was a remake of a late 1950’s tune made famous by Elvis Presley. And Phil Collins! “A Groovy Kind of Love” is a remake of a 1967 song from the British band, The Mindbenders.

80's were the best!! I graduated high school in 1987. The best music ever!

70's, 80's and 90's music are probably the top 3 best decades for music.

The 80s the best decade of my life came into it as 12 year old turning 13 and exited as 22 year old

Wow so many timeless tunes in the 80s, whether you just heard them fleetingly on the radio/ in movies/ commercials.

EVERY SINGLE ONE and 1986 is my most fav year ever ... october particularly nothing beats 80's songs oh and it's the UK charts imma talking aboot

I am loving these music videos. Try the 60’s and 70’s. We’ll before your time but see what you know

I graduated in 1985 i remember all the songs. The 80's rocked

Please do it for the 60s, 70s, 2000s, and 2010s onto now. I’d love that! It’d be cool!

A few of these songs were covered by artists in the 2000s, so you might be surprised when you hear them. Westlife covered Billy Joel's 'Uptown Girl', and Atomic Kitten covered The Bangles' 'Eternal Flame'.

The 80's was such a good year for music, so many great hits!

I was born in 1956 and was 13 in 1969 and grew up in the 70's when there was so much good Motown music

I remember a lot of these... some of them I just sat there and said....oooookkkk where'd that come from LOL. I also remember the premier of a new network called Mtv... back when that really did stand for MUSIC television... and the very first video was "Video killed the radio star" by the Buggles. Mom let me stay up late that night.... just after midnight, August 1, 1981. To quote The 4 Seasons, "Oh what a night".... had to add... I am having more fun watching you two react to music than any other videos... and I've been a fan of yours for a while now. The looks on your faces when you realize that you know these songs.... the awesome chair dancing.... absolutely loving it!!

Awesome reaction. There is a "part 2" of this...but it's the #2 songs each month of the 80s. Also, the 60s one is also very cool. Especially when you see how much music changed from the early part of the 60's until around 1964 when a certain band from Liverpool, England started dominating the charts

The 80’s were the decade of my 20s. What a ride!

7:35 I was born in 1975 and grew up with this music and still love it thanks to my late mother. Take a listen to Ultravox, they were my first ever gig at around 8 to 10 years old. Fingers instead of fancy earplugs at the loud parts!!

You’re missing out if you don’t watch the video. They show you how to dance to it and the story they are trying to tell in picture form so that you can understand the message in their music, in case you’re unsure what they meant by the lyrics. The video brings the song to life, so that there is another texture or artistic layer to it. The videos turned them into good actors that you want to watch while listening to the song. That’s why so many musicians end up being actors. They started off acting in their music videos, continued the character into their live performances and then got called to read for a script in a movie or tv show. It was up to them which side of the acting scale they went to. For example, I don’t think MJ or Prince ever acted or produced anything other than their music, music videos and their live performances (I consider Purple Rain, Princes way to bring his whole album to life with a live performance) but Madonna does both as well as acting in movies so did Whitney. Apologies for rambling on but breathing in all of this nostalgia is to blame. 😉

Keep in mind that this list was subjective. There were no rock or metal or jazz or blues songs on the list. What you really got was a glimpse of what we saw on MTV and VH1 daily, after school until bedtime through that decade. They put out full albums and about ten of the songs on it would become top ten hits, one month at a time. The next year they;d put out another album and music video then the process would start again. We were like kids in a candy store, gobbling it all up as the sugar high set in. 😂

87 baby here in a house with the radio always on. Its was so good.

The last song, "We Didn't Start the Fire" is an INCREDIBLE history lesson. Billy Joel said that he wrote the verses in an afternoon after reading a book about the history of the 20th century. Google the song to read the verses. It is fascinating stuff and highly educational.

As someone who plays instruments, I strongly encourage vibing, even when you don't know the words in advance.

The original Always On My Mind was sung by Willie Nelson

We didn't start the fire... introduced me to a history lesson when I was younger.

Prince - “When Doves Cry”, universally regarded as one of the greatest songs of all time. Beesley - “…not sure about this one”.

Jan '88 - "Always On My Mind" was written in '71 and first popularized by Elvis Presley, though it was Willie Nelson's 1982 version I first heard and enjoyed. I kept a tally, and there were only ten songs in this video I didn't know well enough to sing along to. Mind you, I graduated high school in '85, so these songs ARE my teen and young adult years.

Born in 75... I didn't know 8 out of 120... unless you're a music guru you can miss a few and it's ok lol

Honestly, though, the first couple years of the 80's (80 and 81) were more or less an extension of the 70's. My father said the 70's didn't really end until 1982...I'm guessing because of the popularity of Olivia Newton John's "Physical" song and music video, I'm sure that ushered in the fashion of headbands and leg-warmers lol.

Awww, you guys are too cute enjoying the music I grew up with❤️ You actually knew way more than I would expect from a young couple. I wish there were more New Wave/post punk bands/songs like The Cure, The Smiths, New Order, Psychedelic Furs, OMD, Siouxsie , The Banshees and more.

Also just remembered that Dionne (Warwick) & Friends’ “That’s What Friends Are For” is a remake of a 1982 song recorded and released by Rod Stewart, and Whitney Houston’s “The Greatest Love of All” is a remake of 1976 song recorded and released by George Benson.

I was born in 81 with was my childhood lol.

If you guys ever come to Minneapolis, Minnesota, we have a weekly dance night (called Transmission) where 80s and 90s are most of what gets played. I just went to their 22nd anniversary event on Saturday (the weekly thing is Wednesday though).

AWW the 80's was a teenager, best times! Tears for Fears...British too!

Honestly, to me, the Pet Shop Boys are mostly the band who gave an actor originally named David McDonald his stage name, because there was already a David McDonald acting in the guild, so he picked the last name of their lead singer, Neil Tennant. And then became the TENth Doctor.

Please consider Falco from this list Start with Amadeus End with Der Kommisar The vibe is … a bit of goofy fun with a surprising twist, in case you decide that that’s the mood you’re going for that day. I think you’ll like it.

May' I have this dance (Class of 71)

Always On My Mind was originally done by Brenda Lee but was also done by Elvis…both in the 1970s….but maybe the most famous version is by Willie Nelson in the EARLY 80s….and was a very different, slower song than the version listed here.

I can still sing almost all these song word for word.

i was born in 1975 the 80's are literally between my 5 years old to my 15 yo so its all my youth and first experience with music as a child so when i ear the music now im a kind of nostalgic of thoses years

Before this time I was mainly listening to classical music through school then got into listening to other music after graduation in 80. Know most until late 80’s as I spent most of end of decade time at sea in Navy and didn’t hear many of those songs.

Born in 81 and I'm pretty happy with Celebration for my month. Music has never been the same since the 80s.

Love to see y'all vibing!🥰

Love Millies pretty smile when she recognizes a tune.

Was born in 1980 - best music, best movies, best sport heroes, best times... Its sadly been downhill ever since.

Good times. I was 10 years old in 1980... so i am 100% 80's kid. Thanks

I can't believe they only had one prince song that's so sad I grew up in the 80s, so Prince was always played in our household

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts’ “I Live Rock ‘n’ Roll” is a remake of a song from a British band named The Arrows from 1973.

the song "Always on my Mind" was written by Willie Nelson but was sung by Elvis Presley. After Elvis died, Willie Nelson released his version of the song.

I was born in the 80s but don't remember it at all! Classic song for my month!